List of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats

This is a list of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats, who have been appointed by Government of Sri Lanka as Ambassadors 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. ^[1]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academics

• J. B. Disanayake - Ambassador to Thailand
• Ananda W. P. Guruge - 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 - Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed under "Parliamentarians" and "Provincial Governors")
• Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera - Ambassador to Soviet Union, High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Canada and Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations in New York
• Ediriweera Sarachchandra - Ambassador to France
• Nalin de Silva - Ambassador to Myanmar
• W.M. Karunadasa - Ambassador to Qatar

Archaeologists

• Nandadeva Wijesekera - Ambassador to Burma ^[2]

Architects

• Oliver Weerasinghe, FRIBA - Ambassador to USA ^[3]

Business

• A. S. P Liyanage - Ambassador to Qatar, former High Commissioner to Nigeria
• Udayanga Weeratunga - Ambassador to Russian Federation ^[4]
• Jaliya Wickramasuriya - Ambassador to USA ^{[4] [5]}

Corporate executives

• Somasunadaran Skandakumar - High Commissioner to Australia

Civil servants

• Richard Aluwihare, KCMG , CBE, JP - High Commissioner to India
• Shirley Amerasinghe - 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, CMG, OBE - High Commissioner to United Kingdom
• N. Q. Dias - High Commissioner to India ^[6]
• Nissanka Wijeyeratne - Ambassador to Soviet Union (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")
• K. C. Logeswaran - Ambassador to Republic of Korea
• S. J. Walpita - Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium
• Lionel Fernando - High Commissioner to Malaysia, Ambassador to the Netherlands and France (note: also listed in "Provincial Governors")
• Neville Jayaweera - Ambassador to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland
• Austin Fernando - High Commissioner to India
• W. J. S. Karunaratne - High Commissioner to Canada
• Sirisena Amarasekara - High Commissioner to South Africa

Economists

• Gamani Corea - Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
• Lal Jayawardena - High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to the Benelux countries

Engineers

• H R Premaratne - Ambassador to Burma (accredited to Thailand, Laos & Singapore)

Filmmakers

• Sumitra Peries - Ambassador to France

Journalists

• Ernest Corea - Ambassador to USA; High Commissioner to Canada
• Dayan Jayatilleka - Permanent Representative to United Nations (Geneva); Consul General for Switzerland; Ambassador to France and UNESCO
• Premil Ratnayake - First Secretary, for Press and Information to Bonn, Germany in 1984

Judges

• 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 - Ambassador to USA and High Commissioner to India
• Daya Perera PC - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York) and High Commissioner to Canada
• Sir Lalitha Rajapakse, 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 ^[7]
• Tissa Wijeyeratne - 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

• General (Rtrd.) Rohan Daluwatte, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Brazil
• General (Rtrd.) Deshamanya D. S. Attygalle, MVO - High Commissioner to United Kingdom
• General (Rtrd.) G. H. De Silva, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - High Commissioner to Pakistan
• General (Rtrd.) Deshamanya Denis Perera, VSV - High Commissioner to Australia
• General (Rtrd.) Shantha Kottegoda, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Brazil and Thailand
• Major General (Rtrd.) Nanda Mallawaarachchi, RWP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Indonesia
• Major General (Rtrd.) Anton Muttukumaru, OBE, ED, ADC - High Commissioner to Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Ambassador to Egypt
• Major General (Rtrd.) Janaka Perera, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - High Commissioner to Australia & Ambassador to Indonesia
• General (Rtrd.) Cyril Ranatunga, VSV - High Commissioner to Australia and United Kingdom
• Major General (Rtrd.) Richard Udugama, MBE - Ambassador to Iraq
• General (Rtrd.) Cecil Waidyaratne, VSV, USP, SLAC - Ambassador to Thailand
• General (Rtrd.) Srilal Weerasooriya, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP - High Commissioner to Pakistan
• General (Rtrd.) T. I. Weerathunga, VSV - High Commissioner to Canada
• General (Rtrd.) Jagath Jayasuriya, RWP, VSV, USP - Ambassador to Brazil

Navy

• Vice Admiral (Rtrd.) A.H.A De Silva, VSV - Ambassador to Cuba ^[8]
• Admiral (Rtrd.) Wasantha Karannagoda - Ambassador to Japan
• Admiral (Rtrd.) Thisara Samarasinghe - High Commissioner to Australia
• Admiral (Rtrd.) Jayanath Colombage - Ambassador to Indonesia
• Admiral (Rtrd.) Ravindra Wijegunaratne - High Commissioner to Pakistan ^[9]
• Admiral (Rtrd.) Nishantha Ulugetenne - Ambassador to Cuba

