President appoints new secretaries to 08 ministries Extends the term of three

 President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reshuffled the secretaries of eight ministries with effect from January 01st, 2023 and extended the tenure of the secretaries of three ministries for a further year.   

Accordingly, the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government P.K. Mayadunne has been transferred to the Ministry of Transport and Highways while N.B. Hapuhinne who served as the Secretary to the Ministry of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment has been transferred to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government with effect from 01-01-2023.   

Meanwhile, the Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment Mrs. M. Yamuna Perera has been appointed to the post of Secretary to the Ministry of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government M.M. Naimuddin has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Investment Promotion and R.M.W.S. Samaradivakara, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Tourism and Lands.   

M.B. Atapattu, Senior Secretary to the President has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Food Security, the Commissioner General of the Department for Registration of Persons P.V. Gunatillake has been appointed to the Ministry of Public Security and Jaffna District Secretary K. Mahesan has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. 

 
Further, the tenure of the Secretary to the Ministry of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reform Mrs. Wasantha Perera, the Secretary to the Ministry of Education M.N. Ranasinghe and the Secretary to the Ministry of Irrigation U.D.C. Jayalal was extended for one year.   

These new appointments will be effective from 01st January 2023, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.