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Karunaratne</a> - Ambassador to US</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunasena_Kodituwakku" title="Karunasena Kodituwakku">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a> - Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed under "Parliamentarians" and "Provincial Governors")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunapala_Piyasena_Malalasekera" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera">Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera</a> - Ambassador to Soviet Union, High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Canada and Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations in New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ediriweera_Sarachchandra" title="Ediriweera Sarachchandra">Ediriweera Sarachchandra</a> - Ambassador to France</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_de_Silva" title="Nalin de Silva">Nalin de Silva</a> - Ambassador to Myanmar</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architects">Architects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Architects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Weerasinghe" title="Oliver Weerasinghe">Oliver Weerasinghe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects" title="Royal Institute of British Architects">FRIBA</a> - Ambassador to USA<sup id="cite_ref-OWeerasinghe2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OWeerasinghe2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business">Business</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._S._P_Liyanage" class="mw-redirect" title="A. S. P Liyanage">A. S. P Liyanage</a> - Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, former High Commissioner to Nigeria</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udayanga_Weeratunga" title="Udayanga Weeratunga">Udayanga Weeratunga</a> - Ambassador to Russian Federation<sup id="cite_ref-Jaliya_Wickramasuriya_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jaliya_Wickramasuriya-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaliya_Wickramasuriya" title="Jaliya Wickramasuriya">Jaliya Wickramasuriya</a> - Ambassador to USA<sup id="cite_ref-Jaliya_Wickramasuriya_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jaliya_Wickramasuriya-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_executives">Corporate executives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Corporate executives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Somasunadaran_Skandakumar" title="Somasunadaran Skandakumar">Somasunadaran Skandakumar</a> - High Commissioner to Australia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civil_servants">Civil servants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Civil servants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Aluwihare" title="Richard Aluwihare">Richard Aluwihare</a>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George">KCMG</a></span></span>, <a href="/wiki/CBE" class="mw-redirect" title="CBE">CBE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_peace" title="Justice of the peace">JP</a> - High Commissioner to India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Shirley_Amerasinghe" title="Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe">Shirley Amerasinghe</a> - High Commissioner to India, Ambassador to Nepal and Afghanistan and Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Coomaraswamy" title="V. Coomaraswamy">Velupillai Coomaraswamy</a> - High Commissioner to Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunasena_de_Soyza" title="Gunasena de Soyza">Gunasena de Soyza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">CMG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">OBE</a> - High Commissioner to United Kingdom</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Q._Dias" title="N. Q. Dias">N. Q. Dias</a> - High Commissioner to India<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissanka_Wijeyeratne" title="Nissanka Wijeyeratne">Nissanka Wijeyeratne</a> - Ambassador to Soviet Union (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._C._Logeswaran" title="K. C. Logeswaran">K. C. Logeswaran</a> - Ambassador to Republic of Korea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._J._Walpita" title="S. J. Walpita">S. J. Walpita</a> - Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Fernando" title="Lionel Fernando">Lionel Fernando</a> - High Commissioner to Malaysia, Ambassador to the Netherlands and France (note: also listed in "Provincial Governors")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Jayaweera" title="Neville Jayaweera">Neville Jayaweera</a> - Ambassador to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirisena_Amarasekara" title="Sirisena Amarasekara">Sirisena Amarasekara</a> - High Commissioner to South Africa</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economists">Economists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Economists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gamani_Corea" title="Gamani Corea">Gamani Corea</a> - Ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/European_Economic_Community" title="European Economic Community">EEC</a>, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lal_Jayawardena" title="Lal Jayawardena">Lal Jayawardena</a> - High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to the Benelux countries</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmmakers">Filmmakers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Filmmakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sumitra_Peries" title="Sumitra Peries">Sumitra Peries</a> - Ambassador to France</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Journalists">Journalists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Journalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Corea" title="Ernest