This is a list of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats, who have been appointed by

Government of Sri Lanka The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය, Śrī Lankā Rajaya; ta, இலங்கை அரசாங்கம்) is a parliamentary system determined by the Sri Lankan Constitution. It administers the is ...

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s 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 and politicians.

Academics

* J B Disanayake - Ambassador to Thailand *

Ananda W.P. Guruge Ananda Wahihana Palliya Guruge (28 December 1928 – 6 August 2014), known as Ananda W.P. Guruge, was a Sri Lankan diplomat, Buddhist scholar and writer. Guruge was the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to UNESCO, ...

- Ambassador to France, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to UNESCO and USA * Lal Jayawardane - High Commissioner to United Kingdom * W. S. Karunaratne - Ambassador to US *

Karunasena Kodituwakku Karunasena Kodituwakku (born March 21, 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician, academic and diplomat. He was the Sri Lankan ambassador to China, and non-resident ambassador to Mongolia and North Korea.

- Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed under "Parliamentarians" and "Provincial Governors") * G.P Malalasekera, OBE - Ambassador to Soviet Union, High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Canada and Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations in New York *

Ediriweera Sarachchandra Dr. Veditantirige Eustace Reginold de Silva (later became Veditantirige Ediriweera Ranjitha Sarachchandra) (3 June 1914 – 16 August 1996; Sinhala: මහාචාර්ය එදිරිවීර සරච්චන්ද්‍ර), popularly ...

- Ambassador to France * Gamini Gunawardane - High Commissioner to South Africa

Architects

* Oliver Weerasinghe,

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- Ambassador to USA

Business

* A. S. P Liyanage - Ambassador to

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, former High Commissioner to Nigeria * Udayanga Weeratunga - Ambassador to Russian Federation *

Jaliya Wickramasuriya Jaliya Wickramasuriya is a Sri Lankan businessmen. A close relative of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, he was the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2014, until the US government asked the Sri Lankan government to r ...

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Corporate executives

Somasunadaran Skandakumar Somasunadaran Skandakumar is a Sri Lankan business executive and diplomat. He was the Group Chairman of the George Steuart Group and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia. Educated at Royal Primary School and Royal College Colombo, where ...

- High Commissioner to Australia

Civil servants

* Sirisena Amarasekara - High Commissioner to South Africa *

Richard Aluwihare Sir Richard Aluwihare, (23 May 1895 – 22 December 1976) was a Sri Lankan civil servant. He was the first Ceylonese Inspector General of Police and Ceylon's High Commissioner to India. Early life and education Richard Aluwihare was born on ...

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, JP - High Commissioner to India *

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 ...

- High Commissioner to India, Ambassador to Nepal and Afghanistan and Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York) * Velupillai Coomaraswamy - High Commissioner to Canada *

Gunasena de Soyza Gunasena de Soyza, CMG, OBE (20 December 1902 – 12 October 1961) was a Sri Lankan civil servant. He served as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence before appointment as Ceylon's High Commissioner to th ...

, CMG, OBE - High Commissioner to United Kingdom *

N. Q. Dias Neil Quintus Dias commonly known as N.Q. Dias, was a Sri Lankan civil servant. A career officer of the Ceylon Civil Service, he was the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of External Affairs and Defence, Defence and Foreign Affairs from 1960 to 196 ...

- High Commissioner to India * K. C. Logeswaran - Ambassador to Republic of Korea *

S. J. Walpita S.J. Walpita, CCS (died June 2, 2007) was a Sri Lankan civil servant and diplomat. He was the former permanent secretary of the Ministry of Industries & Fisheries and vice chancellor of University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. He was also Ceylon's am ...

- Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium *

Neville Jayaweera Neville Jayaweera (23 October 1930 - 10 May 2020) was a member of the Ceylon Civil Service (1955-1972). He was handpicked by the Prime Minister of Ceylon, Dudley Senanayake, to be both Chairman and Director-General of the Ceylon Broadcasting C ...

- Ambassador to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland

Economists

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 ...

- Ambassador to the

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, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands *

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 ...

- High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to the Benelux countries

Filmmakers

Sumitra Peries Kala Keerthi Sumitra Peries (born 24 March 1934) is the first Sri Lankan female filmmaker and is known by all as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema". She also held the post of Sri Lanka's ambassador to France, Spain and the United Nations in the ...

- Ambassador to France

Journalists

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 ...

- Ambassador to USA; High Commissioner to Canada *

Dayan Jayatilleka Dayan Jayatilleka ( si, දයාන් ජයතිලක; born 1956) is a leftist Sri Lankan academic, diplomat, writer and politician. Early life and family Jayatilleka was born in 1956. He is the son of Mervyn de Silva and Lakshmi Sylvia Fe ...

- Permanent Representative to United Nations (Geneva); Consul General for Switzerland; Ambassador to France and UNESCO *

Premil Ratnayake Premil Ratnayake, (Sinhala language, Sinhala: ප්‍රෙමිල් රත්නායක; 3 April 1933 – 10 April 2013), was a Sri Lankan journalist, author, writer, diplomat, and former First Secretary (diplomatic rank), First Secreta ...

- First Secretary, for Press and Information to Bonn, Germany in 1984.

Judges

* Hon. Justice H. W. Thambiah - High Commissioner to Canada

Lawyers

* Kusumsiri Balapatabendi - High Commissioner to Australia * John De Saram - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York) * H.L. de Silva, PC - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York) *

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 ...

- Ambassador to USA and High Commissioner to India *

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 - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York) and High Commissioner to Canada *

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Lalitha Rajapakse Sir Lalitha Abhaya Rajapaksa, QC (born Louis Alexander Rajapakse; 3 May 1900 – 25 May 1976) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the first Minister of Justice of Ceylon and a member of the Senate of Ceylon. Early life and educatio ...

, KC - Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to the U.K. * Faisz Musthapha, - High Commissioner to the U.K. * Wickrema Weerasuriya - High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand *

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. ...

- Ambassador to France, Switzerland and UNESCO * Jayathri Samarakone - High Commissioner to Singapore

Physicians

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

Military officers

Army

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Rohan Daluwatte General Rohan De Silva Daluwatte, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP (9 May 1941 – 27 August 2018) was a senior officer of the Sri Lanka Army. He served as Commander of the Sri Lanka Army and Chief of the Defence Staff. Following his retirement fr ...

, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Brazil * General (Rtrd.)

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 General Deshamanya Don Sepala Attygalle, (14 October 1921 – 15 January 2001) was a Sri Lankan senior army officer, civil servant and diplomat. The longest serving Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1967–1977), he went on to serve as the Perm ...

, MVO - High Commissioner to United Kingdom * General (Rtrd.) G. H. De Silva, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - High Commissioner to Pakistan * General (Rtrd.)

Denis Perera General Deshamanya Joseph Everard Denis Perera, VSV, FCMI (10 October 1930 – 11 August 2013) was a senior Sri Lanka Army officer who served as Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 1977 to 1981. He was also the Sri Lankan High Commissioner ...

, VSV - High Commissioner to Australia * General (Rtrd.)

Shantha Kottegoda General Shantha H.S. Kottegoda, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP (born November 6, 1949) is a retired senior Sri Lanka Army officer. He was the seventeenth Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 1 July 2004 – 5 December 2005. He had served as the ...

, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Brazil and Thailand *

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Nanda Mallawaarachchi Major General Nanda Mallawaarachchi RWP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, Msc (Defense) is the Current Secretary of Sports in Sri Lanka. He was the former Secretary of Law & Order in Sri Lanka. He was also the former Acting Commander & Chief of Staff of th ...

, RWP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Indonesia * Major General (Rtrd.)

Anton Muttukumaru Major General Anton Muttukumaru, OBE, ED, ADC (6 July 1908 – 2001) was the first native Ceylonese to serve as the Commander of the Ceylon Army (now Sri Lankan Army), a post he held from 1955 to 1959. He also served as Ceylon's High Commi ...

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- High Commissioner to Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Ambassador to Egypt * Major General (Rtrd.)

Janaka Perera Major General Janaka Perera, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, VSP, rcds, psc, CR (1 February 1946 – 6 October 2008) was a Sri Lankan General and politician. He served as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and is considered one of the most d ...

, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - High Commissioner to Australia & Ambassador to Indonesia * General (Rtrd.)

Cyril Ranatunga General S. Cyril Ranatunga, VSV (19 February 1930 – 16 June 2021) was a Sri Lanka Army officer. He served as Secretary of Defence, General Officer Commanding, Joint Operations Command and Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army during the 1980s ...

, VSV - High Commissioner to Australia and United Kingdom * Major General (Rtrd.)

Richard Udugama Major General Deshamanya Alexander Richard Udugama, MBE (11 November 1911 – 14 May 1995) was a Sri Lankan military leader, politician and diplomat. Former Army Commander (1964–1966), he was elected as Member of Parliament for Matale from ...

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- Ambassador to Iraq * General (Rtrd.)

Cecil Waidyaratne General L. D. E. Cecil Waidyaratne, VSV, USP (16 May 1938 – 18 December 2001) was a Sri Lanka Army officer. He was 12th Commander of the Sri Lankan Army and a former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand. Education Educated at St. Benedict's ...

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- Ambassador to Thailand * General (Rtrd.) C. S. Weerasooriya, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - High Commissioner to Pakistan * General (Rtrd.)

T. I. Weerathunga General (Sri Lanka), General Tissa Indraka Weeratunga, Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, VSV (August 29, 1930 – November 2003) was a Sri Lankan senior army officer. He was a former Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka), Commander of the Sri Lankan A ...

, VSV - High Commissioner to Canada * General (Rtrd.)

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 ...

, RWP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Brazil

Navy

* Vice Admiral (Rtrd.) A.H.A De Silva, VSV - Ambassador to Cuba *

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(Rtrd.) Wasantha Karannagoda - Ambassador to Japan * Admiral (Rtrd.)

Thisara Samarasinghe Admiral Thisara Sugeeshwara Gunasekara Samarasinghe RSP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, DISS, MNI, SLN (born: 16 July 1955) was the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy from 15 July 2008 to 15 January 2011. He had a distinguished 36-year career in the ...

- High Commissioner to Australia

Air Force

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Gagan Bulathsinghala Air Chief Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala (also known as Gagan Pulasthi Bulathsinghala) RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, MPhil (Def & Strat), MSc (Def Stud) in Mgt, FIM(SL) National Defence College, India, psc is a retired air officer and a former comman ...

- Ambassador to Islamic Republic of

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Kapila Jayampathy Air Chief Marshal Kapila Veedhiya Bandara Jayampathy WWV, RWP, RSP MSc (Intl Rel), MSc (Def & Strat) is the 16th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force. After his retirement he is now appointed as Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Malaysia. Ea ...

- High Commissioner to Malaysia * Air Chief Marshal (Rtrd.)

Jayalath Weerakkody Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody, RWP, VSV, USP is a Sri Lanka air officer who served as commander of the Air Force from 1999 to 2002. He served as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan. Early life and education Educated at Dharmash ...

- High Commissioner to Pakistan *

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Donald Perera Air Chief Marshal G Donald Perera VSV, USP is a Sri Lanka air officer who served as commander of the Air Force from 2002 to 2006 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 2006 to 2009. He served as Sri Lankan Ambassador to Israel. Early life and ed ...

- Ambassador to Israel

Police officers

Rudra Rajasingham Rudra Srichandra Rajasingham (2 April 1926 – 24 March 2006) was a Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat. He was the Inspector General of Police and Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia. Early life and family Rajasingham was born on 2 April ...

( IGP) - Ambassador to Indonesia * Ana Seneviratne ( IGP) - High Commissioner to Malaysia *

Herbert Weerasinghe Herbert W. H. Weerasinghe was the 21st Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police (IGP) (April – December 1985). Weerasinghe attended St. Benedict's College, Colombo. In 1979 he contested for the position of President of the Football Fed ...

( IGP) - High Commissioner to Malaysia

Politicians

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Oliver Goonetilleke Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke ( si, ශ්‍රිමත් ඔලිවර් ගුණතිලක) (20 October 1892 – 17 December 1978) was a Sri Lankan statesman. Having served as an important figure in the gradual independence of Cey ...

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KStJ The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (french: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of ...

- High Commissioner to United Kingdom *

William Gopallawa William Gopallawa (, ; 17 September 1896 – 31 January 1981) was the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and became the first and only non-executive and ceremonial President of Sri Lanka when Ceylon declared itself a republic i ...

- Ambassador to China, Cuba, Mexico and USA ;Senators *

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 ...

, Kt, OBE, JP, UM- High Commissioner to Pakistan *

Stanley Kalpage Deshamanya Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage (died 2000) was a Sri Lankan academic and statesman. He was a member of the Senate of Ceylon, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India ...

- High Commissioner to India and Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations in New York * Reggie Perera - Ambassador to Egypt *

- Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Lawyers") *

A. F. Wijemanne Alexander Fairlie Wijemanne was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He was a Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka), Minister of Justice as an elected member of the Senate of Ceylon and served as Sri Lankan Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representati ...

- Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to FAO *

Edwin Wijeyeratne Sir Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රිමත් එඩ්වින් ඇලෝසියස් පෙරේරා විජයරත්න) (8 January 1889 – 19 October 1968), known as ''Edwin Wijeyeratne'', was a Sr ...

- High Commissioner to United Kingdom and India ;State and legislative councilors *

Claude Corea Sir George Claude Stanley Corea, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, KBE (29 January 1894 – 2 September 1962) was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat. Former President of the United Nations Security Council, he had served as ...

- Ambassador to USA and High Commissioner to United Kingdom * Susantha de Fonseka, KBE - Ambassador to Burma and Japan * T.B Jayah - High Commissioner to Pakistan * D.B Jayatilaka - High Commissioner to India *

C. W. W. Kannangara Dr. Cristopher William Wijekoon Kannangara ( Sinhala ආචාර්ය ක්‍රිස්ටෝෆර් විලියම් විජේකෝන් කන්නන්ගර; 18 October 1894 – 23 September 1969) was a Sri Lankan Lawye ...

- Ambassador to Indonesia *

Tikiri Bandara Panabokke Sir Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II, First Adigar, JP, UM (''known as Sir Tikiri Bandara Panabokke Adigar '') (28 March 1883 – 2 September 1963) was a Ceylonese, prominent colonial era legislator, lawyer and diplomat. He was the first Minister ...

- Representative of the Government of Ceylon to India ;Provincial Governors *

Noel Wimalasena Deshamanya Noel Wimalasena (23 March 1914 – 5 May 1994) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and the first Governor of Sabaragamuwa. Early life and education Nanediri Wimalasena was born on 23 March 1914 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. He attended An ...

- High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians") *

E. L. B. Hurulle Deshamanya Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle ( Sinhala: එඩ්වින් ලොකු බණඩාර හුරුල්ලේ) (19 January 1919 – 6 April 2009) (known as ''E. L. B. Hurulle'') was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Provincial ...

- High Commissioner to Australia (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians") *

- Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed in "Academics" and "Parliamentarians") *

Ariya Rekawa Ariya Bandara Rekawa (born 19 February 1941) is the 8th and current governor of Uva Province in Sri Lanka. Rekawa was elected to parliament representing the United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එ� ...

- Ambassador to Philippines (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians") * Dixon Dela Bandara - High Commissioner to Maldives ;Parliamentarians * Ferial Ashraff - High Commissioner to Singapore *

Robert Gunawardena Don Benjamin Rupasinghe Gunawardena (12 March 1904 - 26 December 1971: si, රොබට් ගුණවර්ධන), popularly as Robert Gunawardena, was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and diplomat. He was one of the founders of the Lanka Sa ...

- Ambassador to China *

- High Commissioner to United Kingdom *

Dharmasena Attygalle Dr Dharmasena Attygalle (19 February 1925–1 June 1989) was an MP in Sri Lanka's parliament from 1972 to 1982. He served as the Deputy Minister of Health (1977–1980) and Minister of Indigenous Medicine (1980–1982) representing the Kes ...

- High Commissioner to Pakistan * Fred E. de Silva - Ambassador to France, Switzerland and UNESCO * P.H. William de Silva - High Commissioner to Canada * A.E. Goonesinha - Ambassador to Indonesia and Burma (Myanmar) * Tudor Gunasekara - Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary * R.S.S. Gunewardene - High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Ambassador to Italy, USA and Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York) *

- High Commissioner to Australia (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians" and "Provincial Governors") *

Sirisena Cooray Bulathsinghalage Sirisena Cooray, JP (25 April 1931 – 30 November 2021) was a Sri Lankan politician. Biography He was the Mayor of Colombo from 1979 to 1989 and was elected from Colombo to Parliament in the 9th parliamentary election in 198 ...

- High Commissioner to Malaysia *

Karu Jayasuriya Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya, MP ( si, කරු ජයසුරිය, ta, கரு ஜயசூரிய; born 29 September 1940) is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Previously he was Mayor of Colo ...

- Ambassador to Germany * P.B.G. Kalugalla - High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Philippines *

Rupa Karunathilake Lokugamage Rupasena Karunathilake (15 March 1933 – 11 October 2011) (known as ''Rupa Karunathilake'') was a cabinet minister and Member of Parliament representing Bentara-Elpitiya electorate, in Galle District. He was also a Sri Lanka Ambassa ...

- Ambassador to Netherlands *

- Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed in "Academics" and "Provincial Governors") *

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 ...

- Ambassador to Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, the UN (Vienna),

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. * Mangala Moonesinghe - High Commissioner to United Kingdom and India *

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 ...

- Ambassador to Iran *

Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke (11 May 1909 – 1989) was Sri Lankan politician, lawyer and diplomat. He was a former Parliamentary Secretary of Agriculture, Member of Parliament and Ceylon's High Commissioner to India. He was the Chancellor ...

- High Commissioner to India *

R. S. Pelpola Richard Stanley Pelpola (21 November 1898 - 19 July 1971) was the Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon and a member of Parliament in the cabinet of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. He resigned from his position of speaker in 1964 Later in his life h ...

- High Commissioner to Malaysia *

Wilmot A. Perera Wilmot Abraham Perera (1905–1973) was a Sri Lankan statesman and philanthropist. He was declared a National Hero in 1993. A member of parliament, he was Ceylon's first Ambassador to China.H. R. Piyasiri - Ambassador to Myanmar * C. Rajadurai - High Commissioner to MalaysiaChapter 48: Gandhi's murder: Widespread fallout
* T.B. Subasinghe - Ambassador to Soviet Union *

Rosy Senanayake Bernadine Rose Senanayake, JP, UM (known as ''Rosy Senanayake'') (née Ramanayake; born 5 January 1958) is a Sri Lankan politician, a former beauty queen and also an activist. She is the current Mayor of Colombo, and former Prime Minister's S ...

- High Commissioner to Malaysia *

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 - Ambassador to Soviet Union *

- Ambassador to Philippines ;Mayors * Omar Kamil - Ambassador to Iran, accredited to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. *

A. J. M. Muzammil Ahamed Jamaldeen Mohamed Muzammil ( si, ඒ. ජේ. එම්. මුසම්මිල්, ta, ஏ. ஜே. எம். முஸம்மில்) is a Sri Lankan politician, the Mayor of Colombo between 2011 and 2016, he also served as Sri ...

- High Commissioner to Malaysia

UN officials

* T. D. S. A. Dissanayake - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia and Egypt *

Palitha Kohona Palitha T. B. Kohona, a Sri Lankan born diplomat, was the former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations (UN).

- Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)

References

External links

Sri Lanka ambassadors (non-career) - flickr

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