The Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations is

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

's foremost

diplomatic representative Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

to the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

, and in charge of the country's mission to the UN. The position of Permanent Representative is equivalent in rank to an

Ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

, and entitles them to use the style His/Her Excellency. The current Permanent Representative is Aliyar Azeez.

List of heads of mission

* Sir Senerat Gunewardene, KBE (1956–1958) * Sir Claude Corea, KBE (1958–1961) * Prof Gunapala Mallalasekera (1961–1963) * Sir Senerat Gunewardene, KBE (1963–1965) * Francis de S Jayaratne (1965–1967) *

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 ...

(1967–1978) * Biyagamage J Fernando (1978–1980) * Ignatius Benedict Fonseka (1980–1984) * Nissanka Wijewardane (1984–1987) *

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 ...

(1988–1991) * Stanley Kalpage (1991–1994) * Herman Leonard de Silva (1995–1998) * John de Saram (1998–2002) * C Mahendran (2002–2004) * Bernard Goonetilleke ''(Acting)'' (2004–2005) *

Prasad Kariyawasam Prasad Kariyawasam is a Sri Lankan diplomat and the former Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the top diplomat in Sri Lanka. He was the International Affairs Adviser to Hon. Karu Jayasooriya, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.He ...

(2005–2008) * H. M. G. S. Palihakkara (2008–2009) *

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

(2009–2015) * A. Rohan Perera (2015–2018) * A.L.A. Azeez (2018– )

References

External links

Official Webpage of the Sri Lanka Permanent Representative to the United Nations
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