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'''Dhammika Dasanayake''' is a [[Sri Lanka]]n civil servant and lawyer. He |
'''Dhammika Dasanayake''' is a [[Sri Lanka]]n civil servant and lawyer. He served as the [[Parliament of Sri Lanka#Parliament Secretariat|Secretary General of Parliament]] from 2012 to 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/02/10/news31.asp |title=New Secretary General of Parliament |access-date=2012-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213032143/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/02/10/news31.asp |archive-date=2012-02-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=44907 Dhammika Dissanayake new Secy. Gen. of Parliament]</ref> |
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Dasanayake was educated at the [[Royal College Colombo]] and at the [[University of Colombo]], where he gained a [[LLB]]. Taking oaths as an [[attorney-at-law]], he worked in the Foreign Employment Bureau before becoming a [[State Counsel]] in the [[Attorney-General's Department (Sri Lanka)|Attorney-General's Department]] in 1989. |
Dasanayake was educated at the [[Royal College Colombo]] and at the [[University of Colombo]], where he gained a [[LLB]]. Taking oaths as an [[attorney-at-law]], he worked in the Foreign Employment Bureau before becoming a [[State Counsel]] in the [[Attorney-General's Department (Sri Lanka)|Attorney-General's Department]] in 1989. |
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Latest revision as of 06:10, 17 November 2023
Dhammika Dasanayake is a Sri Lankan civil servant and lawyer. He served as the Secretary General of Parliament from 2012 to 2023.[1][2]
Dasanayake was educated at the Royal College Colombo and at the University of Colombo, where he gained a LLB. Taking oaths as an attorney-at-law, he worked in the Foreign Employment Bureau before becoming a State Counsel in the Attorney-General's Department in 1989.
In 1994, he was appointed as the Assistant Secretary General of Parliament and was made Deputy Secretary General of Parliament in 2003. During this time he held many positions in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Inter parliamentary Union and functioned as an advisor for United Nations Development Programme projects. Dasanayake has served as an advisor on parliamentary matters to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. Dhammika is the son of D.M.P.B.Dasanayake, who served as Permanent Secretary to the Ministries of Education, Labour & Budhasasana.
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[edit]- ^ "New Secretary General of Parliament". Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ^ Dhammika Dissanayake new Secy. Gen. of Parliament