Raja Edirisuriya assumes duties as the Executive Project Management Director for Colombo Port City Development Project. This appointment was made as per a cabinet decision on a paper submitted by Hon. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Minister of Urban Development & Housing. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Edirisuriya was serving as the Chairman of the Urban Settlement Development Authority (USDA).
A celebrated civil engineer by profession, Edirisuriya obtained his Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, specializing in structural engineering from Rutgers University NJ, USA.
In early 2006, Edirisuriya was appointed as the chairman of the then-ailing construction giant, Sri Lanka State Engineering Corporation (SEC). With his sheer dedication and commitment along with the supporting staff, this organisation was resurrected within a short period of 9 months.
In December 2009, on a request made by the then President Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa, Edirisuriya accepted the Chairmanship of Mihin Lanka Airlines in order to resume the company’s operations after it had been grounded for some time.
Edirisuriya has also served as the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Surinam, further affirming his stature as a global citizen. During his tenure from 2013 to 2015, he promoted trade and tourism between Latin America and Sri Lanka and also helped facilitate United Nations Humans Rights resolutions among Brazil, Chile, and Argentina to support the Sri Lankan government.
The Colombo Port City Development Project is recently being gazetted as a National Prioritized Project directly supervision by the Presidential Secretariat with other relevant Ministries.
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