Corea">Ernest Corea</a> - Ambassador to USA; High Commissioner to Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayan_Jayatilleka" title="Dayan Jayatilleka">Dayan Jayatilleka</a> - Permanent Representative to United Nations (Geneva); Consul General for Switzerland; Ambassador to France and UNESCO</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premil_Ratnayake" title="Premil Ratnayake">Premil Ratnayake</a> - First Secretary, for Press and Information to Bonn, Germany in 1984</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judges">Judges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Judges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/H._W._Thambiah" class="mw-redirect" title="H. W. Thambiah">H. W. Thambiah</a> - High Commissioner to Canada</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawyers">Lawyers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Lawyers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._Balapatabendi" title="K. Balapatabendi">Kusumsiri Balapatabendi</a> - High Commissioner to Australia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_De_Saram" title="John De Saram">John De Saram</a> - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H.L._de_Silva" class="mw-redirect" title="H.L. de Silva">H.L. de Silva</a>, <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Counsel_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="President's Counsel (Sri Lanka)">PC</a> - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Kanakeratne" class="mw-redirect" title="Neville Kanakeratne">Neville Kanakeratne</a> - Ambassador to USA and High Commissioner to India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daya_Perera" title="Daya Perera">Daya Perera</a> <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Counsel_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="President's Counsel (Sri Lanka)">PC</a> - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York) and High Commissioner to Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir" title="Sir">Sir</a> <a href="/wiki/Lalitha_Rajapakse" title="Lalitha Rajapakse">Lalitha Rajapakse</a>, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a> - Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to the U.K.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faisz_Musthapha" title="Faisz Musthapha">Faisz Musthapha</a>, - High Commissioner to the U.K.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wickrema_Weerasooria" title="Wickrema Weerasooria">Wickrema Weerasuriya</a> - High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissa_Wijeyeratne" title="Tissa Wijeyeratne">Tissa Wijeyeratne</a> - Ambassador to France, Switzerland and UNESCO</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayathri_Samarakone" title="Jayathri Samarakone">Jayathri Samarakone</a> - High Commissioner to Singapore</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Physicians">Physicians</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Physicians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._V._P._Peiris" title="M. V. P. Peiris">M. V. P. Peiris</a> - Ambassador to Soviet Union and High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Senators")</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_officers">Military officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Military officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army">Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rtrd." class="mw-redirect" title="Rtrd.">Rtrd.</a>) <a href="/wiki/Rohan_Daluwatte" title="Rohan Daluwatte">Rohan Daluwatte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Wickrama_Padakkama" title="Rana Wickrama Padakkama">RWP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Sura_Padakkama" title="Rana Sura Padakkama">RSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttama_Seva_Padakkama" title="Uttama Seva Padakkama">USP</a> - Ambassador to Brazil</li> <li>General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Deshamanya" title="Deshamanya">Deshamanya</a> <a href="/wiki/D._S._Attygalle" class="mw-redirect" title="D. S. Attygalle">D. S. Attygalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">MVO</a> - High Commissioner to United Kingdom</li> <li>General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/G._H._De_Silva" class="mw-redirect" title="G. H. De Silva">G. H. De Silva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Wickrama_Padakkama" title="Rana Wickrama Padakkama">RWP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Sura_Padakkama" title="Rana Sura Padakkama">RSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttama_Seva_Padakkama" title="Uttama Seva Padakkama">USP</a> - High Commissioner to Pakistan</li> <li>General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Deshamanya" title="Deshamanya">Deshamanya</a> <a href="/wiki/Denis_Perera" title="Denis Perera">Denis Perera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a> - High Commissioner to Australia</li> <li>General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Shantha_Kottegoda" title="Shantha Kottegoda">Shantha Kottegoda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weera_Wickrama_Vibhushanaya" title="Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya">WWV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Wickrama_Padakkama" title="Rana Wickrama Padakkama">RWP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Sura_Padakkama" title="Rana Sura Padakkama">RSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttama_Seva_Padakkama" title="Uttama Seva Padakkama">USP</a> - Ambassador to Brazil and Thailand</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Nanda_Mallawaarachchi" title="Nanda Mallawaarachchi">Nanda Mallawaarachchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Wickrama_Padakkama" title="Rana