New SLRC Director General

Veteran administrator and media personality Chandarapala Liyanage was appointed as the Director General of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corportation (SLRC) yesterday by Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, under the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

He was the Additional Director of the Government Information Department and is also a Presidential Media Director.

Liyanage has wide experience in both print and electronic media. He acted as the Director of Prime Ministers media when President Rajapaksa was the Prime Minister.

During his tenure as an Advisor at the Sri Lankan embassy in Italy he did yeomen service as a media personality to counter the malicious propaganda against the country by the LTTE.

He is a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree holder from the Ruhuna University and also has a Master's degree. He is an old boy of the Richmond College, Galle.

Media and Information Ministry Secretary Charitha Herath too participated on the occasion of awarding the appointment letter to Mr. Liyanage by Minister Rambukwella yesterday.