PARLIAMENT

The new Chief of Staff and Deputy Secretary General of the Parliament, senior lawyer Mr. G.K.A. Chaminda Kumara Kularatne assumed duties recently. The new Chief of Staff and Deputy Secretary General assumed duties post taking oaths before the Secretary General of the Parliament Ms. Kushani Rohanadeera.

Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, Speaker, announced to the Parliament regarding the appointment of senior lawyer Mr. G.K.A. Chaminda Kumara Kularatne with effect from September 15th 2023 at the beginning of the session today (Sep. 19).

Mr. Chaminda Kularatne is an alumnus of Ruwanwella Rajasinghe Madhya Maha Vidyalaya and a Law graduate of the Open University. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Business Management from University of Colombo and University of Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. He is also a member of the Sri Lanka Bar Association since 2005 and a member of the Bar Council since 2016.

Senior Lawyer Mr. Chaminda Kularatne has worked as the Secretary to the Chief Government Whip in Parliament, Additional Secretary to the President, Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister, Additional Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition, Minister Counsellor at the High Commission of Sri Lanka in London, United Kingdom, Senior Assistant Secretary to the President, Assistant Secretary to the President, and has held many administrative positions at an executive level in public service about 20 years. He is a senior public official with national and international experience in constitutional law, parliamentary affairs and proceedings, public administration and financial regulations.

Mr. Kularatne has represented Sri Lanka in many international conferences and training courses in many countries including United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia, China, Indonesia and Japan.

He has also worked as a member of the boards of directors of many government institutions including Bank of Ceylon, Merchant Bank, MBSL Insurance Limited, Grand Oriental Hotel (GOH), C/S Maganeguma Emulsion Private Limited, Colombo Financial City Founder Ltd.

Furthermore, Mr. Kularatne was the first South Asian diplomat to represent the Executive Council of the Consular Officers Association, the oldest association of ambassadors, when he served as a Ministerial Counselor at the High Commission of Sri Lanka in London, United Kingdom.

Mr. Chaminda Kularatne, who is married to lawyer Ms. Yogya Kularatne, is a loving father of two sons and a daughter.