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Royal College Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janu ...
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Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
James Peiris Sir James Peiris (20 December 1856 – 5 May 1930) was a prominent leader in the Sri Lankan independence movement, the first elected Vice-President of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and the first native Governor of Ceylon (Acting).
– Vice President of the Legislative Council and first Ceylonese Acting Governor (note: also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Richard Morgan – first Ceylonese member of the Governor's Executive Council and Member of the Legislative Council (note: also listed in Judges) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Ponnambalam Arunachalam Ponnambalam Arunachalam ( ta, பொன்னம்பலம் அருணாசலம், translit=Poṉṉampalam Aruṇācalam; 14 September 1853 – 9 January 1924) was a Ceylonese civil servant and a member of the Executive Council of Cey ...
CCS – member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council (note: also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Ponnambalam Ramanathan Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, CMG, KC ( ta, பொன்னம்பலம் இராமநாதன், translit=Poṉṉampalam Irāmanātaṉ; 16 April 1851 – 26 November 1930) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Solicitor-General ...
– first elected Ceylonese representative unofficial member of the Legislative Council (note: also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement and Civil Servants) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Hector van Cuylenburg – first elected Burgher representative unofficial member of the Legislative Council *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Marcus Fernando – member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council (note: also listed in Medicine) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Arunachalam Mahadeva Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG ( ta, அருணாசலம் மகாதேவா, translit=Aruṇācalam Makātēvā; 5 October 1885 – 15 April 1966) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and diplomat. He served as Minister of Home Affairs ...
– former Minister Home Affaires of the State Council and member of the Legislative Council (note: also listed in Diplomats) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Bandara Panabokke
Adigar The Mahâ Adigâr ( si, මහා අධිකාරම්) (also known as Adikārama, Adikār) was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of monarchical Sri Lanka. The office was sec ...
– First Minister of Health in the State Council and a member of the Legislative Council (note: also listed in Diplomats) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Forester Obeysekera – Speaker of the
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and a member of the Legislative Council (note: also listed in Heads of legislature) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Susantha de Fonseka – Deputy Speaker of the
State Council State Council may refer to: Government * State Council of the Republic of Korea, the national cabinet of South Korea, headed by the President * State Council of the People's Republic of China, the national cabinet and chief administrative auth ...
(note: also listed in Diplomats) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Harry Dias Bandaranaike Justice Sir Harry Dias Bandaranaike (22 August 1822 - 24 June 1901) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister and judge. He was the first Sinhalese and native acting Chief Justice and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He was an Un ...
– former Member of the Legislative Council, acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and first Ceylonese Barrister (note: also listed in Judges) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Muthu Coomaraswamy Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy ( ta, முத்து குமாரசுவாமி; 23 January 1834 – 4 May 1879) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, writer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Early life and family Coomaraswamy was born ...
– former Member of the Legislative Council *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Henry de Mel – former Member of the Legislative Council (note: also listed in Industrialists) *
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T. G. Jayewardene
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 – former Member of the State Council (note: also listed in Military) *
E. W. Perera Edward Walter Perera (11 December 1875 – 15 February 1953) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister, politician and freedom fighter. He was known as the "Lion of Kotte" and was a prominent figure in the Sri Lankan independence movement, served ...
– former Member of the State Council and the Legislative Council (note: also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement) * Donald Obeyesekere – former Member of the State Council and the Legislative Council (note: also listed in Sportsmen and sports administrators) *
Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Thomas Garvin – former ex-officio Member of the Legislative Council (note: also listed in Judges and lawyers) *
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Maas Thajoon Akbar – former ex-officio Member of the Legislative CouncilMaas Thajoon Akbar, KC 1880-1944
/ref> (note: also listed in Judges and lawyers) * C. E. Corea – former Member of the Legislative Council, President of the Ceylon National Congress (1924) (note: also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement) *
Charles Ambrose Lorensz Charles Ambrose Lorensz (1829–1871) was a lawyer, a journalist and a colonial era legislator from Ceylon. He was a member of the Legislative Council. He is credited for initiating Sri Lankan journalism and was the founder and editor of the islan ...
– former Member of the Legislative Council (note: also listed in Judges) * T M Sabaratnam – former Member of the Legislative Council *
James De Alwis James De Alwis (1823–1878) was a lawyer, writer, poet and a prominent colonial era legislator from Ceylon. He was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council. He is remembered for his writings that included several works on Buddhism. Educa ...
– former Member of the Legislative CouncilNot promoting the pretensions of' 'literary theory'
 (note: also listed in Poets) * K. Balasingam – former Member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council * J. R. Weinman – former Member of the Legislative Council (note: also listed in Judges) * A. J. R. de Soysa – former Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon * C. H. Z. Fernando – former Member of the Legislative Council * W. M. Rajapakse – former Member of the Legislative Council * S. W. Dassenaike - former Member of the State Council ;Post-Independence *
E. B. Wikramanayake Eric Bird Wikramanayake, QC was a Ceylonese statesman and lawyer. He was the Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala and a member of the Senate of Ceylon. A successful lawyer he was appointed a King's Counsel ...
– former Senator and Cabinet Minister of Justice *
A. P. Jayasuriya Alexander Perera Jayasuriya (1 November 1901 – 28 August 1980) was a Ceylonese politician. He was a Minister of Health, Senator and Member of Parliament. He was one of the founders of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Early life Jayasuriya was e ...
– former Senator, Cabinet Minister of Health and Member of Parliament * Sarath Wijesinghe – former Senator, Cabinet Minister of Nationalized Services and Senator * Justin Kotelawala – former Senator and Member of the State Council *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Razik Fareed Raziq or Razik may refer to: People with the given name *Raziq Faani (1947–2007), Afghan poet * Razik Fareed (1893–1984), Sri Lankan politician, diplomat and philanthropist *Raziq Khan (born 1979), an Emirati international cricketer People wi ...
JP – former Cabinet Minister of Trade, Deputy Speaker, Member of Parliament, the Senate and the State Council (note: also listed in Diplomats) *
Somasundaram Nadesan Somasundaram Nadesan, QC ( ta, சோமசுந்தரம் நடேசன்; 11 February 1904 – 21 December 1986) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, civil rights activist and member of the Senate of Ceylon. Early life and fa ...
