President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently appointed several Heads of Missions who are due to take up their overseas assignments shortly.
The details are as follows:
List of New Heads of Missions
Admiral Tissara Samarasinghe - High Commissioner-designate - Australia
Mr. A. L. A. Azeez - Ambassador-designate - Austria
Mr. B.G.R. Uyangoda - Ambassador-designate - China
Mr. Sarath Kongahage - Ambassador-designate - Germany
Mr. Asitha Perera - Ambassador-designate -Italy
Mr. T. Raveenthiran - High Commissioner-designate - Kenya
Mr. W. W. T. Wijeratne - Ambassador-designate - South Korea
Mr. C.A.H.M. Wijeratne - Ambassador-designate - Kuwait
Mr. M.R. Gunaratna - Ambassador-designate - Lebanon
Mr. H. R. Piyasiri - Ambassador-designate - Myanmar
Mr. M.A.K. Girihagama - Ambassador-designate - Oman
Mr. M.J. Palipane - Ambassador-designate - Qatar
Mrs. Ferial Ismail Ashraff - High Commissioner-designate - Singapore
Mr. Oshadi Alahapperuma - Ambassador-designate - Sweden
General Shantha Kottegoda - Ambassador-designate - Thailand
Mr. Buddhi Athauda - Ambassador-designate - The Netherlands
Ministry of External Affairs
Colombo
3rd June 2011