President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed *Old Sylvestrine T.A.C.Namal Thalangama* as the *Chief Secretary of the Eastern Province.* The official appointment letters were presented to him by the Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake today (31) at the Presidential Secretariat. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Thalangama served as an Additional Secretary at the Ministry of Fisheries.