– former Senator (note: also listed in Lawyers) * V.R. Schockman – former Senator (note: also listed in Mayors, Sportsmen and sports administrators) * R.S.V. Poulier CCS – former Senator and Member of Parliament *
L. L. Hunter Louis Lucien Hunter, (28 September 1890 - 19??) was a Ceylonese civil servant and politician. He served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance (1950-1953), being a member of the Senate of Ceylon (1950-1953) and the House of R ...
- former Parliamentary Secretary, Senator and Member of Parliament *
C. Coomaraswamy Chellappah Coomaraswamy ( ta, செல்லப்பா குமாரசுவாமி; born 25 August 1887) was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, diplomat and member of the Senate of Ceylon. Early life and family Coomaraswamy was born on 25 ...
CCS – former Senator (note: also listed in Civil servants, Diplomats) *
Lalith Athulathmudali Lalith William Samarasekera Athulathmudali, PC (; 26 November 1936 – 23 April 1993), known as Lalith Athulathmudali, was a Sri Lankan statesman. He was a prominent member of the United National Party, who served as Minister of Trade and Sh ...
PC – former Cabinet Minister of National Security & Defence, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Education, Member of Parliament *
Anura Bandaranaike Anura Priyadarshi Solomon Dias Bandaranaike (15 February 1949 – 16 March 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician, served as Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2000-2001) and Leader of the Opposition (1983–1988). He held several cabinet min ...
– former Cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...
, Tourism, Industry, Investment & National Heritage, Leader of the Opposition, Member of Parliament (note: also listed in Heads of legislature) * Major
E. A. Nugawela Major Edward "Eddie" Alexander Nugawela, ED (21 September 1898 – 5 July 1972) was a Ceylonese lawyer, soldier and politician. He was the first Cabinet Minister of Education in independent Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) (1947–1954), later Cabinet M ...
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 – former Cabinet Minister of Education (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament & State Council *
Cathiravelu Sittampalam Cathiravelu Sittampalam ( ta, கதிரவேலு சிற்றம்பலம்; 13 September 1898 – 3 February 1964) was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister. Early life and famil ...
CCS – former Cabinet Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament * Abeyratne Ratnayaka – former Cabinet Minister of Food and Cooperatives (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament & State Council * Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike – former Cabinet Minister of Finance, Public Administration, Local Government, Home Affairs,
Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...
, Member of Parliament *
Deshamanya Deshamanya ( si, දේශමාන්‍ය, translit=Dēshamāṉya; ta, தேசமான்ய, translit=Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a ...
Nissanka Wijeyeratne Deshamanya Nissanka Parakrama Wijeyeratne ( si, නිශ්ශංක පරාක්‍රම විජයරත්න) (14 June 1924 – 7 January 2007), known as ''Nissanka Wijeyeratne'', was a Sri Lankan politician, civil servant, dipl ...
CCS – former Cabinet Minister of Education, Higher Education &
Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...
, Member of Parliament (note: also listed in Civil servants) * Colvin R de Silva – former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs, Member of Parliament * Tyronne Fernando PC – former Cabinet
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, Member of Parliament (note: also listed in Viceregal, Diplomats) *
Anil Moonesinghe Anil Moonesinghe (15 February 1927 – 8 December 2002) was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist revolutionary politician and trade unionist. He became a member of parliament, a Cabinet Minister of Transport in 1964, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament from 199 ...
– former Cabinet Minister of Communications, Deputy Speaker, Member of Parliament (note: also listed in Diplomats) *
Pieter Keuneman Pieter Gerald Bartholomeusz Keuneman (3 October 1917 – 3 January 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician and a Marxist. He was the Cabinet Minister of Housing and Local Government and prominent Member of Parliament and a leading figure in the Commu ...
– former Cabinet Minister of Housing and Local Government, Member of Parliament * Cyril Mathew – former Cabinet Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs, Member of Parliament * Stanly de Zoysa – former Cabinet Minister of Finance, Member of Parliament * medical doctor
Ranjit Atapattu Ranjith Kanishka Parakrama Atapattu (29 April 1933 – 8 January 2018) was a Sri Lankan physician and politician. Biography Ranjith Kanishka Parakrama Atapattu was born 29 April 1933 in Tangalle, the son of Don Peter (Member of Parliament ...
– former Cabinet Minister of Health, Member of Parliament * C.V. Gunaratne – former Cabinet Minister Industrial of Development, Member of Parliament * R.G. Senanayake – former Cabinet Minister of Trade, Member of Parliament holding two concurrent seats from two continuances * P.B. Bulankulama
Dissawa The Mahâ Dissâvas was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of monarchical Sri Lanka. Like many of the existing high offices at the time it had combined legislative and judicial ...
– former Minister of Lands, Member of Parliament *
Milinda Moragoda Asoka Milinda Moragoda ( Sinhala:අශෝක මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ) (born 4 June 1964) is a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He is the current Sri Lankan High Commissioner Designate to India and, former Cabinet Minis ...
– former Cabinet Minister of Justice and Law Reforms, Member of Parliament *
Deshamanya Deshamanya ( si, දේශමාන්‍ය, translit=Dēshamāṉya; ta, தேசமான்ய, translit=Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a ...
J.P. Obeyesekere III – former Acting Cabinet Minister of Health, Finance, and Member of ParliamentDeshamanya J.P. Obeyesekere
 (note: also listed in Aviation) * Gamini Jayasuriya – former Cabinet Minister of Health, Agriculture Development; Member of Parliament *
Indika Gunawardena Indika Gunawardena ( si, ඉන්දික ගුණවර්ධන; 8 February 1943 – 14 September 2015) was a Sri Lankan politician. Indika Gunawardena was born on 8 February 1943, the son of Philip Gunawardena and Kusumasiri née A ...
– former Cabinet Minister of Fisheries, Member of Parliament * George Rajapakse – former Cabinet Minister of Fisheries, Member of Parliament * P. B. Bulankulame
Dissava The Mahâ Dissâvas was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of monarchical Sri Lanka. Like many of the existing high offices at the time it had combined legislative and judicial ...
