List of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats

This is a list of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats, who have been appointed by Government of Sri Lanka as Ambassadors and High Commissioners, but are not Career diplomats by profession, meaning they are not from the Sri Lanka Foreign Service, but are from different professions and politicians.^[1]

Academics[]

J B Disanayake - Ambassador to Thailand
Ananda W.P. Guruge - Ambassador to France, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to UNESCO and USA
Lal Jayawardane - High Commissioner to United Kingdom
W. S. Karunaratne - Ambassador to US
Karunasena Kodituwakku - Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed under "Parliamentarians" and "Provincial Governors")
G.P Malalasekera, OBE - Ambassador to Soviet Union, High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Canada and Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations in New York
Ediriweera Sarachchandra - Ambassador to France

Architects[]

Oliver Weerasinghe, FRIBA - Ambassador to USA^[2]

Business[]

A. S. P Liyanage - Ambassador to Qatar, former High Commissioner to Nigeria
Udayanga Weeratunga - Ambassador to Russian Federation^[3]
Jaliya Wickramasuriya - Ambassador to USA^[3]^[4]

Corporate executives[]

Somasunadaran Skandakumar - High Commissioner to Australia

Civil servants[]

Sirisena Amarasekara - High Commissioner to South Africa
Richard Aluwihare, , CBE, JP - High Commissioner to India
Shirley Amerasinghe - High Commissioner to India, Ambassador to Nepal and Afghanistan and Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)
Velupillai Coomaraswamy - High Commissioner to Canada
Gunasena de Soyza, CMG, OBE - High Commissioner to United Kingdom
N. Q. Dias - High Commissioner to India^[5]
K. C. Logeswaran - Ambassador to Republic of Korea
S. J. Walpita - Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium
Neville Jayaweera - Ambassador to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland

Economists[]

Gamani Corea - Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Lal Jayawardena - High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to the Benelux countries

Filmmakers[]

Sumitra Peries - Ambassador to France

Journalists[]

Ernest Corea - Ambassador to USA; High Commissioner to Canada
Dayan Jayatilleka - Permanent Representative to United Nations (Geneva); Consul General for Switzerland; Ambassador to France and UNESCO

Judges[]

Hon. Justice H. W. Thambiah - High Commissioner to Canada

Lawyers[]

Kusumsiri Balapatabendi - High Commissioner to Australia
John De Saram - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)
H.L. de Silva, PC - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)
Neville Kanakeratne - Ambassador to USA and High Commissioner to India
Daya Perera PC - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York) and High Commissioner to Canada
Sir Lalitha Rajapakse, KC - Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to the U.K.
Faisz Musthapha, - High Commissioner to the U.K.
Wickrema Weerasuriya - High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand^[6]
Tissa Wijeyeratne - Ambassador to France, Switzerland and UNESCO
Jayathri Samarakone - High Commissioner to Singapore

Physicians[]

M. V. P. Peiris - Ambassador to Soviet Union and High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Senators")

Military officers[]

Army[]

General (Rtrd.) Rohan Daluwatte, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Brazil
General (Rtrd.) Deshamanya D. S. Attygalle, MVO - High Commissioner to United Kingdom
General (Rtrd.) G. H. De Silva, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - High Commissioner to Pakistan
General (Rtrd.) Deshamanya Denis Perera, VSV - High Commissioner to Australia
General (Rtrd.) Shantha Kottegoda, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Brazil and Thailand
Major General (Rtrd.) Nanda Mallawaarachchi, RWP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Indonesia
Major General (Rtrd.) Anton Muttukumaru, OBE, ED, ADC - High Commissioner to Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Ambassador to Egypt
Major General (Rtrd.) Janaka Perera, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - High Commissioner to Australia & Ambassador to Indonesia
General (Rtrd.) Cyril Ranatunga, VSV - High Commissioner to Australia and United Kingdom
Major General (Rtrd.) Richard Udugama, MBE - Ambassador to Iraq
General (Rtrd.) Cecil Waidyaratne, VSV, USP, SLAC - Ambassador to Thailand
General (Rtrd.) C. S. Weerasooriya, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - High Commissioner to Pakistan
General (Rtrd.) T. I. Weerathunga, VSV - High Commissioner to Canada
General (Rtrd.) Jagath Jayasuriya, RWP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Brazil

Navy[]

Vice Admiral (Rtrd.) A.H.A De Silva, VSV - Ambassador to Cuba^[7]
Admiral (Rtrd.) Wasantha Karannagoda - Ambassador to Japan
Admiral (Rtrd.) Thisara Samarasinghe - High Commissioner to Australia

Air Force[]

Air Chief Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala - Ambassador to Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Air Chief Marshal Kapila Jayampathy - High Commissioner to Malaysia
Air Chief Marshal (Rtrd.) Jayalath Weerakkody - High Commissioner to Pakistan
Air Chief Marshal (Rtrd.) Donald Perera - Ambassador to Israel