Wickrama Padakkama">RWP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttama_Seva_Padakkama" title="Uttama Seva Padakkama">USP</a> - Ambassador to Indonesia</li> <li>Major General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Anton_Muttukumaru" title="Anton Muttukumaru">Anton Muttukumaru</a>, <a href="/wiki/OBE" class="mw-redirect" title="OBE">OBE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Efficiency_Decoration" title="Efficiency Decoration">ED</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">ADC</a> - High Commissioner to Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Ambassador to Egypt</li> <li>Major General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Janaka_Perera" title="Janaka Perera">Janaka Perera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Wickrama_Padakkama" title="Rana Wickrama Padakkama">RWP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Sura_Padakkama" title="Rana Sura Padakkama">RSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttama_Seva_Padakkama" title="Uttama Seva Padakkama">USP</a> - High Commissioner to Australia & Ambassador to Indonesia</li> <li>General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Ranatunga" title="Cyril Ranatunga">Cyril Ranatunga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a> - High Commissioner to Australia and United Kingdom</li> <li>Major General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Richard_Udugama" title="Richard Udugama">Richard Udugama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">MBE</a> - Ambassador to Iraq</li> <li>General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Waidyaratne" title="Cecil Waidyaratne">Cecil Waidyaratne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttama_Seva_Padakkama" title="Uttama Seva Padakkama">USP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Armoured_Corps" title="Sri Lanka Armoured Corps">SLAC</a> - Ambassador to Thailand</li> <li>General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Srilal_Weerasooriya" title="Srilal Weerasooriya">Srilal Weerasooriya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Wickrama_Padakkama" title="Rana Wickrama Padakkama">RWP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Sura_Padakkama" title="Rana Sura Padakkama">RSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttama_Seva_Padakkama" title="Uttama Seva Padakkama">USP</a> - High Commissioner to Pakistan</li> <li>General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/T._I._Weerathunga" class="mw-redirect" title="T. I. Weerathunga">T. I. Weerathunga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a> - High Commissioner to Canada</li> <li>General (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Jagath_Jayasuriya" title="Jagath Jayasuriya">Jagath Jayasuriya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Wickrama_Padakkama" title="Rana Wickrama Padakkama">RWP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttama_Seva_Padakkama" title="Uttama Seva Padakkama">USP</a> - Ambassador to Brazil</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navy">Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral">Vice Admiral</a> (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Asoka_de_Silva_(admiral)" title="Asoka de Silva (admiral)">A.H.A De Silva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishista_Seva_Vibhushanaya" title="Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya">VSV</a> - Ambassador to Cuba<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Wasantha_Karannagoda" title="Wasantha Karannagoda">Wasantha Karannagoda</a> - Ambassador to Japan</li> <li>Admiral (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Thisara_Samarasinghe" title="Thisara Samarasinghe">Thisara Samarasinghe</a> - High Commissioner to Australia</li> <li>Admiral (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Jayanath_Colombage" title="Jayanath Colombage">Jayanath Colombage</a> - Ambassador to Indonesia</li> <li>Admiral (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Wijegunaratne" title="Ravindra Wijegunaratne">Ravindra Wijegunaratne</a> - High Commissioner to Pakistan<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Admiral (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Nishantha_Ulugetenne" title="Nishantha Ulugetenne">Nishantha Ulugetenne</a> - Ambassador to Cuba</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force">Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_chief_marshal" title="Air chief marshal">Air Chief Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Gagan_Bulathsinghala" title="Gagan Bulathsinghala">Gagan Bulathsinghala</a> - Ambassador to Islamic Republic of <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_chief_marshal" title="Air chief marshal">Air Chief Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Kapila_Jayampathy" title="Kapila Jayampathy">Kapila Jayampathy</a> - High Commissioner to Malaysia</li> <li>Air Chief Marshal (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Jayalath_Weerakkody" title="Jayalath Weerakkody">Jayalath Weerakkody</a> - High Commissioner to Pakistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Chief Marshal">Air Chief Marshal</a> (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Donald_Perera" title="Donald Perera">Donald Perera</a> - Ambassador to Israel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Chief Marshal">Air Chief Marshal</a> (Rtrd.) <a href="/wiki/Sumangala_Dias" title="Sumangala Dias">Sumangala Dias</a> - High Commissioner to Malaysia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Police_officers">Police officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Police officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rudra_Rajasingham" title="Rudra Rajasingham">Rudra