– former Cabinet Minister of Land, Land Development and Member of Parliament *
Mano Wijeyeratne Nissanka Manodha Wijeyeratne ( Sinhala: නිශ්ශංක මනෝද විජයරත්න) (28 July 1957 – 29 October 2011) (known as ''Mano Wijeyeratne'') was a former Politician, Government Minister, Coordinating Secretary to th ...
– former Minister of Plantation Services, Non-Cabinet Minister of Enterprise Development, Member of Parliament *
Susil Moonesinghe Susil Moonesinghe (11 February 1930 – 30 November 2012) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, diplomat and former chairman of State Trading Wholesale Company Ltd. A former chief minister of the Western Provincial Council and a member of p ...
– former
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of the Western Provincial Council, Member of Parliament (note: also listed in Local government and Diplomats) * T. B. Panabokke – former Deputy Minister of Justice & Agriculture and Member of Parliament (note: also listed in Diplomats) * Wijaya Dahanayake – former Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Member of Parliament * Mangala Moonesinghe – former Member of Parliament (note: also listed in Diplomats) * H. Sri Nissanka – former Member of Parliament and one of the founders of the
SLFP The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka ...
(note: also listed in Lawyers) *
Walwin de Silva Walwin Arnold de Silva, CCS was a Sri Lankan civil servant. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ceylon, Colombo and a Member of Parliament. Education Walwin was born on 12 August 1905 in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) at Balapitiya. His fath ...
CCS – former Member of Parliament (note: also listed in Civil servants) * Arumugam Thondaman – former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament * Malik Samarawickrama – former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament * Mangala Samaraweera – former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament *
Ravi Karunanayake Ravindra Sandresh Karunanayake (born 19 February 1963) is a Sri Lankan politician. A former Member of Parliament for the Colombo District, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from May 2017 to August 2017, Minister of Finance from 2015 ...
– former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament * Sagala Ratnayaka – former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament * D. M. Swaminathan – former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament *
Faiszer Musthapha Mohamed Faiszer Musthapha, PC, MP is a Sri Lankan lawyer and a politician. He was the Minister of Sports and Provincial Councils and Local Government and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Faiszer Musthapha is married to Fathima Rifa who ...
– former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament * Mohan Lal Grero – former State Minister and Member of Parliament * Neelan Thiruchelvam – former Member of Parliament * Wilmot A. Perera – former Member of Parliament (note: also listed in Diplomats) * Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar – former Member of Parliament *
Arthur de Zoysa Garumuni Arthur Wickremaratne de Zoysa (?- 1949) was a Ceylonese politician. He was elected to the first Parliament of Ceylon in 1947 representing the United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්ස ...
– former Member of Parliament * J. A. Martenze – former Member of Parliament (note: also listed in Industrialists and corporate executives) * Tissa Kapukotuwa – former Member of Parliament * Murugesu Balasunderam – former Member of Parliament *
Gladwin Kotelawala Gladwin Conrad Hermon Kotelawala, MBE (18 April 1914 – ?) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) businessmen and a former Member of Parliament. Gladwin Kotelawala was the son of Sir Henry Kotelawala, a leading colonial-era legislator. He initially stu ...
– former Member of Parliament * Sajin Vass Gunawardena – former Member of Parliament *
Mohamed Latheef Mohamed Latheef (died 3 july 2022) was a Maldives politician, a former parliamentarian and a campaigner for human rights. He is a co-founder of the MDP (Maldivian Democratic Party), a political party. He was self-exiled in Sri Lanka for a number of ...
– former Member of the Maldivian Parliament


Judiciary

;Chief Justices *
Miliani Sansoni Deshamanya Miliani Edward Claude Sansoni (18 November 1904 - 1979) was a Ceylonese judge, who served as the 32nd Chief Justice of Ceylon. Early life and education Born on 18 November 1904 to Claude Aldons Sansoni, JP, a Proctor and Hilda Grat ...
– former Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Ceylon The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය, Sri Lanka Sreshthadikaranaya; ta, இலங்கை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், Ilankai uyar neetimanram) is th ...
* Hugh Norman Gregory Fernando – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon * Parinda Ranasinghe – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka *
Mohan Peiris Peter Mohan Maithree Peiris, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer who served as the Attorney General of Sri Lanka from 2008 to 2011 and was the ''de facto'' Chief Justice of Sri Lanka from 2013 to 2015 when President Maithripala Sirisena declared his appoin ...
PC – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (note: also listed in Lawyers) ;Acting Chief Justices *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Richard Morgan – former Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon (note: also listed in Legislators) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Harry Dias Bandaranaike Justice Sir Harry Dias Bandaranaike (22 August 1822 - 24 June 1901) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister and judge. He was the first Sinhalese and native acting Chief Justice and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He was an Un ...
– former Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and first Ceylonese Barrister (note: also listed in Legislators) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Thomas Garvin – former Acting Chief Justice and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon (note: also listed in Legislators and Lawyers) * C. Nagalingam – former Acting Chief Justice and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon (note: also listed in Viceregal) * Eugene Reginald de Fonseka – former Acting Chief Justice and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon * S. W. B. Wadugodapitiya PC – former Acting Chief Justice and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ;Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court * Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and member of the
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Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Thomas De Sampayo – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon * Sri Lankabhimanya
Christopher Weeramantry Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, AM (17 November 1926 – 5 January 2017) was a Sri Lankan lawyer who was a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1991 to 2000, serving as its vice-president from 1997 to 2000 ...
AM – former Vice President and Judge of the
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, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka * Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon *
John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene Justice John Adrian St. Valentine W. Jayewardene (1877–1927) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge and lawyer. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon. Born to James Alfred Jayewardene, a Proctor who was the Deputy Coroner of Colombo. His b ...
