This is a list of Sri Lankan non-career Permanent Secretaries; they are from different professions. The list includes doctors, engineers, journalists, professional politicians, university lecturers, lawyers, journalists, defence officers, and people in the planning service, education administration service, agriculture service, and accounting service.

Academics

* Dr Ranjit Amerasinghe - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice *Professor Ranjith Arthenayake - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Science and Technology *Dr T. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Transport * Charitha Herath - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information * Nimal Bopage - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media *

Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...

Stanley Kalpage Deshamanya Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage (died 2000) was a Sri Lankan academic and statesman. He was a member of the Senate of Ceylon, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education *Professor G.B. Keerawella - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs and National Integration *Dr Sunil Jayantha Nawaratne - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of Samurdhi, Rural Development, Up-Country Development and Parliamentary Affairs *Dr Premadasa Udagama - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education *Dr

Wickrema Weerasooria Wickrema Weerasooria was a Sri Lankan lawyer, civil servant, diplomat and an academic. He was the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation, former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand. He served as Sri ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation * E L Wijemanna - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education from 1984 to 1989; Educationist; Sri Lanka Education Administrative Service and Director of Education *Professor Dayantha S Wijeyesekera - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Skills Development, Vocational and Technical Education *Professor

Rajiva Wijesinha Rajiva Wijesinha, MA, DPhil ( Sinhala: රජීව විජේසිංහ) (born 16 May 1954) is a Sri Lankan writer in English, distinguished for his political analysis as well as creative and critical work. An academic by profession for m ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights *Colonal V.S. Kudaligama - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education

Businessmen

* H.P.C. Herath - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Public Relations & Public Affairs * Dhammika Perera - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Transport

Chartered accountants

* Gamini Wikramanayake - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Local Government and home affairs

Economists

*Dr

Deshamanya Deshamanya ( si, දේශමාන්‍ය, translit=Dēshamāṉya; ta, தேசமான்ய, translit=Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a ...

Gamani Corea Deshamanya Gamani Corea (4 November 1925 – 3 November 2013) was a Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was also the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Under-Secretary-General of the ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs * Leelananda De Silva - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs * Dr P.B. Jayasundara - Permanent Secretary of the Treasury and the Ministry of Finance & Planning *Dr

Lal Jayawardena Lal R. Jayawardena ( Sinhala:ලාල් ජයවර්ධන) (1935–2004) was a noted Sri Lankan economist and diplomat. He was the first director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) (1985–1993) and Sri Lankan ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Finance * A. S. Jayawardene - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries, Scientific Affairs and Finance *Dr Deshamanya Jayantha Kelegama - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of External and Internal Trade

Engineers

*Dr Nath Amarakoon - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Construction

Lawyers

*Suhada Gamalath - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms *Asoka Gunasekera - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication * Nihal Jayawickrama - Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms * Dr. Palitha Kohona - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Charitha Ratwatte - Permanent Secretary of the Treasury and the Ministries of Finance, Youth Affairs & Employment *Anura Weeraratne - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources *Mervyn Wijesinha - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice

Medical doctors

* Dr Tara De Mel - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education * Dr Nihal Jayathilaka - Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Local Government, Provincial Councils and Health * Dr Athula Kahandaliyanage - Secretary to the Ministry of Health * Dr T.R.C Ruberu - Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Health and Civil Aviation * Dr Somadasa Weeratunga - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health (1970 to 1974) * Dr Gamini Wijesekera - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Highways and Transport

Media personalities and journalists

* Dr Anandatissa de Alwis - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of State (1965 to 1970)The Anandatissa de Alwis I knew
. Daily News, Retrieved on 21 August 2001. * Karunaratna Paranavtana - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Media and Information * Dr Janadasa Peiris - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Media and Information * Anura Siriwardena - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Co-operative, Internal Trade, Industries and Commerce

Military officers

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D. S. Attygalle General Deshamanya Don Sepala Attygalle, (14 October 1921 – 15 January 2001) was a Sri Lankan senior army officer, civil servant and diplomat. The longest serving Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1967–1977), he went on to serve as the Perm ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence *

Cyril Ranatunge - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence *

Hamilton Wanasinghe General Hamilton Wanasinghe, VSV (born 1935) was a Full General in the Sri Lanka Army. He served as the 11th Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1988–1991), third General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Joint Operations Headquarters (JOH) (at ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence *

Shantha Kottegoda General Shantha H.S. Kottegoda, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP (born November 6, 1949) is a retired senior Sri Lanka Army officer. He was the seventeenth Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 1 July 2004 – 5 December 2005. He had served as the S ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence *

Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...

