New Chief Secretary

District Secretary, Moneragala M.B. Dissanayake has been appointed Chief Secretary, Southern Province with immediate effect by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Dissanayake, a senior class I officer in the Sri Lanka Administrative Service has served as an Asst. Govt. Agent, Deputy Land Commissioner, Divisional Secretary, Additional Govt., Agent, Secretary to the Governor and District Secretary in various parts of the island.

He has a Special Degree in Economics from the University of Kelaniya and the LLB Degree from the Open University of Sri Lanka, has obtained a Postgraduate Degree in Public Management from the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration and a Postgraduate Diploma in Survey Integration from the ITC, the Netherlands.

Dissanayake, who is the founder General Secretary of All-Island Divisional Secretaries’ Association, has functioned as an Assistant Secretary, SASA too.

Being an Attorney-at-Law, Dissanayake has performed as a Resource Person in Law, Management and English Language in many Training Institutions.

He has functioned as a team leader in the Distance Education Program for Public Servants and a Translator of the Banker’s Institute of Sri Lanka. He possess certificates in French, German, Japanese & Tamil Languages.