List of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats

This is a list of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats, who have been appointed by the 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.[1]

Academics

Archaeologists

Architects

Business

Chief Justices

  • Mohan Peiris - Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations
  • Jayantha Jayasuriya - Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations

Corporate executives

Civil servants

Economists

Engineers

Filmmakers

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 and Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia

Judges

Lawyers

Physicians

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

Military officers

Army

Air Force

Police officers

Politicians

Governors general
Senators
State and legislative councilors
Provincial governors
  • Dixon Dela Bandara - High Commissioner to Maldives
  • Janaka Priyantha Bandara - Ambassador to the UAE & Myanmar (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")
  • Rohitha Bogollagama - High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")
  • Lionel Fernando - High Commissioner to Malaysia, Ambassador to the Netherlands and France (note: also listed in "Civil servants")
  • 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")
  • Noel Wimalasena - High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")
Parliamentarians
Mayors

UN officials

References

  1. ^ "Kadirgamar rose for his country". Sunday Times, Retrieved on 10 August 2008.
  2. ^ "First Sri Lankan to become a Town Planner". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
  3. ^ 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. ^ New High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Assumed Duties. The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Pakistan
  9. ^ First President of the Republic of Sri Lank Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Chapter 48: Gandhi's murder: Widespread fallout.
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