8 new appointments including 6 chairmans approved

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Six chairs of state institutions and two ministerial secretaries have been appointed with the approval of the Committee on High Posts.

As a result, the committee has approved the nomination of Mr. R.M.W.S. Samaradivakara as the new Secretary of the Ministry of Water Supply & Estate Infrastructure Development and Mrs. Yamuna Perera as the new Secretary of the Ministry of Women, Child Affairs & Social Empowerment.

In addition, the committee gave its approval for Mr. Sujeewa Rajapaksa to be named the People’s Bank Chairman.

Meanwhile, the following appointments too received the approval of the High Posts Committee:

• Prof. S.R.D. Rosa – Chairman of the Atomic Energy Board
• Mr. Ratnasiri Kalupahana – Chairman of the State Engineering Corporation
• Eng. A. Galketiya – Chairman of the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB)
• Mrs. Stella Marapana – Chairperson of the Public Performance Board
• Mr. Jayantha Wijeratne – Chairman of the National Aquaculture Development Authority

The nomination of two ministerial secretaries and six chairpersons has been approved by the Committee on High Posts.Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena presided over a meeting of the Committee on High Posts on May 12 at Parliament, which was also attended by MPs John Senaviratne, Attorney-at-Law Talatha Atukorala, Udaya Gammanpila, Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, and Dharmalingam Siddharthan.Institutions of the state areersons.

As a result, the committee has approved the nomination of Mr. R.M.W.S. Samaradivakara as the new Secretary of the Ministry of Water Supply & Estate Infrastructure Development and Mrs. Yamuna Perera as the new Secretary of the Ministry of Women, Child Affairs & Social Empowerment.

In addition, the committee gave its approval for Mr. Sujeewa Rajapaksa to be named the People’s Bank Chairman.