– former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon * Maas Thajoon Akbar – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon (note: also listed in Legislators and lawyers) * Saleem Marsoof PC – Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and Justice of Appeal of the
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* Oswald Leslie De Kretser II – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon * Oswald Leslie De Kretser III – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon *
Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike I Justice Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike I ( si, ෆෙලික්ස් රෙජිනල්ඩ් ඩයස් බණඩාරනායක; 26 July 1861 – 30 January 1947) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge and lawyer. He was a Judge of the ...
– former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon *
Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike II Justice Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike II ( si, ෆෙලික්ස් රෙජිනල්ඩ් ඩයස් බණඩාරනායක) (17 January 1891 – 26 October 1951) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge and lawyer. He was a Puisn ...
– former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon * Arthur Eric Keuneman – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon * V. M. Fernando – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon"A Historic Injustice" In The Supreme Court - The Facts
/ref> * T. S. Fernando – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon (note: also listed in Lawyers) * F. H. B. Koch – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon * V. Manicavasagar – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon, Chancellor of the
University of Jaffna The University of Jaffna ( ta, யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழகம், translit=Yāḻppāṇap Palkalaikkaḻakam; si, යාපනය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ''Yāpanaya Viśvavidyālaya''; ...
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C. V. Vigneswaran Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran, PC ( ta, கனகசபாபதி விசுவலிங்கம் விக்னேஸ்வரன், translit=Kaṉakacapāpati Vicuvaliṅkam Vikṉēsvaraṉ; si, කනකසභාපත ...
PC – former Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (note: also listed in Provincial Councilors) * Asoka Wijetunga – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka * P. Edussuriya – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka * Anil Goonaratne – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka * K. T. Chitrasiri – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka * Prasanna Jayawardena PC – current Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ;Judges of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka * Siva Selliah – former Judge of the
Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordanc ...
* Eric Basnayake – former Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka and the Court of Appeal of Fiji * Achala Wengappuli – current Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka ;Other judges *
Sarath Ambepitiya Sarath Ambepitiya (November 19, 1946 – November 20, 2004) was a Sri Lankan jurist. He was serving as the Judge of the Colombo High Court when he was assassinated. The assassination, orchestrated by a drug lord sentenced by the Judge, gripped th ...
– former Judge of the High Court of Colombo * J. R. Weinman – former District Judge of Colombo (note: also listed in Legislators) *
Charles Ambrose Lorensz Charles Ambrose Lorensz (1829–1871) was a lawyer, a journalist and a colonial era legislator from Ceylon. He was a member of the Legislative Council. He is credited for initiating Sri Lankan journalism and was the founder and editor of the islan ...
– former District Judge, Acting Queen's Advocate (note: also listed in Legislators and journalists) *
Dhammika Kitulgoda Dhammika Kitulgoda is a Sri Lankan civil servant and judge. He is the Secretary General of Parliament (1999–2002, 2008–2012), Secretary to the Constitutional Council and District Judge. Educated at Rahula Vidyalaya Matara and at the Royal ...
– District Judge (note: also listed in Civil servants)


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* F. R. Senanayake – former Member of the
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(note: also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)


Diplomats

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Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS (18 March 1913 – 4 December 1980) was a Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant. He was High Commissioner to India and concurrently Ambassador to both Nepal and Afghanistan (1963–1967) and Permanent Secreta ...
CCS – former President of the United Nations General Assembly, Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the UN, New York and High Commissioner to India (note: also listed in Civil servants) *
Deshamanya Deshamanya ( si, දේශමාන්‍ය, translit=Dēshamāṉya; ta, தேசமான்ய, translit=Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a ...
Gamani Corea Deshamanya Gamani Corea (4 November 1925 – 3 November 2013) was a Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was also the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Under-Secretary-General of the ...
–
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and Sri Lankan Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the NetherlandsSri Lanka's Envoys to India
 (note: also listed in Civil servants) *
Deshamanya Deshamanya ( si, දේශමාන්‍ය, translit=Dēshamāṉya; ta, தேசமான்ய, translit=Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a ...
Vernon L. B. Mendis SLOS – former
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to the
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,
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, Canada; Ambassador to USSR, Cuba and Secretary General of the
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Rodney Vandergert Rodney Clement Austen Vandergert (11 May 1935 – 4 May 2009) was a prominent Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant, who served as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka and Chairman of the Public Service Commissi ...
SLOS – former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lankan Ambassador to China and USSR,
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(note: also listed in Public commissions and Corporations) *
Wilhelm Woutersz Thelmuth Harris Wilhelm Woutersz (19 July 1939 - 16 November 2003) was a prominent Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant, who served as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. He had served as Sri Lankan Amba ...
SLOS – former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lankan Ambassador to China, Italy and Yugoslavia * Esala Weerakoon SLOS – former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to Norway *
Lal Jayawardena Lal R. Jayawardena ( Sinhala:ලාල් ජයවර්ධන) (1935–2004) was a noted Sri Lankan economist and diplomat. He was the first director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) (1985–1993) and Sri Lankan ...
– Second Vice-Chairman of the
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, former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (note: also listed in Civil servants) * John De Saram – former Director of the Office of the Legal Counsel,
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, Member of the
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and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN, New York (note: also listed in Lawyers) *
Susantha De Alwis Susantha De Alwis (died 22 December 2008) was a Sri Lankan diplomat, the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States, Japan, South Korea and former Permanent Representative to United Nations (Geneva). Educated at the Royal College, Colomb ...
SLOS – former
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, Japan, South Korea and Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Ceylon to the UN, Geneva. *
Yogendra Duraiswamy Yogendra Duraiswamy, SLOS was a Sri Lankan diplomat, who served in India, Myanmar, the United States (New York), Australia, Iraq, Italy, China and the Philippines. Early life and education He was born in 1923 in Jaffna to Sir Waithilingam Duraisw ...
SLOS – former Sri Lankan Ambassador to United States, China, Italy * Neville Jansz CCS – former Ceylon's Ambassador to Australia (note: also listed in Civil servants) *
C. Coomaraswamy Chellappah Coomaraswamy ( ta, செல்லப்பா குமாரசுவாமி; born 25 August 1887) was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, diplomat and member of the Senate of Ceylon. Early life and family Coomaraswamy was born on 25 ...
