Jayathri Ranjani Samarakone (born 18 September 1953) (known as ''Jayathri Samarakone'') is a former

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n High Commissioner to

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. She is a Sri Lankan lawyer, accountant and former

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

Early life

She is the third daughter of Donald Samarakone (formerly of

Ceylon Civil Service The Ceylon Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym CCS, was the premier civil service of the Government of Ceylon under British colonial rule and in the immediate post-independence period. Established in 1833, it functioned as part of the ...

) and Srima (née Rathnayake). Samarakone has three sisters Kusum, Sucharitha and Deepthi.

Education

She was educated at

Visakha Vidyalaya Visakha Vidyalaya () is a girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a National School managed by the central government providing primary and secondary education. History The school was established in 1917 by Celestina Dias as the Buddhist G ...

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

and attended

Sri Lanka Law College Sri Lanka Law College (abbreviated as SLLC), formerly known as Ceylon Law College, is a law college, and the only legal institution where one can enroll as a attorney-at-law in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1874, under the then Council of Legal ...

where she graduated as a

lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...

with Honours in 1979. She became an associate member of Sri Lanka Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in 1982.

Diplomatic role

In 2008 she was appointed as a

n High Commissioner to

, where she served as the Head of the Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission for a period of 3 years. During that time, she played an important role in promoting

Ceylon tea Ceylon tea is both the brand of tea which is produced in Sri Lanka and a historic term describing tea from that land. Ceylon tea has been described as not only a geographical descriptor but also a pillar of Sri Lankan culture, heritage and ident ...

, investment, trade, tourism and strengthening the diplomatic relations of

with

.The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Singapore commemorated the 62nd Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Retrieved on 5 February 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samarakone, Jayathri Living people 1953 births Sri Lankan Buddhists Alumni of Visakha Vidyalaya Sinhalese lawyers High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to Singapore Sri Lankan women ambassadors

Early life

Education

Diplomatic role

See also

References