Rajasingham</a> (<a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_Police_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)">IGP</a>) - Ambassador to Indonesia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Seneviratne" title="Ana Seneviratne">Ana Seneviratne</a> (<a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_Police_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)">IGP</a>) - High Commissioner to Malaysia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Weerasinghe" title="Herbert Weerasinghe">Herbert Weerasinghe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_Police_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)">IGP</a>) - High Commissioner to Malaysia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politicians">Politicians</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Politicians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Governors general</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sir" title="Sir">Sir</a> <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Goonetilleke" title="Oliver Goonetilleke">Oliver Goonetilleke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">GCMG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">KCVO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">KBE</a>, <a href="/wiki/KStJ" class="mw-redirect" title="KStJ">KStJ</a> - High Commissioner to United Kingdom</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gopallawa" title="William Gopallawa">William Gopallawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">MBE</a> - Ambassador to China, Cuba, Mexico and USA<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Senators</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Razik_Fareed" title="Razik Fareed">Razik Fareed</a>, Kt, <a href="/wiki/OBE" class="mw-redirect" title="OBE">OBE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unofficial_magistrate" title="Unofficial magistrate">JP, UM</a> - High Commissioner to Pakistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kalpage" title="Stanley Kalpage">Stanley Kalpage</a> - High Commissioner to India and Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations in New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Perera" class="mw-redirect" title="Reggie Perera">Reggie Perera</a> - Ambassador to Egypt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalitha_Rajapakse" title="Lalitha Rajapakse">Lalitha Rajapakse</a> - Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Lawyers")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._F._Wijemanne" title="A. F. Wijemanne">A. F. Wijemanne</a> - Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to FAO</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Wijeyeratne" title="Edwin Wijeyeratne">Edwin Wijeyeratne</a> - High Commissioner to United Kingdom and India</li></ul> <dl><dt>State and legislative councilors</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Corea" title="Claude Corea">Claude Corea</a> - Ambassador to USA and High Commissioner to United Kingdom</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susantha_de_Fonseka" title="Susantha de Fonseka">Susantha de Fonseka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">KBE</a> - Ambassador to Burma and Japan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuan_Burhanudeen_Jayah" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuan Burhanudeen Jayah">T.B Jayah</a> - High Commissioner to Pakistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Baron_Jayatilaka" title="Don Baron Jayatilaka">D.B Jayatilaka</a> - High Commissioner to India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._W._W._Kannangara" title="C. W. W. Kannangara">C. W. W. Kannangara</a> - Ambassador to Indonesia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikiri_Bandara_Panabokke" class="mw-redirect" title="Tikiri Bandara Panabokke">Tikiri Bandara Panabokke</a> - Representative of the Government of Ceylon to India</li></ul> <dl><dt>Provincial Governors</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Wimalasena" title="Noel Wimalasena">Noel Wimalasena</a> - High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._B._Hurulle" title="E. L. B. Hurulle">E. L. B. Hurulle</a> - High Commissioner to Australia (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Fernando" title="Lionel Fernando">Lionel Fernando</a> - High Commissioner to Malaysia, Ambassador to the Netherlands and France (note: also listed in "Civil servants")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunasena_Kodituwakku" title="Karunasena Kodituwakku">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a> - Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed in "Academics" and "Parliamentarians")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariya_Rekawa" title="Ariya Rekawa">Ariya Rekawa</a> - Ambassador to Philippines (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixon_Dela_Bandara" class="mw-redirect" title="Dixon Dela Bandara">Dixon Dela Bandara</a> - High Commissioner to Maldives</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaka_Priyantha_Bandara" title="Janaka Priyantha Bandara">Janaka Priyantha Bandara</a> - Ambassador to the UAE & Myanmar (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohitha_Bogollagama" title="Rohitha Bogollagama">Rohitha Bogollagama</a> - High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")</li></ul> <dl><dt>Parliamentarians</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ferial_Ashraff" title="Ferial Ashraff">Ferial Ashraff</a> - High Commissioner to Singapore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaka_Priyantha_Bandara" title="Janaka Priyantha Bandara">Janaka Priyantha Bandara</a> - Ambassador to the UAE & Myanmar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohitha_Bogollagama" title="Rohitha Bogollagama">Rohitha Bogollagama</a> - High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Provincial