CCS – former Ceylon's High Commissioner to India (note: also listed in Legislators and Civil Servants) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Susantha de Fonseka – former Ambassador to Japan and Burma (note: also listed in Legislators) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Razik Fareed Raziq or Razik may refer to: People with the given name *Raziq Faani (1947–2007), Afghan poet * Razik Fareed (1893–1984), Sri Lankan politician, diplomat and philanthropist *Raziq Khan (born 1979), an Emirati international cricketer People wi ...
OBE JP – High Commissioner to Pakistan (note: also listed in Legislators) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Arunachalam Mahadeva Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG ( ta, அருணாசலம் மகாதேவா, translit=Aruṇācalam Makātēvā; 5 October 1885 – 15 April 1966) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and diplomat. He served as Minister of Home Affairs ...
– former High Commissioner to India (note: also listed in Legislators) *
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
Bandara Panabokke
Adigar The Mahâ Adigâr ( si, මහා අධිකාරම්) (also known as Adikārama, Adikār) was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of monarchical Sri Lanka. The office was sec ...
– former Representative of the Government of Ceylon in India (note: also listed in Legislators) *
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Deshamanya Deshamanya ( si, දේශමාන්‍ය, translit=Dēshamāṉya; ta, தேசமான்ய, translit=Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a ...
D. S. Attygalle
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 – High Commissioner to the United KingdomRoyal honours its war dead
 (note: also listed in Military) *
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T. I. Weerathunga VSV ndc SLLI – Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (note: also listed in Military) *
General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...
Jagath Jayasuriya General Jagath Jayasuriya, VSV, USP is a retired senior Sri Lanka Army officer; he was the Chief of Defence Staff of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and Commander of the Sri Lankan Army. During the closing stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, h ...
VSV USP ndc psc
SLAC SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. Departme ...
 – current Sri Lankan Ambassador to Brazil (note: also listed in Military) * Admiral Thisara S.G. Samarasinghe RSP VSV USP ndc psc DISS MNI SLN – Sri Lankan High Commissioner designate to Australia (note: also listed in Military) * Vice Admiral Asoka de Silva VSV ndc psc SLN – Sri Lankan Ambassador to Cuba (note: also listed in Military) * Ana Seneviratne ( IGP) – Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia (note: also listed in Police) * T. B. Panabokke – former High Commissioner to India (note: also listed in Legislators) * Tyronne Fernando PC – former Sri Lankan Ambassador to France (note: also listed in Legislators) * Wilmot A. Perera – first Ceylonese Ambassador to China *
Anil Moonesinghe Anil Moonesinghe (15 February 1927 – 8 December 2002) was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist revolutionary politician and trade unionist. He became a member of parliament, a Cabinet Minister of Transport in 1964, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament from 199 ...
– Sri Lankan Ambassador to Austria and Ambassador/Permanent Representative the UN, Geneva (note: also listed in Legislators) * Mangala Moonesinghe – former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (note: also listed in Legislators) *
Susil Moonesinghe Susil Moonesinghe (11 February 1930 – 30 November 2012) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, diplomat and former chairman of State Trading Wholesale Company Ltd. A former chief minister of the Western Provincial Council and a member of p ...
– former Ambassador to Iran (note: also listed in Legislators) * Wickrema Weerasooria – former High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand (note: also listed in Civil servants) *
Ernest Corea Ernest Corea (1932–11 May 2017) was a Sri Lankan journalist and a diplomat noted for his work to maintain a free and independent press and for negotiations involving Sri Lanka's development programs. Early life Corea was born in 1932 in Col ...
– Sri Lanka's former Ambassador to the United States, High Commissioner to Canada (note: also listed in Media personalities and Journalists) *
Daya Perera Lt. Colonel Daya Perera, PC (died June 16, 2013) was a Sri Lankan diplomat and lawyer, who was the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to the United Nations in New York City. Education Educated at Royal College Colombo, Perer ...
PC – Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada and former Ambassador to the United Nations *
Deshamanya Deshamanya ( si, දේශමාන්‍ය, translit=Dēshamāṉya; ta, தேசமான்ய, translit=Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a ...
Neville Kanakeratne Deshamanya Neville T. D. Kanakaratna (1923 - 19 September 1999) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, diplomat and scholar, who was the former Governor of the Southern Province. He was the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States and High Commissioner to I ...
– Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States and High Commissioner to India (note: also listed in Viceregal) * Oliver Weerasinghe – Sri Lanka's former Ambassador to the United States (note: also listed in Architects) *
Tissa Wijeyeratne Suratissa Diyasena Wijeyeratne ( Sinhala: සුරතිස්ස දියසේන විජයරත්න) (17 February 1923 – 11 July 2002) (known as ''Tissa Wijeyeratne'') was a Sri Lankan politician, diplomat, barrister and businessman. ...
– Sri Lankan Ambassador to France, Switzerland and UNESCO, Senior Advisor (Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister, Additional Secretary to
Ministry of External Affairs and Defence Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...
* Omer Kamil – former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Iran (note: also listed in Mayors) * T. D. S. A. Dissanayake – former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia and Egypt; prominent Sri Lankan diplomat in the UN * S. J. Walpita CCS – former Ceylon's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium (note: also listed in Civil servants) * Vipula Wanigasekera – former Sri Lanka's first Consul General to Norway, Director General, Sri Lanka Tourism Authority, Ministry of Tourism (note: also listed in Civil servants)


Civil servants

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Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS (18 March 1913 – 4 December 1980) was a Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant. He was High Commissioner to India and concurrently Ambassador to both Nepal and Afghanistan (1963–1967) and Permanent Secreta ...
CCS – former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Ministry of Health (note: also listed in Diplomats) *
Deshamanya Deshamanya ( si, දේශමාන්‍ය, translit=Dēshamāṉya; ta, தேசமான்ய, translit=Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a ...
C.A. Coorey SLAS – former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury *
Deshamanya Deshamanya ( si, දේශමාන්‍ය, translit=Dēshamāṉya; ta, தேசமான்ய, translit=Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a ...
