A British High Commission is a British diplomatic mission,equivalent to an embassy,found in countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Their general purpose is to provide diplomatic relationships as well as travel information,passports,dual-citizenship information,and other services between Commonwealth states.
Sir Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne,known as Edwin Wijeyeratne,was a Sri Lankan lawyer,politician,diplomat,and one of the founding members of the Ceylon National Congress and the United National Party. He was a Senator and Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development in the cabinet of D. S. Senanayake. He thereafter he served as Ceylonese High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ceylonese High Commissioner to India
Ernest Corea 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.
Bernard Tilakaratna,SLOS (1927–2004) was a senior diplomat and bureaucrat of the Sri Lankan government. He was an ambassador to many countries and prior to retirement was the permanent secretary to Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Sri Lanka Overseas Service (SLOS) which is most commonly referred to as the Sri Lanka Foreign Service is the foreign service of Sri Lanka. It is the body of career diplomats of Sri Lanka. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also the head of the foreign service.
Panagoda Don Prince Solomon Anura Liyanage is a Sri Lankan businessman,television and film producer and politician. On 10 March 2017,he was appointed as the Sri Lankan ambassador for Qatar.
Peter Richard Hayes is a British diplomat. He was formerly the Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory.
John James Rankin,is a British diplomat and a former ambassador to Nepal. He served as the Governor of the British Virgin Islands from January 2021 to January 2024. He was the Governor of Bermuda from December 2016 to December 2020.
Linda Joy Duffield is a British former diplomat who was chief executive of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy 2009–14.
Aruni Yasodha Wijewardane is a Sri Lankan diplomat and the current Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka. Previously she served in several senior positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka,as well as overseas. From 2005 to 2008 she served as Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna. In addition to her career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,she also served as an international civil servant,as Director of the Secretariat of the Policy Making Organs of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 2013 to 2020.
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha is a retired Indian diplomat who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. He is the former High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom. He was sworn in as Central Information Commissioner on 1 January 2019 served the until 3 October 2023.
Sarah Anne Pascale Hulton is a British diplomat who is the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. She officially became the British High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in August 2019 who replaced James Dauris who previously served in the office since 2015. She is also the recipient of Officer of the Order of the British Empire,an award which is awarded for prominent national or regional achievements in the UK.
Saroja Sirisena is a Sri Lankan diplomat. She serves as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom,which she was appointed to in 2020. She has previously held diplomatic positions at the United Nations,as well as in Austria and India.
Mahbub Uz Zaman ia a Bangladeshi diplomat and former ambassador of Bangladesh to China. He is the former secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is the former high commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka and Singapore.
