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A. T. Moorthy
Arambamoorthy Thedchana Moorthy (10 August 1928 – 1 April 2008) was a Sri Lankan Tamil people, Sri Lankan Tamil diplomat and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Early life and family Moorthy was born on 10 August 1928 in Batticaloa District in eastern British Ceylon, Ceylon. He was educated at Sivananda Vidyalayam, Batticaloa and Jaffna College. After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Colombo, graduating in 1948 with a degree in economics. Moorthy married Suseela, daughter of P. Sriskandarajah, in 1959. They had two daughters (Uma and Ima) and a son (Sri Ayilavan). Career Moorthy joined the Ceylon Overseas Service in 1953 and his first diplomatic posting was in Jakarta, Indonesia. He became chargĂ© d'affaires of the Ceylonese embassy in Beijing, China in 1957, meeting leaders such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. He was first secretary at the High Commission of Ceylon, London between 1961 and 1963. During this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lankan High Commissioner To The United Kingdom
The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is the Sri Lankan envoy to United Kingdom. Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange High Commissioners, rather than Ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas Ambassadors present their diplomatic credentials to the host country's head of state, High Commissioners are accredited to the head of government), they are in practice one and the same office. The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is concurrently accredited as the Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland. The current post of High Commissioner is occupied by Manisha Gunasekara. List of High Commissioners Representatives of the Government of Ceylon High Commissioners Deputy High Commissioners * Sir Velupillai Coomaraswamy, CMG (1948-1953) * Theodore Duncan Perera, CMG (1953-1956) * B. F. Perera, CMG, OBE (1956-1958) See also * High Commission of Sri Lanka, London *List of hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |