Draft:R. H. S. Samaratunga

Dr. R. H. S. Samaratunga (known as 'Dr. Samaratunga') is a Sri Lankan economist and was the former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Secretary to the Treasury. Currently serving as the Senior Economic Advisor to the President Ranil Wickremasinghe, from July 2022 to present.

Education
Samaratunga has obtained the B.A. (Honours) Degree in Economics from the University of Peradeniya. He has a doctorate degree in Economics from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Career
Samaratunga is a former secretary to the Ministry of Finance and the Secretary to the Treasury, Sri Lanka (2015-2019).

He also served as ex-officio member of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and the Finance Commission of Sri Lanka. In February 2008 he was appointed as the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury.

In April 2010 he was appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Environment and in 2012 as the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Industries. In January, 2015 he was appointed as Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Secretary to the Treasury.