page_title: Sirisena Amarasekara
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Sirisena Amarasekara / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Mr Sirisena, a Sri Lankan public servant, addresses a gathering
context_page_description: Sirisena Amarasekara is a senior Sri Lankan public servant who is the current secretary to the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. As the Cabinet Secretary, he functions as the executive head of the Cabinet Office. Prior to receiving this appointment in November 2019, among other government appointments, he had functioned as the secretary to the Prime Minister on two occasions.
context_section_description: Amarasekara joined the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs in 1970 and served for more than 44 years in the public sector in various senior positions. He served for 15 years as a Secretary for ministries such as Highways and Road Development, Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Ports and Shipping, and Agriculture. He also served as the Secretary to the Prime Minister on two occasions. 
  He has also served as the Chairman of Road Development Authority and Chairman of the Urban Development Authority. After his retirement from the public service in 2015 he served as the President of the Pavura association of  Intellectual Professionals and as the president of Voice for Justice a NGO to voice against political victimization.
  He has served in various positions in the past including as the Secretary to the Ministry of Western Regional Development, Chairman of the Petroleum Corporation, Chairman of the Road Development Authority, Chairman of the Urban Development Authority, Chairman of the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agriculture Research Institute, Director General of Regional Development as part of the Ministry of Policy Planing, Director of Integrated Rural Development project of Matara District, Director General of Mahaweli Authority, and the Additional Director General of Southern Development Authority.
caption: Sirisena Amarasekara addressing a gathering
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