Senior DIG Priyantha Weerasooriya has been appointed because the Performing Inspector Normal of Police (IGP).
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Senior DIG Priyantha Weerasooriya as Performing IGP, beneath the constitutional powers vested within the President, the PMD stated.
The President’s Secretary Dr. Nandika Kumanayake introduced the appointment letter to the Performing IGP on the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo nowadays (27)
Previous to this appointment, Weerasooriya served because the Senior SIG in command of the North Central Province, a place he has held since March 2024.
A regulation enforcement skilled with 36 years of unblemished carrier, Weerasooriya had served throughout more than a few ranks, from Police Constable to Senior DIG, with key roles in operational, center, and strategic control.
Particularly, SDIG Priyantha Weerasooriya is the primary officer within the 158-year historical past of the police carrier to upward push from the rank of Police Constable to Inspector Normal of Police (IGP).
A Legislation graduate from the College of Colombo, he was an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) after being sworn in as a attorney on the Sri Lanka Legislation Faculty.
He additionally holds a Bachelor of Industry Management in Human Useful resource Control.
Remarkably, 10 IGP commendation letters were issued in popularity of SDIG Weerasooriya’s thirty-six years of remarkable carrier within the Police Division.
Having served because the Deputy Inspector Normal of Police (DIG) overseeing Crime and Site visitors, in addition to the Director of Police Logistics, SDIG Weerasooriya has participated in United Countries peacekeeping missions in East Timor and Haiti.
On the time of his appointment as Performing IGP, he used to be serving because the SDIG in command of the North Central Province.
