New IGP assumes duties on July 1
By Sarath Malalasekera
Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Jayantha Wickremaratne will
assume duties as the new Inspector General of Police on July 1.
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Jayantha Wickremaratne |
He will take over the reins from IGP Victor Perera who retires
tomorrow.
DIG Wickremaratne received his Post Graduate Diploma Certificate in
Criminology from Sri Jayawardenepura University recently.
He completed his education at Thurstan College and later obtained an
Honours Degree on Public Administration from Sri Jayawardenepura
University in 1973.
Wickremaratne joined the police Force in 1974 as an Assistant
Superintendent of Police (ASP) and was promoted to the rank of
Superintendent of Police in 1983. He was promoted as a Senior SP in 1989
and Deputy Inspector General of Police in 1993.
The new IGP Wickremaratne is a member of the National Dangerous Drug
Control Board, Director National Child Protection Authority, Council
Member of the International Police Organisation, Secretary and the
President of the Police Savings Association.
He was also the President of the Sri Lanka Amateur Kabadi Federation
in 2001 and Chairman of the Police Kabadi Tournament Committee since
year 2000.
Attorney-at-Law Anoma Goonetilleke who is the wife of the New IGP
Wickremaratne was the former Secretary of the Bar Association of Sri
Lanka (BASL). |
