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Auditor General of Sri Lanka
ශ්‍රී ලංකා විගණකාධිපති இலங்கை கணக்காய்வாளர் தலைமை
Incumbent Chulantha Wickramaratne since 29 April 2019
Auditor-General's Department
Seat	306/72 Polduwa road, Battaramulla
Nominator	The President
Appointer	The President with Constitutional Council advice and consent
Formation	January 24, 1799; 225 years ago (1799-01-24)
First holder	Cecil Smith (as Accountant and Auditor General)
Website	auditorgeneral.gov.lk

The auditor general of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා විගණකාධිපති Śrī Laṃkā viganakādhipathi; Tamil: இலங்கை கணக்காய்வாளர் தலைமை) is appointed by the President to aid accountability by conducting independent audits of government operations. These audits provide members of Parliament with objective information to help them examine the government's activities and hold it to account. According to the constitution, the auditor general is empowered to audit the accounts of all departments of Government, the Offices of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Judicial Service Commission, the Public Service Commission, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, the Secretary-General of Parliament and the Commissioner of Elections, local authorities, public corporations and business or other undertakings vested in the Government under any written law.

The auditor general of Sri Lanka is the head of the Auditor General's Department.

List of auditors general

While the title of Auditor General of Sri Lanka was formally adopted on the country's enactment of its 1978 republican constitution, the position or an equivalent to it has existed since 1799 under various titles. The Department in its current form considers itself a continuation of the office established in 1799, and the table below thus lists all officeholders that have held positions equivalent to the position of the current Auditor General.

See also

• Auditor general

References

1. "The Auditor General's Role and Responsibilities". auditorgeneral.gov.lk. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
2. "Former Auditor Generals". auditorgeneral.gov.lk. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
3. ^ "History of the Auditor General's Department" (PDF). auditorgeneral.gov.lk. Auditor General's Department. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

External links

• The Auditor-General's Department of Sri Lanka
• THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA

• Government audit officials
• Auditors general of Sri Lanka
• Accounting in Sri Lanka
• Accountants general