Baku Mahadeva Deshamanya Balakumara Mahadeva ( ta, பாலகுமாரன் மகாதேவா; 29 October 1921 – 29 November 2013; commonly known as Baku Mahadeva) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant. Early life and family Mahadeva was ...
CCS – former Permanent Secretary of the Treasury, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs *
Lal Jayawardena Lal R. Jayawardena ( Sinhala:ලාල් ජයවර්ධන) (1935–2004) was a noted Sri Lankan economist and diplomat. He was the first director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) (1985–1993) and Sri Lankan ...
– former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury; founding Director of the
World Institute for Development Economics Research The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) is part of the United Nations University (UNU). UNU-WIDER, the first research and training centre to be established by the UNU, is an international academ ...
(note: also listed in Diplomats) *
Lalith Weeratunga Lalith Chandrakumar Weeratunga ( Sinhala: ලලිත් වීරතුංග Tamil: லலித் வீரதூங்க) (known as ''Lalith Weeratunga''), (born 14 May 1950) SLAS, is the former Permanent Secretary to the President of Sri ...
SLAS – current Permanent Secretary to the President *
Deshamanya Deshamanya ( si, දේශමාන්‍ය, translit=Dēshamāṉya; ta, தேசமான்ய, translit=Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a ...
Gamani Corea Deshamanya Gamani Corea (4 November 1925 – 3 November 2013) was a Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was also the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Under-Secretary-General of the ...
– former
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of the UNCTD (1974–1984), Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, Senior Deputy Governor of the
Central Bank of Ceylon The Central Bank of Sri Lanka ( CBSL; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව, Sri Lanka Maha Bankuwa) is the monetary authority of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1950 under the Monetary Law Act No.58 of 1949 (MLA), it is ...
Gamani Corea of Sri Lanka, Secretary-General UNCTD
 (note: also listed in Diplomats) *
Nissanka Wijeyeratne Deshamanya Nissanka Parakrama Wijeyeratne ( si, නිශ්ශංක පරාක්‍රම විජයරත්න) (14 June 1924 – 7 January 2007), known as ''Nissanka Wijeyeratne'', was a Sri Lankan politician, civil servant, dipl ...
CCS – former Permanent Secretary of the Ministries of Information & Broadcasting, Transport and Cultural Affairs (note: also listed in Legislators) * A. S. Jayawardene – former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Governor of the
Central Bank of Sri Lanka The Central Bank of Sri Lanka ( CBSL; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව, Sri Lanka Maha Bankuwa) is the monetary authority of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1950 under the Monetary Law Act No.58 of 1949 (MLA), it is a ...
and former Alternate Executive Director of the
International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster glo ...
(IMF), Washington D.C *
Bernard Peiris Bernard Percival Peiris, OBE, JP (29 March 1908 – 18 January 1977) was a Sri Lankan lawyer. He was the former Cabinet Secretary and the Legal Draftsmen who drafted the ''Ceylon Order in Council'', the first constitution of independent Ceyl ...
JP – former Cabinet Secretary * H. C. Goonewardene CCS – former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs * S. J. Walpita CCS – former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries & Fisheries and
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of
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, Peradeniya (note: also listed in Diplomats) *
Walwin de Silva Walwin Arnold de Silva, CCS was a Sri Lankan civil servant. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ceylon, Colombo and a Member of Parliament. Education Walwin was born on 12 August 1905 in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) at Balapitiya. His fath ...
CCS – former Vice Chancellor of
University of Ceylon The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Unive ...
,
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 m ...
and Director of Education (note: also listed in Legislators) * Charitha Ratwatte – former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Ministry of Youth Affairs * Wickrema Weerasooria – former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation and current
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Ombudsman (note: also listed in Diplomats) * Sunil Mendis – former Governor of the
Central Bank of Sri Lanka The Central Bank of Sri Lanka ( CBSL; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව, Sri Lanka Maha Bankuwa) is the monetary authority of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1950 under the Monetary Law Act No.58 of 1949 (MLA), it is a ...
* Arjuna Mahendran – former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Chairman of Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (note: also listed in Corporate Executives) *
Indrajit Coomaraswamy Indrajit Coomaraswamy ( ta, இந்திரஜித் குமாரசுவாமி, si, ඉන්ද්‍රජිත් කුමාරස්වාමි; born 3 April 1950) is a Sri Lankan economist and the 14th Governor of the Cen ...
– current Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Director Economic Affairs,
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* Nihal Seneviratne – former
Secretary General of Parliament The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila ...
(1981–1994) and parliamentary affairs adviser to the Prime Minister *
Dhammika Kitulgoda Dhammika Kitulgoda is a Sri Lankan civil servant and judge. He is the Secretary General of Parliament (1999–2002, 2008–2012), Secretary to the Constitutional Council and District Judge. Educated at Rahula Vidyalaya Matara and at the Royal ...
– 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
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and Director of Radio Ceylon. * Neville Jansz CCS – Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs,
Ministry of External Affairs and Defence Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...
(note: also listed in Diplomats) *
C. Coomaraswamy Chellappah Coomaraswamy ( ta, செல்லப்பா குமாரசுவாமி; born 25 August 1887) was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, diplomat and member of the Senate of Ceylon. Early life and family Coomaraswamy was born on 25 ...
CCS – former Registrar General and Government Agent (note: also listed in Legislators, Diplomats) *
Victor Gunasekara Major Victor Joseph Harold Gunasekera, CCS (1921 — 1993) was a former Ceylonese civil servant. The former Controller of Imports Exports, Government Agent of Kegalle and Secretary to the Board of Control for Cricket. A reservist, he was a Majo ...
CCS – former
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of Imports Exports and Government Agent of
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* Aubrey Neil Weinman – First Superintendent (Director) of the Colombo Zoological Gardens * Captain Cyril Nicholas KRR – first Warden of the Wild Life Department (note: also listed in Military) * R.G. Anthonisz JP – first Government Archivist * Gamini Iriyagolla SLAS – former Presidential adviser *
Donald Rutnam Donald Ross Rutnam (19 September 1902 – 10 June 1968) was an Indian civil servant and sportsman of Anglo-Ceylonese origin. He was a member of the Ceylon Civil Service and served as the Deputy Commissioner of the Central Provinces and Be ...
