Civil Servants
- Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Ministry of Health (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
- Deshamanya C.A. Coorey, SLAS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury
- Lal Jayawardena - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury and founding Director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
- Lalith Weeratunga, SLAS - current Permanent Secretary to the President
- Deshamanya Gamani Corea - former Secretary-General of the UNCTD (1974–1984), Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
- Nissanka Wijeyeratne, CCS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministries of Information & Broadcasting, Transport and Cultural Affairs (note: - Also listed in Legislators)
- Rajendra Coomaraswamy, CCS - former Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of the UNDP and President Colombo Plan Council.
- L.B. "Malcolm" Abeyaratne, CCS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury
- A. S. Jayawardene - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington D.C
- G.V.P. Samarasinghe, CCS - former Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary of Defence and Foreign Affairs
- Bernard Peiris, OBE, JP - former Cabinet Secretary
- S.J. Walpita, CCS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries & Fisheries and Vice-Chancellor of University of Ceylon, Peradeniya (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
- Wickrema Weerasooria - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation and current Insurance Ombudsman (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
- Harsha Wickremasinghe, SLAS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Trade and Commerce
- Austin Perera, SLAS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries
- J. Charitha Ratwatte - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Ministry of Youth Affairs
- P.H. Premawardhana, SLAS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs
- D.M.P.B.Dasanayake, SLAS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministries of Education, Labour & Budhasasana
- Nalin R. Ratnaike - former Permanent Secretary ot the Ministry of Cultural Affairs & Commissioner-General Inland Revenue
- B.S. Wijeweera, SLAS - former Permanent Secretary
- D.G.P. Seneviratne, CCS - former Permanent Secretary
- Sunil Mendis - former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (note: - Also listed in Corporate Executives)
- Nihal Seneviratne - former Secretary General of Parliament (1981–1994) and parliamentary affairs adviser to the Prime Minister
- Dhammika Kitulgoda - Secretary General of Parliament (1999–2002, 2008–2012 ), Secretary to the Parliamentary Council and former District Judge (note: - Also listed in Judges)
- Dhammika Dasanayake - current Secretary General of Parliament
- Vernon Abeysekera, CCS - former Postmaster General and Director of Radio Ceylon.
- Neville Jansz, CCS - Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs and Defence (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
- Major Victor Gunasekara, CCS - former Controller of Imports Exports and Government Agent of Kegalle
- Major Aubrey Neil Weinman, OBE - First Superintendent (Director) of the Colombo Zoological Gardens
- Captain Cyril Nicholas, MC, KRR - first Warden of the Wild Life Department (note: - Also listed in Military)
- R.G. Anthonisz, ISO, JP - first Government Archivist
- Gamini Iriyagolla, SLAS - former Presidential adviser
- Douglas V. Atapattu - former Commissioner of Excise
- Kumar Fernando, SLAS - Director, Ministry of Finance & Treasury
- K.D.R.N. Wijesinghe, SLAS - Director, National Zoological Gardens
- Indrajit Coomaraswamy - Director Economic Affairs, Commonwealth Secretariat
- Anil P. Samarasekara - Serjeant at Arms of Parliament
- P.C.S. Jayaratnam - former member of the Indian Civil Service
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