This is a list of Sri Lankan non-career Permanent Secretaries; they are from different professions. The list includes doctors, engineers, journalists, professional politicians, university lecturers, lawyers, journalists, defence officers, and people in the planning service, education administration service, agriculture service, and accounting service.
Academics Nimal Bopage - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media Charitha Herath - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information Professor Stanley Kalpage - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education Dr Wickrema Weerasooria - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation Professor Rajiva Wijesinha - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights
Businesspeople Dhammika Perera - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Transport
Economists Dr Deshamanya Gamani Corea - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs Dr P.B. Jayasundara - Permanent Secretary of the Treasury and the Ministry of Finance & PlanningP.B gets relief from Supreme Court to resume office . Daily Mirror, Retrieved on 24 September 2009. Dr Lal Jayawardena - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of FinanceSri Lankan economist passes away. The Hindu, Retrieved on 11 April 2004. A. S. Jayawardene - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries, Scientific Affairs and Finance Dr Jayantha Kelegama - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of External and Internal TradeBook on ‘Sri Lankan Economy in Transition’ launched. The Island, Retrieved on 17 March 2012.
Lawyers Suhada Gamlath - Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms Nihal Jayawickrama - Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Law ReformsState Engineering Corporation under Kulasinghe and the lead-up to an amusing incident. Sunday Island (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 07 December 2025. Dr. Palitha Kohona - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Charitha Ratwatte - Permanent Secretary of the Treasury and the Ministries of Finance, Youth Affairs & Employment
Media personalities and journalists Dr Anandatissa de Alwis - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of State (1965–1970)The Anandatissa de Alwis I knew . Daily News, Retrieved on 21 August 2001. Karunaratna Paranavtana - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Media and Information
Military officers General Deshamanya D. S. Attygalle - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Admiral Jayanath Colombage - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Colonel C. A. Dharmapala, ED, CLI - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Major General Kamal Gunaratne - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Brigadier Dennis Hapugalle - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Internal Security Major General Asoka Jayawardena - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Highways General Shantha Kottegoda - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Major General Nanda Mallawaarachchi - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Law and Order Major General Sanjeewa Munasinghe - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health Major General Sumedha Perera - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture Lieutenant Colonel Gotabhaya Rajapaksa - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development General Cyril Ranatunge - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence General Daya Ratnayake - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries Air Vice-Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (24 September 2024–present) General Hamilton Wanasinghe - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence
Police officers Sydney de Zoysa - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Internal Security Cyril Herath - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence
Planters Ranjan Wijeratne - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Research
Uncategorized Hemasiri Fernando - Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Defence
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