Dhammika Kitulgoda is a

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n civil servant and judge. He is the

Secretary General of Parliament The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Śrī Laṇkā Pārlimentuvā'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் '' ...

(1999–2002, 2008–2012), Secretary to the Constitutional Council and District Judge. Educated at Rahula Vidyalaya Matara and at the

Royal College, Colombo Royal College, Colombo also known as; Royal Colombo, Colombo Royal College or Colombo Royal) is a Single-sex education, boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started by Joseph Marsh (priest), Joseph Mar ...

President appoints Kitulgoda Acting SG of Parliament
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for his legal studies in 1971. Joining the Judiciary in 1975 when he was appointed a

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and later served as a District Judge from 1985 in many part of the island. Thereafter he was appointed as Secretary to the Judicial Services Commission in 1998. He was appointed as Secretary General of Parliament from 1999 to 2002 and was reappointed in 2008, thus being the first judicial officer to hold the post.

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