Presidential Secretariat (Sri Lanka)

Presidential Secretariat
	Presidential Secretariat building
Agency overview
Formed	1978
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	Old Parliament Building, Colombo
Agency executive	Gamini Senarath, President's Secretary;
Website	Official website

The Presidential Secretariat (Sinhala: ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය; janādhipati lēkam kāryālaya) is the office of the President of Sri Lanka. It provides the administrative and institutional framework for the exercise of the duties, responsibilities and powers vested in the President by the Constitution. The Presidential Secretariat is located in the Old Parliament Building in Colombo.

The head of the Presidential Secretariat is the Secretary to the President (also known as the President's Secretary), who is ex officio the most senior civil servant and head of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service. The current President's Secretary is Gamini Senarath.^[1] The post has its roots from the post of Secretary to the Governors of Ceylon and thereafter the Secretary to the Governor-General of Ceylon.

^ De Alwis, Nathasha (6 Jul 2018). "Udaya Seneviratne assumes duties as Secretary to the President". News1st/Maharaja Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

[1] De Alwis, Nathasha (6 Jul 2018). "Udaya Seneviratne assumes duties as Secretary to the President". News1st/Maharaja Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

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