Wasantha Karannagoda Admiral of the Fleet (Sri Lanka), Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Kumar Jayadeva Karannagoda Rana Sura Padakkama, RSP, Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, VSV, Uttama Seva Padakkama, USP, MBA, MSc, ndc, Psc (British Army), psc, DISS, MRIN, MNI, Sri Lanka Na ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Highways *

Jayanath Colombage Admiral Jayanath Colombage, RSP, VSV, USP, FNI is a Sri Lankan flag officer and diplomat. He was the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Secretary) until 2022, prior to which he served as Additional Secretary to the Presi ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs *

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Asoka Jayawardena Major General Deshamanya Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardena, Rana Wickrama Padakkama, RWP, Rana Sura Padakkama, RSP, Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, VSV, Uttama Seva Padakkama, USP, was Sri Lankan senior army officer and politician. He was the former Provin ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence *

Kamal Gunaratne General G. D. H. Kamal Gunaratne, WWV, RWP, RSP, USP is a retired Sri Lankan military officer. He is the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and the State Ministry of National Security and Disaster Management. A retired career officer of ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence *

Nanda Mallawaarachchi Major General Nanda Mallawaarachchi RWP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, Msc (Defense) is the Current Secretary of Sports in Sri Lanka. He was the former Secretary of Law & Order in Sri Lanka. He was also the former Acting Commander & Chief of Staff of th ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Law and Order *

Sanjeewa Munasinghe Major General Sanjeewa Munasinghe, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP is a Sri Lankan military physician. He is the Secretary to the Ministry of Health and former Director General, Army Health Services and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Co ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health *

Sumedha Perera Major General A. K. Sumedha Perera, WWV, RWP, RSP, USP is a retired Sri Lankan general. He is the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Mahaweli, Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Development; and former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lan ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture *

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Dennis Hapugalle Brigadier S. Dennis N. Hapugalle, VSV (1930–2000) was a Sri Lankan military officer, former Chief of Civil Defence and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Internal Security. Education Hapugalle received his educated at Royal College, Colombo. Mi ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Internal Security *

Colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...

C. A. Dharmapala, ED,

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- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence *

V S Kudaligama - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Sports *

Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa ( si, නන්දසේන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ; ta, நந்தசேன கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ; born 20 June 1949) is a former Sri Lankan military ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development

Policemen

Sydney de Zoysa Sydney Godfrey de Zoysa (January 15, 1909 - October 20, 1994) was a Sri Lankan senior police officer. A former Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of Range II and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Internal Security, he was one of co-co ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Internal Security *

Cyril Herath Deshamanya L. D. Cyril Herath was a Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence. Education He was educated at St. John's College, Nugegoda and at the Royal College, Colombo and graduated from the ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence *Jason Selvarajah- Senior Police Officer Norfolk Constabulary

Planters

Ranjan Wijeratne General Ranjan Wijeratne (4 April 1931 – 2 March 1991) was a Sri Lankan planter and politician. He served in the Premadasa cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs and then Minister of Plantation Industries, while holding the office of State ...

- Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Research

Uncategorized

Hemasiri Fernando Hemasiri Fernando (born 12 October 1949) is the former permanent secretary to the Ministry of Defence and chief of staff of the president, chairman Board of Investment of Sri Lanka. Early childhood Hemasiri was educated at Nalanda College, Co ...

- Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Defence *Mahinda Illeperuma - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport *Janadasa Peries - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Media and Information

References

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