Sri Lanka President appoints new Ombudsman

Sri Lanka President appoints new Ombudsman
April 4, 2023
Retired High Court Judge K.B.K. Hirimburegama was sworn in as the Parliamentary High Commissioner for Administrative Affairs (Ombudsman) today (04).

According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), he was sworn in before President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon.

The appointment was made with immediate effect by the President under Article 156(2) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and Section 3(1) of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Affairs Act No. 17 of 1981. (NewsWire)