Mangala Moonesinghe

The Honourable
Mangala Moonesinghe
Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India
Personal details
Born (1931-07-27)27 July 1931
Died 23 July 2016(2016-07-23) (aged 84)
Nationality Sri Lankan
Political party Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations		 Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Alma mater Royal College, Colombo
Occupation Politics, Diplomacy
Profession Barrister

Mangala Moonesinghe (27 July 1931 – 23 July 2016) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and diplomat.[1] He was Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2002 and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India from 1995 to 2000. Serving as a Member of Parliament in the periods of 1965–1977 and 1989–1994.

The cousin of Anil Moonesinghe and the nephew of Neel Kamal Hewavitharana, he was educated at the Royal College Colombo. Qualifying as a barrister he practiced law for 20 years. In 1975, he was awarded one of the Eisenhower Fellowships to study space law at Western State University College of Law and had been a lecturer at Ceylon Technical College in Company law during 1960–1963.

He was the head of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the ethnic conflict, the so-called Mangala Moonesinghe Committee. He died in 2016 at the age of 84.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Parliament of Ceylon, 1970". The Ceylon Daily News. 1970. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Funeral of veteran politician, diplomat, lawyer Mangala Moonesinghe today". The Sunday Times. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
Diplomatic posts
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1995–2000 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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2000–2001 		Succeeded by
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