Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States
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The Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States
is the Sri Lanka
n envoy
to United States. The Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States is concurrently accredited
as Ambassador to Mexico
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Sri Lanka also maintains a Consul-General in Los Angeles
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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
is the Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n envoy
Envoy
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to United States. The Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States is concurrently accredited
Dual accreditation
Dual accreditation is the practice in diplomacy of a country granting two separate responsibilities to a single diplomat. One prominent form of dual accreditation is for a diplomat to serve as the ambassador to two countries concurrently...
as Ambassador to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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Sri Lanka also maintains a Consul-General in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
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Ambassadors
- SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
John Lionel Kotalawela - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Claude CoreaClaude CoreaSir George Claude Stanley Corea was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat.-Family background:He was born on 29 January 1894 to a well known Ceylonese political family hailing from the Western seaboard town of Chilaw. His father was Alfred Winzer Corea who was an officer in government police and his... - William GopallawaWilliam GopallawaWilliam Gopallawa , MBE was the last Governor General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and became the first President of Sri Lanka when Ceylon declared itself a republic in 1972 and changed its name to Sri Lanka...
(1961 - 1962) - Ernest CoreaErnest Corea-Early life:Corea was born in Kurana, Katunayake in Ceylon.His parents were Reverend Canon Ivan Corea and Ouida Corea, and was the brother of Vernon Corea a pioneering broadcaster with Radio Ceylon/SLBC and Ethinic Minorities Adviser to the BBC. Rev. Corea was Rural Dean of Colombo in the Church...
- ProfessorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
W. S. KarunaratneW. S. KarunaratneWijesinghe Sugathadasa Karunaratne was a well known Buddhist scholar and a fiercely independent thinker. He was affectionately known by the Sri Lankan masses as "W.S." and as "The Don" by the academia. W.S. was born on December 24, 1928 in Katugastota, a small village in the Kandy district, Sri... - Susantha De AlwisSusantha De AlwisSusantha De Alwis, SLOS was a Sri Lankan diplomat, who was the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States, Japan, South Korea and Permanent Representative to United Nations ....
- Neville KanakeratneNeville KanakeratneDeshamanya Neville Kanakeratne is 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 India....
- Oliver WeerasingheOliver WeerasingheOliver Weerasinghe, FRIBA was a Sri Lankan architect & diplomat. He was Sri Lanka's first City Planner and former Ambassador to the United States. As such he his referred to as the "Father of Sri Lanka's Town Planning"....
- Nihal RodrigoNihal RodrigoNihal Rodrigo is a Sri Lankan diplomat who served as the sixth secretary-general of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation from January 1, 1999 to January 10, 2002.-References:...
- Jayantha DhanapalaJayantha DhanapalaProfessor Jayantha Dhanapala is a member of the Board of Sponsors of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and a governing board member of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Dr. Dhanapala was Sri Lanka's official candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations,...
- Ananda W. P. GurugeAnanda W. P. GurugeAnanda Wahihana Palliya Guruge is a Sri Lankan diplomat, buddhist leader and writer. He is the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to UNESCO, France, and the United States during the period from 1985 to 1994 and adjunct professor of Religious...