Police officers[]

Rudra Rajasingham (IGP) - Ambassador to Indonesia
Ana Seneviratne (IGP) - High Commissioner to Malaysia
Herbert Weerasinghe (IGP) - High Commissioner to Malaysia

Politicians[]

Governors general

Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, GCMG, KCVO, KBE, KStJ - High Commissioner to United Kingdom
William Gopallawa, MBE - Ambassador to China, Cuba, Mexico and USA^[8]

Senators

Razik Fareed, Kt, OBE, JP, UM- High Commissioner to Pakistan
Stanley Kalpage - High Commissioner to India and Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations in New York
Reggie Perera - Ambassador to Egypt
Lalitha Rajapakse - Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Lawyers")
A. F. Wijemanne - Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to FAO
Edwin Wijeyeratne - High Commissioner to United Kingdom and India

State and legislative councilors

Claude Corea - Ambassador to USA and High Commissioner to United Kingdom
Susantha de Fonseka, KBE - Ambassador to Burma and Japan
T.B Jayah - High Commissioner to Pakistan
D.B Jayatilaka - High Commissioner to India
C. W. W. Kannangara - Ambassador to Indonesia
Tikiri Bandara Panabokke - Representative of the Government of Ceylon to India

Provincial Governors

Noel Wimalasena - High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")
E. L. B. Hurulle - High Commissioner to Australia (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")
Karunasena Kodituwakku - Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed in "Academics" and "Parliamentarians")
Ariya Rekawa - Ambassador to Philippines (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")
Dixon Dela Bandara - High Commissioner to Maldives

Parliamentarians

Ferial Ashraff - High Commissioner to Singapore
Robert Gunawardena - Ambassador to China
Noel Wimalasena - High Commissioner to United Kingdom
Dharmasena Attygalle - High Commissioner to Pakistan
Fred E. de Silva - Ambassador to France, Switzerland and UNESCO
P.H. William de Silva - High Commissioner to Canada
A.E. Goonesinha - Ambassador to Indonesia and Burma (Myanmar)
Tudor Gunasekara - Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary
R.S.S. Gunewardene - High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Ambassador to Italy, USA and Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)
E. L. B. Hurulle - High Commissioner to Australia (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians" and "Provincial Governors")
Karu Jayasuriya - Ambassador to Germany
P.B.G. Kalugalla - High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Philippines
Rupa Karunathilake - Ambassador to Netherlands
Karunasena Kodituwakku - Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed in "Academics" and "Provincial Governors")
Anil Moonesinghe - Ambassador to Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, the UN (Vienna), IAEA and OPEC.
Mangala Moonesinghe - High Commissioner to United Kingdom and India
Susil Moonesinghe - Ambassador to Iran
Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke - High Commissioner to India
R. S. Pelpola - High Commissioner to Malaysia
Wilmot A. Perera - Ambassador to China
H. R. Piyasiri - Ambassador to Myanmar
C. Rajadurai - High Commissioner to Malaysia^[9]
T.B. Subasinghe - Ambassador to Soviet Union
Rosy Senanayake - High Commissioner to Malaysia
Nissanka Wijeyeratne, CCS - Ambassador to Soviet Union
Ariya Rekawa - Ambassador to Philippines

Mayors

Omar Kamil - Ambassador to Iran, accredited to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.
A. J. M. Muzammil - High Commissioner to Malaysia

UN officials[]

T. D. S. A. Dissanayake - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia and Egypt
Palitha Kohona - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)

References[]

^ "Kadirgamar rose for his country". Sunday Times, Retrieved on 10 August 2008.
^ "First Sri Lankan to become a Town Planner". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Embassy of Sri Lanka USA
^ Sri Lanka - Consul General Jaliya Wickramasuriya
^ Looking back on operation `Holdfast', By Romesh Tissainayagam Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ Sri Lanka's First Insurance Ombudsman Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ Vice Admiral A.H.A De Silva, VSV, ndc, psc - Sri Lanka Navy Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ First President of the Republic of Sri Lank Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Chapter 48: Gandhi's murder: Widespread fallout.

External links[]

[1] "Kadirgamar rose for his country". Sunday Times, Retrieved on 10 August 2008.

[OWeerasinghe2-2] "First Sri Lankan to become a Town Planner". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-12.

[Jaliya_Wickramasuriya-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Embassy of Sri Lanka USA

[4] Sri Lanka - Consul General Jaliya Wickramasuriya

[5] Looking back on operation `Holdfast', By Romesh Tissainayagam Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Sri Lanka's First Insurance Ombudsman Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

[7] Vice Admiral A.H.A De Silva, VSV, ndc, psc - Sri Lanka Navy Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine

[8] First President of the Republic of Sri Lank Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine

[9] Chapter 48: Gandhi's murder: Widespread fallout.

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