Air Force

• Air Chief Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala - Ambassador to Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Air Chief Marshal Kapila Jayampathy - High Commissioner to Malaysia
• Air Chief Marshal (Rtrd.) Jayalath Weerakkody - High Commissioner to Pakistan
• Air Chief Marshal (Rtrd.) Donald Perera - Ambassador to Israel
• Air Chief Marshal (Rtrd.) Sumangala Dias - High Commissioner to Malaysia

Police officers

• Rudra Rajasingham (IGP) - Ambassador to Indonesia
• Ana Seneviratne (IGP) - High Commissioner to Malaysia
• Herbert Weerasinghe (IGP) - High Commissioner to Malaysia

Politicians

Governors general

• Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, GCMG, KCVO, KBE, KStJ - High Commissioner to United Kingdom
• William Gopallawa, MBE - Ambassador to China, Cuba, Mexico and USA ^[10]

Senators

• Razik Fareed, Kt, OBE, JP, UM - High Commissioner to Pakistan
• Stanley Kalpage - High Commissioner to India and Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations in New York
• Reggie Perera - Ambassador to Egypt
• Lalitha Rajapakse - Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Lawyers")
• A. F. Wijemanne - Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to FAO
• Edwin Wijeyeratne - High Commissioner to United Kingdom and India

State and legislative councilors

• Claude Corea - 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 - Ambassador to Indonesia
• Tikiri Bandara Panabokke - Representative of the Government of Ceylon to India

Provincial Governors

• Noel Wimalasena - High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")
• E. L. B. Hurulle - High Commissioner to Australia (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")
• Lionel Fernando - High Commissioner to Malaysia, Ambassador to the Netherlands and France (note: also listed in "Civil servants")
• Karunasena Kodituwakku - Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed in "Academics" and "Parliamentarians")
• Ariya Rekawa - Ambassador to Philippines (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")
• Dixon Dela Bandara - High Commissioner to Maldives
• Janaka Priyantha Bandara - Ambassador to the UAE & Myanmar (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")
• Rohitha Bogollagama - High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians")

Parliamentarians

• Ferial Ashraff - High Commissioner to Singapore
• Janaka Priyantha Bandara - Ambassador to the UAE & Myanmar
• Rohitha Bogollagama - High Commissioner to United Kingdom (note: also listed in "Provincial Governors")
• Robert Gunawardena - Ambassador to China
• Noel Wimalasena - High Commissioner to United Kingdom
• Dharmasena Attygalle - 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)
• E. L. B. Hurulle - High Commissioner to Australia (note: also listed in "Parliamentarians" and "Provincial Governors")

• Sirisena Cooray - High Commissioner to Malaysia
• Karu Jayasuriya - Ambassador to Germany
• P.B.G. Kalugalla - High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Philippines
• Rupa Karunathilake - Ambassador to Netherlands
• Karunasena Kodituwakku - Ambassador to Japan, Republic of South Korea and China (note: also listed in "Academics" and "Provincial Governors")
• Anil Moonesinghe - Ambassador to Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, the UN (Vienna), IAEA and OPEC
• Mangala Moonesinghe - High Commissioner to United Kingdom and India
• Susil Moonesinghe - Ambassador to Iran
• Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke - High Commissioner to India
• R. S. Pelpola - High Commissioner to Malaysia
• Wilmot A. Perera - Ambassador to China
• H. R. Piyasiri - Ambassador to Myanmar
• C. Rajadurai - High Commissioner to Malaysia ^[11]
• Ariya Rekawa - Ambassador to Philippines
• Rosy Senanayake - High Commissioner to Malaysia
• T.B. Subasinghe - Ambassador to Soviet Union
• Nissanka Wijeyeratne - Ambassador to Soviet Union (note: also listed in "Civil servants")

Mayors

• Omar Kamil - Ambassador to Iran, accredited to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan
• A. J. M. Muzammil - High Commissioner to Malaysia

UN officials

• T. D. S. A. Dissanayake - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia and Egypt
• Palitha Kohona - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)

References

1. "Kadirgamar rose for his country". Sunday Times, Retrieved on 10 August 2008.
2. Murder enshrouded by Diplomatic Immunity. Daily News (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 25 January 2019.
3. "First Sri Lankan to become a Town Planner". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
4. Embassy of Sri Lanka USA
5. Sri Lanka - Consul General Jaliya Wickramasuriya
6. Looking back on operation `Holdfast', By Romesh Tissainayagam Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
7. Sri Lanka's First Insurance Ombudsman Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
8. Vice Admiral A.H.A De Silva, VSV, ndc, psc - Sri Lanka Navy Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
9. New High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Assumed Duties. The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Pakistan
10. First President of the Republic of Sri Lank Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
11. Chapter 48: Gandhi's murder: Widespread fallout.

External links

• Sri Lanka ambassadors (non-career) - flickr
• Kachcheri postings for senior career diplomats returning from overseas