Defence Ministry Additional Secretary
Sarath Malalasekera
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Jayantha Wickremaratne
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Former Inspector General of Police Jayantha Wickremaratne has been
appointed as an Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Defence by
President Mahinda Rajapaksa with effect from yesterday December 1, 2009.
Jayantha Wickremaratne was appointed to the post of Additional
Secretary on a Cabinet decision. Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
had also approved his appointment to the post of Ministry of Defence
Additional Secretary.
Jayantha Wickremaratne recently received his Post Graduate Diploma
Certificate in Criminology from the Sri Jayawardenepura University.
He completed his education at Thurstan College and later obtained an
Honours Degree in Public Administration from the Sri Jayawardenepura
University in 1973.
Wickremaratne joined the Police Force in 1974 as an Assistant
Superintendent of Police (ASP) and was promoted to the rank of
Superintendent of Police in 1983.
The first ever “Police News Magazine” was published in 2003 under the
chairmanship of Jayantha Wickremaratne. This informative Journal was
welcomed by both the Police personnel and the general public. |
