Committee on High Posts approves five new Ministry Secretaries, one Ambassador

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The Parliamentary Committee on High Posts has approved the appointments of five Secretaries to Ministries and one Ambassador.

Parliament Secretary General Dhammika Dasanayake said the Committee on High Posts has approved the appointment of Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage as the new Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Republic of Indonesia.

In addition, the appointments of M.B.R. Pushpakumara as the Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, R.M.C.M. Herath as the Secretary to the Ministry of Wildlife and Forest and K.M.M. Siriwardana as the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policies were approved by the Committee on High Posts.

The Committee has also approved the appointments of S.J.S. Chandraguptha as the Secretary to the Ministry of Health and R.P.A. Wimalaweera as the Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment.