The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the

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is the

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to United Kingdom. Countries belonging to the

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typically exchange High Commissioners, rather than

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s. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas Ambassadors present their diplomatic credentials to the host country's

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, High Commissioners are accredited to the

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), 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

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. 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 Theodore Duncan Perera, CMG (born 28 May 1895) was a Ceylonese civil servant who served as the Secretary of the Treasury from December 1950 to March 1951 and Deputy High Commissioner for Ceylon in the United Kingdom. Graduated with an LL.B. from ...

, CMG (1953-1956) *

B. F. Perera Benjamin Franklin Perera, CMG, OBE, CCS (1901-19??) was a Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat. He was the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. He was Ceylon's Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1968-1969), Ceylon's Ambassador to West G ...

, CMG, OBE (1956-1958)

References

External links

The High Commission of Sri Lanka in the UK
{{Ambassadors of Sri Lanka Lists of ambassadors to the United Kingdom