Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
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Rasika Peiris yesterday assumed duties as the New Commissioner General of Elections.
Rasika Peiris was appointed to the Sri Lanka Administrative Service on 2 March 1998, and joined the Department of Elections as an Assistant Election Commissioner on 15 September of the same year.
He has since served consecutively for 27 years in the Department and the Election Commission as Assistant Election Commissioner, Deputy Election Commissioner, and Additional Election Commissioner, making him one of the most senior officers in the service.
The post had been vacant since the retirement of former Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake on 13 October, upon reaching the age of 60.
