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Aruni Wijewardane | |
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| Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2022 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremesinghe Anura Kumara Dissanayake |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe Dinesh Gunawardena Harini Amarasuriya |
| Preceded by | Jayanath Colombage |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sri Lanka |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge, University of Colombo, University of Western Australia |
| Occupation | Diplomat, UN Civil Servant |
Aruni Yasodha Wijewardane is a Sri Lankan diplomat and the current Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka.[1] Previously she served in several senior positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, as well as overseas. From 2005 to 2008 she served as Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna.[2] In addition to her career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she also served as an international civil servant, as Director of the Secretariat of the Policy Making Organs of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)[3][4] from 2013 to 2020.
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- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka Presents Credentials". unis.unvienna.org. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Portraits of women (4/8) : Aruni Wijewardane". Représentation permanente de la France auprès des Organisations Internationales et des Nations unies à Vienne. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Journeys of IAEA Women Leaders". www.iaea.org. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2022.