– Deputy Commissioner of the Central Provinces and Berar and member of the
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Vidya Jyothi The Vidya Jyothi ( si, විද්‍යාජෝති; ta, வித்யா ஜோதி, translit=Vityā Jōti) is a Sri Lankan Sri Lankan honours system, national honour awarded "''for outstanding scientific and technological achievements''" ...
V. K. Samaranayake Vidya Jyothi V. K. Samaranayake, MBCS, MCS(SL), FNASSL, MIEEE ( Sinhala:වී.කේ.සමරනායක) (1939 – 6 June 2007) pioneered computing & IT development industry and usage in Sri Lanka and thus considered as the "Father of In ...
– former
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of the Faculty of Science,
University of Colombo (Buddhih Sarvatra Bhrajate) , mottoeng = ''Wisdom Enlightens'' , established = , endowment = LKR 1.461 billion
, Professor of Computer Science and Founder of
University of Colombo School of Computing The University of Colombo currently has seven faculties with 41 academic departments and two interdependent schools with five academic departments. All faculties and schools carries out courses of study and research in both graduate and undergradu ...
*
Vidya Jyothi The Vidya Jyothi ( si, විද්‍යාජෝති; ta, வித்யா ஜோதி, translit=Vityā Jōti) is a Sri Lankan Sri Lankan honours system, national honour awarded "''for outstanding scientific and technological achievements''" ...
Osmund Jayaratne Vidya Jyothi Osmund Jayaratne (2 October 1924–September 2006) was Sri Lankan academic and politician. He was the President of the Colombo Campus, University of Sri Lanka (now the University of Colombo), Emeritus Professor of Physics. As a left w ...
– former
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of the Colombo Campus, University of Sri Lanka (now
University of Colombo (Buddhih Sarvatra Bhrajate) , mottoeng = ''Wisdom Enlightens'' , established = , endowment = LKR 1.461 billion
), Emeritus Professor of Physics and left wing politician * Chandre Dharma-wardana – former President of the Vidyodaya Campus, University of Ceylon, (now
University of Sri Jayewardenepura ''Vijja Uppattam Setta'' , mottoeng = Among all that arise, knowledge is the greatest , established = , undergrad = 14,750 , postgrad = 3560 , administrative_staff = 3950 , cit ...
) currently Professor of Theoretical Physics at the
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* K. Kailasapathy – first president of the Jaffna Campus,
University of Sri Lanka The University of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, இலங்கைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) was the public university system of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978. Est ...
* V. Sivalingam – Founder of Faculty of Medicine,
University of Peradeniya The University of Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a public university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University ...
and first Professor of Parasitology in the
University of Ceylon The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Unive ...
* S.R. Kottegoda – former Dean and Professor of the
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,
University of Colombo (Buddhih Sarvatra Bhrajate) , mottoeng = ''Wisdom Enlightens'' , established = , endowment = LKR 1.461 billion
, and National Coordinator, Health Systems Research, Ministry of Health * Sanath Lamabathusooriya – former Dean of the
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,
University of Colombo (Buddhih Sarvatra Bhrajate) , mottoeng = ''Wisdom Enlightens'' , established = , endowment = LKR 1.461 billion
and Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics (note: also listed in Medicine) *
Vidya Jyothi The Vidya Jyothi ( si, විද්‍යාජෝති; ta, வித்யா ஜோதி, translit=Vityā Jōti) is a Sri Lankan Sri Lankan honours system, national honour awarded "''for outstanding scientific and technological achievements''" ...
Janaka de Silva Janaka de Silva FRCP FNASSL is a Sri Lankan physician and academic. He is Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Kelaniya. Janaka de Silva was educated at Royal College, Colombo and holds degrees from the universities of Colombo ...
– Senior Professor of Medicine and former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine,
University of Kelaniya Pannaya Parisujjhati , mottoeng = Self-purification is by insight , established = 1875 Vidyalankara Pirivena1959 Vidyalankara University , type = Public , endowment = , adminis ...
, and former Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo (note: also listed in Medicine) *
Vidya Jyothi The Vidya Jyothi ( si, විද්‍යාජෝති; ta, வித்யா ஜோதி, translit=Vityā Jōti) is a Sri Lankan Sri Lankan honours system, national honour awarded "''for outstanding scientific and technological achievements''" ...
A. W. Mailvaganam – former Dean of Faculty of Science,
University of Ceylon The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Unive ...
* S. Mahalingam – former Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences,
University of Peradeniya The University of Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a public university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University ...
and Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences * Ajith P. Madurapperuma – Former Dean and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Information Technology,
University of Moratuwa (''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'') , motto_lang = Sanskrit , mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth , established = , type = Public , chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera , vice_chancellor = N. ...
* Sunitha Wickramasinghe – Deputy Dean of the
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and Professor of Haematology *
David de Kretser David Morritz de Kretser, (born 27 April 1939) is an Australian medical researcher who served as the 27th Governor of Victoria, from 2006 to 2011. Early life and medical career David de Kretser was born in British Ceylon (now known as Sri La ...
– former Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences,
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(note: also listed in Viceregal) * Michael Dias Bandaranaike – Professor of Jurisprudence,
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; Director of Studies and
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of Magdalene College, Cambridge *
Vidya Jyothi The Vidya Jyothi ( si, විද්‍යාජෝති; ta, வித்யா ஜோதி, translit=Vityā Jōti) is a Sri Lankan Sri Lankan honours system, national honour awarded "''for outstanding scientific and technological achievements''" ...
Chandra Wickramasinghe FIMA
FRAS FRAS may refer to: * Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (Whatever shines should be observed) , predecessor = , successor = , formation = , founder = , extinction = , merger ...
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 – Professor of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy at Cardiff University and Director of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology * K. N. Seneviratne – Professor of Medicine and founder director of Sri Lanka's Postgraduate Institute of Medicine *
Muhammad Ajward Macan Markar Muhammad Ajward Macan Markar, FRCP is a Sri Lankan physician, academic. He was the first Professor of Medicine at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. Born to Sir Mohamed Macan Markar, he was educated at Royal College Colombo, where he played c ...
