The Election Commission yesterday announced that Rasika Peiris has assumed duties as the new Commissioner General of Elections.
He succeeds Saman Sri Ratnayake, who retired on Thursday after six years in the post.
Rasika Peiris was appointed to the Sri Lanka Administrative Service on 02 March, 1998, and joined the Department of Elections as an Assistant Election Commissioner on 15 September of the same year.
He has since served consecutively for 27 years in the Department and the Election Commission as Assistant Election Commissioner, Deputy Election Commissioner, and Additional Election Commissioner, making him one of the most senior officers in the service.