Sri Lanka, Nov. 14 -- Rasika Peiris has assumed duties as the New Commissioner General of Elections, effective from today (14).

Rasika Peiris was appointed to the Sri Lanka Administrative Service on March 2, 1998, and joined the Department of Elections as an Assistant Election Commissioner on September 15 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.

The post had been vacant since the retirement of former Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake on October 13, upon reaching the age of 60.

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