Sri Lanka, April 17 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Senior Additional Secretary to the President Mr. G.M.R.D. Aponsu as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Energy.

The relevant letter of appointment was handed over to him by the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this afternoon (17).

Mr. G.M.R.D. Aponsu, who served as the Senior Additional Secretary to the President for Finance and Economic Affairs, is a senior officer of the Sri Lanka Planning Service (SLPS).

He is an officer with extensive experience in the fields of national planning, public financial management, macroeconomic forecasting, development financing, fiscal analysis, tax policy and hi...