K. Hirimburegama, Sri Lanka's new Ombudsman

K.B.K. Hirimburegama, a retired High Court Judge, was sworn in as the Parliamentary High Commissioner for Administrative Affairs (Ombudsman) in the presence of President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat on Tuesday (04).

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.