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Fernando taught at [[Nagoda Royal National College]] for a period of time before joining the [[Sri Lanka Administrative Service]] (SLAS).<ref name="DN230708"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Miranda|first1=Sujitha|title=Nagoda Royal’s triumphs adds beauty and value to the village|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130217/education/nagoda-royals-triumphs-adds-beauty-and-value-to-the-village-33179.html|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]]|date=17 February 2013|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He was [[Government Agent (Sri Lanka)|Government Agent]] for [[Polonnaruwa District]] and [[Nuwara Eliya District]].<ref name="DN230708"/> He was later Commissioner of Cooperative Development and [[Postmaster General of Sri Lanka|Postmaster General]].<ref name="DN230708"/> He was then [[Permanent Secretary|secretary]] at Ministry of Rehabilitation and Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Provincial Councils.<ref name="DN230708"/> He was a consultant to the [[United Nations]] before being appointed [[Defence Secretary (Sri Lanka)|Defence Secretary]] in December 2001.<ref name="DN230708"/>
Fernando taught at [[Nagoda Royal National College]] for a period of time before joining the [[Sri Lanka Administrative Service]] (SLAS).<ref name="DN230708"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Miranda|first1=Sujitha|title=Nagoda Royal’s triumphs adds beauty and value to the village|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130217/education/nagoda-royals-triumphs-adds-beauty-and-value-to-the-village-33179.html|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]]|date=17 February 2013|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He was [[Government Agent (Sri Lanka)|Government Agent]] for [[Polonnaruwa District]] and [[Nuwara Eliya District]].<ref name="DN230708"/> He was later Commissioner of Cooperative Development and [[Postmaster General of Sri Lanka|Postmaster General]].<ref name="DN230708"/> He was then [[Permanent Secretary|secretary]] at Ministry of Rehabilitation and Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Provincial Councils.<ref name="DN230708"/> He was a consultant to the [[United Nations]] before being appointed [[Defence Secretary (Sri Lanka)|Defence Secretary]] in December 2001.<ref name="DN230708"/>


Newly elected [[President of Sri Lanka|President]] [[Maithripala Sirisena]] appointed Fernando as a presidential adviser on 15 January 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Austin Fernando appointed as Presidential advisor|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61321/austin-ranavirajah-karunaratne-new-presidential-advisors|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]]|date=15 January 2015|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Weerasinghe|first1=Chamikara|title=Three Presidential advisers appointed |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/three-presidential-advisers-appointed|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]]|date=18 January 2015|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208155952/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/three-presidential-advisers-appointed|archivedate=8 February 2015}}</ref> He was thereafter appointed [[Governor of Eastern Province]] on 27 January 2015.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Feb/1900_09/1900_09%20E.pdf|date=2 February 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1900/09|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Austin, Ellawala new Governors|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/62233/six-new-governors-sworn-in|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]]|date=27 January 2015|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Six Provincial Governors take oaths|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/37782-six-provincial-governors-take-oaths.html|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)|The Nation]]|date=27 January 2015|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He resigned in order to become [[Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka]] on 4 July 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Austin President’s Secy. , Bogollagama Eastern Governor|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Austin-President-s-Secy-Bogollagama-Eastern-Governor-132123.html|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]]|date=4 July 2017|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Yapa|first1=Ayshwarya|title=Austin Fernando sworn in as Presidential Secretary|url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=41707|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[Ada Derana]]|date=4 July 2017|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
Newly elected [[President of Sri Lanka|President]] [[Maithripala Sirisena]] appointed Fernando as a presidential adviser on 15 January 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Austin Fernando appointed as Presidential advisor|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61321/austin-ranavirajah-karunaratne-new-presidential-advisors|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]]|date=15 January 2015|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Weerasinghe |first1=Chamikara |title=Three Presidential advisers appointed |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/three-presidential-advisers-appointed |work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]] |date=18 January 2015 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208155952/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fthree-presidential-advisers-appointed |archivedate=8 February 2015 }}</ref> He was thereafter appointed [[Governor of Eastern Province]] on 27 January 2015.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Feb/1900_09/1900_09%20E.pdf |date=2 February 2015 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |volume=1900/09 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208150847/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Feb/1900_09/1900_09%20E.pdf |archivedate=8 February 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Austin, Ellawala new Governors|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/62233/six-new-governors-sworn-in|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]]|date=27 January 2015|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Six Provincial Governors take oaths|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/37782-six-provincial-governors-take-oaths.html|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)|The Nation]]|date=27 January 2015|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He resigned in order to become [[Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka]] on 4 July 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Austin President’s Secy. , Bogollagama Eastern Governor|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Austin-President-s-Secy-Bogollagama-Eastern-Governor-132123.html|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]]|date=4 July 2017|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Yapa|first1=Ayshwarya|title=Austin Fernando sworn in as Presidential Secretary|url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=41707|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[Ada Derana]]|date=4 July 2017|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>


