Dhammika Kitulgoda
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Dhammika Kitulgoda is a Sri Lanka
n civil servant and judge. He is the Secretary General of Parliament (1999–2002, 2008- ), Secretary to the Constitutional Council
and former District Judge
(note: - Also listed in Judges)
Educated at Royal College Colombo
and at Sri Lanka Law College
. Joining the Judiciary in 1980 he went on to serve as a magistrate
and later as a District Judge 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.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n civil servant and judge. He is the Secretary General of Parliament (1999–2002, 2008- ), Secretary to the Constitutional Council
Constitutional Council
Constitutional Council might refer to:* Constitutional Council of Chad* Constitutional Council of France* Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan* Constitutional Council of Lebanon* Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka...
and former District Judge
District Judge
District Judge may refer to*A member of the Judiciary of England and Wales*A United States federal judgeNormally concerned with the civil law. I.e. Families, bankruptcy, property etc....
(note: - Also listed in Judges)
Educated at Royal College Colombo
Royal College Colombo
The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...
and at Sri Lanka Law College
Sri Lanka Law College
Sri Lanka Law College was established as the Ceylon Law College under the Council of Legal Education in 1874 in order to impart a formal legal education to those who wished to be lawyers in Ceylon...
. Joining the Judiciary in 1980 he went on to serve as a magistrate
Magistrate
A magistrate is an officer of the state; in modern usage the term usually refers to a judge or prosecutor. This was not always the case; in ancient Rome, a magistratus was one of the highest government officers and possessed both judicial and executive powers. Today, in common law systems, a...
and later as a District Judge 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.