Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Kalutara District MP Mahinda Samarasinghe plans to resign from Parliament to take up a new post as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the US and Mexico.
Samarasinghe made this revelation while addressing the parliamentary session yesterday (23), saying that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has asked him to take office as the new Sri Lankan envoy to the US and Mexico.
“I expect to resign from Parliament within two to three days and to leave for America on 29 (November).”
The Parliamentarian’s appointment comes after the retirement of Ravinatha P. Aryasinha from public service, who served as the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the two Northern American nations.
Upon joining the Sri Lanka Foreign Service, MP Samarasinghe served as the First Secretary to the Sri Lanka High Commission in Australia and as Counsellor for the Sri Lankan Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva in the 1980s.
In addition, he has represented Sri Lanka at the International Labour Organisation, World Health Organisation, International Telecommunication Union, and the World Meteorological Organisation.
Mahinda Samarasinghe to become Sri Lankan Ambassador to the US
23 Nov 2021
Mahinda Samarasinghe to become Sri Lankan Ambassador to the US
23 Nov 2021