Fernando is the author of ''My Belly is White: Reminiscences of a Peacetime Secretary of Defence''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=de Mel|first1=Tara|title=When peace was given a chance|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080727/Plus/sundaytimesplus_14.html|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]]|date=27 July 2008|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=David|first1=Marianne|title=A Man of Peace|url=http://www.nation.lk/2008/07/13/special1.htm|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)|The Nation]]|date=13 July 2008|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
Fernando is the author of ''My Belly is White: Reminiscences of a Peacetime Secretary of Defence''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=de Mel|first1=Tara|title=When peace was given a chance|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080727/Plus/sundaytimesplus_14.html|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]]|date=27 July 2008|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=David|first1=Marianne|title=A Man of Peace|url=http://www.nation.lk/2008/07/13/special1.htm|accessdate=4 July 2017|work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)|The Nation]]|date=13 July 2008|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>

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Austin Fernando
SLAS
Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2017
Preceded byP. B. Abeykoon
2nd Governor of Eastern Province
In office
27 January 2015 – 4 July 2017
Preceded byMohan Wijewickrama
Succeeded byRohitha Bogollagama
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Ceylon, Peradeniya
ProfessionCivil servant
EthnicitySinhalese

Kalupage Austin Fernando is a Sri Lankan civil servant and the current Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka. He had previously served as Defence Secretary and Governor of Eastern Province.

Early life

Fernando was educated at Richmond College, Galle.[1] After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya from where he graduated with a B.A. degree.[2] He later received a M.B.A. degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.[2]

Career

Fernando taught at Nagoda Royal National College for a period of time before joining the Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS).[2][3] He was Government Agent for Polonnaruwa District and Nuwara Eliya District.[2] He was later Commissioner of Cooperative Development and Postmaster General.[2] He was then secretary at Ministry of Rehabilitation and Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Provincial Councils.[2] He was a consultant to the United Nations before being appointed Defence Secretary in December 2001.[2]

Newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena appointed Fernando as a presidential adviser on 15 January 2015.[4][5] He was thereafter appointed Governor of Eastern Province on 27 January 2015.[6][7][8] He resigned in order to become Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka on 4 July 2017.[9][10]

Fernando is the author of My Belly is White: Reminiscences of a Peacetime Secretary of Defence.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Abeywardena, Hemantha (16 January 2015). "Austin Fernando: a model civil servant as new presidential advisor". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Austin Fernando's reminiscences in controversial new book". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 23 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. ^ Miranda, Sujitha (17 February 2013). "Nagoda Royal's triumphs adds beauty and value to the village". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Austin Fernando appointed as Presidential advisor". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  5. ^ Weerasinghe, Chamikara (18 January 2015). "Three Presidential advisers appointed". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1900/09. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Austin, Ellawala new Governors". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Six Provincial Governors take oaths". The Nation. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Austin President's Secy. , Bogollagama Eastern Governor". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  10. ^ Yapa, Ayshwarya (4 July 2017). "Austin Fernando sworn in as Presidential Secretary". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  11. ^ de Mel, Tara (27 July 2008). "When peace was given a chance". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  12. ^ David, Marianne (13 July 2008). "A Man of Peace". The Nation. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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