New Deputy Secretary General and Chief of Staff of Parliament appointed

New Deputy Secretary General and Chief of Staff of Parliament appointed

December 4, 2020   11:37 am

Attorney-at-Law Mrs. Kushani Rohanadheera has been appointed as the Deputy Secretary General and Chief of Staff of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

On the recommendation of the Secretary General of Parliament Mr. Dhammika Dasanayake, the Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has given his approval to the appointment.

Mrs. Rohanadheera has been appointed to fill the vacancy created by the former Deputy Secretary General and Chief of Staff of Parliament Mr. Neil Iddawala following his appointment as a Court of Appeal Judge.

Mrs. Rohanadheera has served as the Assistant Secretary General (Administrative Services) of Parliament since 2012. She joined the Parliamentary Service in 1999 as a Parliamentary Officer.

A distinguished alumnus of Dharmasoka Vidyalaya, Ambalangoda, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Colombo. She later graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the Open University of Sri Lanka passing the Law College Examination being sworn in as an attorney at law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.

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