– first Professor of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya * Saman Kelegama – Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka and former President of the Sri Lanka Economic Association *
K. N. Jayatilleke Kulatissa Nanda Jayatilleke (1 November 1920 – 23 July 1970) was an internationally recognised authority on Buddhist philosophy whose book ''Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge'' has been described as "an outstanding philosophical interpretatio ...
– Head of the Department of Philosophy at the
University of Ceylon The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Unive ...
and Professor of Philosophy * Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhitha Thera – Professor and Head of the Buddhist and Pail Faculty of the
University of Kelaniya Pannaya Parisujjhati , mottoeng = Self-purification is by insight , established = 1875 Vidyalankara Pirivena1959 Vidyalankara University , type = Public , endowment = , adminis ...
(note: also listed in Prelates) * Rohan Abeyaratne – Quentin Berg Professor of Mechanics and CEO/Director of the SMART Centre,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
* Nalin Kulatilaka – Wing Tat Lee Family Professor of Management and Research Director of Institute for Leading in a Dynamic Economy,
Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...
* Gihan Wikramanayake – Professor of Computer Science and Director,
University of Colombo School of Computing The University of Colombo currently has seven faculties with 41 academic departments and two interdependent schools with five academic departments. All faculties and schools carries out courses of study and research in both graduate and undergradu ...
* Janek Ratnatunga – former Head of the School of Commerce,
University of South Australia The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Australi ...
and Professor of Accounting *
Vidya Jyothi The Vidya Jyothi ( si, විද්‍යාජෝති; ta, வித்யா ஜோதி, translit=Vityā Jōti) is a Sri Lankan Sri Lankan honours system, national honour awarded "''for outstanding scientific and technological achievements''" ...
Rezvi Sheriff Vidya Jyothi Mohamed Hussain Rezvi Sheriff, FRCP (Lon), FRCPE (Edin), FRACP, FCCP, FSLCGP, FNASSL is a Sri Lankan academic, nephrologist and physician. He served as the director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine; senior professor of med ...
– Senior Professor of Medicine, Director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine,
University of Colombo (Buddhih Sarvatra Bhrajate) , mottoeng = ''Wisdom Enlightens'' , established = , endowment = LKR 1.461 billion
* Kumaraswamy "Vela" Velupillai – Professor of Economics, Department of Economics,
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* Milroy Paul MRCP – first Professor of Surgery,
Ceylon Medical College Ceylon Medical College was a public medical school in Ceylon. The college was established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School. The college was based in Colombo. The college was merged with Ceylon University College in 1942 to form the University ...
and co-founder
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* Lakshman Marasinghe – Emeritus Professor of Law,
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(note: also listed in Public commissions and corporations) *
Saman Gunatilake Saman Gunatilake, FRCP, FCCP is a Sri Lankan physician, academic and neurologist. He was a Professor of Medicine with a personal chair and head of the Department of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, working with Professor Janaka de Silva till h ...
FCCP – Professor of Medicine,
University of Sri Jayewardenepura ''Vijja Uppattam Setta'' , mottoeng = Among all that arise, knowledge is the greatest , established = , undergrad = 14,750 , postgrad = 3560 , administrative_staff = 3950 , cit ...
(note: also listed in Medicine) *
Nalin de Silva Thakurartha Devadithya Guardiyawasam Lindamulage Nalin Kumara de Silva ( Sinhala: නලින් ද සිල්වා; born 20 October 1944) is a Sri Lankan philosopher and a political analyst. He is the current Sri Lankan ambassador in Mya ...
– Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics,
University of Kelaniya Pannaya Parisujjhati , mottoeng = Self-purification is by insight , established = 1875 Vidyalankara Pirivena1959 Vidyalankara University , type = Public , endowment = , adminis ...
* A. Suri Ratnapala – Professor of Law, T.C. Beirne School of Law,
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* Nihal Jayawickrama – former Professor of Law at
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and Ariel F Sallows Professor of Human Rights at
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(note: also listed in lawyers) * Chandima Gomes – Professor of Electrical Engineering,
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and Head of the Centre for Electromagnetic and Lightning Protection Malaysia * R. K. W. Goonesekera – Professor of Law,
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*
Asantha Cooray Asantha R. Cooray is a professor and a chancellor's fellow at University of California, Irvine, California, US, and a member of the research faculty at the California Institute of Technology. His research expertise is in the field of space science ...
– Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy,
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and a leading researcher in the field of
Cosmology Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', and in 1731 taken up in Latin by German philosopher ...
and
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* Brendon Gooneratne – Head and Senior Lecturer, Department of Parasitology,
University of Ceylon The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Unive ...
,
Peradeniya Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය, translit=Pēradeniya; ta, பேராதனை, translit=Pērātaṉai) is a suburb of the city of Kandy Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a m ...
(note: also listed in Authors) * Murugesapillai Maheswaran – Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point at Wausau, formerly Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics,
University of Peradeniya The University of Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a public university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University ...
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Old Royalists in fiction

Many fictional characters have been described as Old Royalists. These include: * Carlaboy von Bloss from the novel '' Once Upon a Tender Time'' * Allan from the novel (later made into a film) '' Kaliyugaya'' * Malin from the novel (later made into a film) ''
Yuganthaya ''Yuganthaya'' ( Sinhala: යුගාන්තය "The End of an Era" or "Destiny") is a novel written by Sri Lankan writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1949. It is the third and last part of Wickramasinghe's trilogy that began w ...
'' * Mithra Dias from the novel '' The Giniralla Conspiracy''Revolutionary ardour and its aftermath The Giniralla Conspiracy
 * The revolutionary Kumudu Prasanna from the novel ''The Giniralla Conspiracy'' * Janendra "Janu" Samarawickrama from the novel '' There is Something I Have to Tell You''


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{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Royal College Colombo Alumni
Royal College A royal college in some Commonwealth countries is technically a college which has received royal patronage and permission to use the prefix ''royal''. Permission is usually granted through a royal charter. The charter normally confers a constitut ...
Royal College, Colombo