Governors")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gunawardena" title="Robert Gunawardena">Robert Gunawardena</a> - Ambassador to China</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Wimalasena" title="Noel Wimalasena">Noel Wimalasena</a> - High Commissioner to United Kingdom</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmasena_Attygalle" title="Dharmasena Attygalle">Dharmasena Attygalle</a> - High Commissioner to Pakistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fredrick_de_Silva" title="Fredrick de Silva">Fred E. de Silva</a> - Ambassador to France, Switzerland and UNESCO</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_de_Silva" title="William de Silva">P.H. William de Silva</a> - High Commissioner to Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A.E._Goonesinha" class="mw-redirect" title="A.E. Goonesinha">A.E. Goonesinha</a> - Ambassador to Indonesia and Burma (Myanmar)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_Gunasekara" title="Tudor Gunasekara">Tudor Gunasekara</a> - Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senerat_Gunewardene" title="Senerat Gunewardene">R.S.S. Gunewardene</a> - High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Ambassador to Italy, USA and Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._B._Hurulle" title="E. L. B. Hurulle">E. L. B. Hurulle</a> - High Commissioner to Australia (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians" and "Provincial Governors")</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sirisena_Cooray" title="Sirisena Cooray">Sirisena Cooray</a> - High Commissioner to Malaysia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karu_Jayasuriya" title="Karu Jayasuriya">Karu Jayasuriya</a> - Ambassador to Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P.B.G._Kalugalla" class="mw-redirect" title="P.B.G. Kalugalla">P.B.G. Kalugalla</a> - High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Philippines</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupa_Karunathilake" title="Rupa Karunathilake">Rupa Karunathilake</a> - Ambassador to Netherlands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunasena_Kodituwakku" title="Karunasena Kodituwakku">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a> - Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed in "Academics" and "Provincial Governors")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Moonesinghe" title="Anil Moonesinghe">Anil Moonesinghe</a> - Ambassador to Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, the UN (Vienna), <a href="/wiki/IAEA" class="mw-redirect" title="IAEA">IAEA</a> and <a href="/wiki/OPEC" title="OPEC">OPEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangala_Moonesinghe" title="Mangala Moonesinghe">Mangala Moonesinghe</a> - High Commissioner to United Kingdom and India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Moonesinghe" title="Susil Moonesinghe">Susil Moonesinghe</a> - Ambassador to Iran</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Braybrooke_Panabokke" title="Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke">Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke</a> - High Commissioner to India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._S._Pelpola" title="R. S. Pelpola">R. S. Pelpola</a> - High Commissioner to Malaysia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmot_A._Perera" title="Wilmot A. Perera">Wilmot A. Perera</a> - Ambassador to China</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._R._Piyasiri" title="H. R. Piyasiri">H. R. Piyasiri</a> - Ambassador to Myanmar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Rajadurai" title="C. Rajadurai">C. Rajadurai</a> - High Commissioner to Malaysia<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariya_Rekawa" title="Ariya Rekawa">Ariya Rekawa</a> - Ambassador to Philippines</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosy_Senanayake" title="Rosy Senanayake">Rosy Senanayake</a> - High Commissioner to Malaysia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikiri_Banda_Subasinghe" title="Tikiri Banda Subasinghe">T.B. Subasinghe</a> - Ambassador to Soviet Union</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissanka_Wijeyeratne" title="Nissanka Wijeyeratne">Nissanka Wijeyeratne</a> - Ambassador to Soviet Union (note: also listed in "Civil servants")</li></ul> <dl><dt>Mayors</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Omar_Kamil" title="Omar Kamil">Omar Kamil</a> - Ambassador to Iran, accredited to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._J._M._Muzammil" title="A. J. M. Muzammil">A. J. M. Muzammil</a> - High Commissioner to Malaysia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="UN_officials">UN officials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: UN officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T._D._S._A._Dissanayake" title="T. D. S. A. Dissanayake">T. D. S. A. Dissanayake</a> - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia and Egypt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palitha_Kohona" title="Palitha Kohona">Palitha Kohona</a> - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080810/News/sundaytimesnews_29.html">"Kadirgamar rose for his country"</a>. <i>Sunday Times</i>, Retrieved on 10 August 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OWeerasinghe2-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OWeerasinghe2_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2008/02/10/plus01.asp">"First Sri Lankan to become a Town Planner"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110605230051/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/02/10/plus01.asp">Archived</a> from the original on 2011-06-05<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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