Gamini Seneviratne
Gamini Seneviratne | |
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| Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand and South Korea | |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 12 July 2010 Sri Lanka |
| Spouse(s) | Indrani Seneviratne (née Madanayake) |
| Children | Manohari, Chanake |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Ganegoda Appuhamelage Don Irwin Gamini Seneviratne was a Sri Lankan civil servant and diplomat, who served as the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand and the Republic of Korea.[when?]
Educated at the Royal College, Colombo along with his two brothers, he played cricket, rugger and won the Steward Prize. Seneviratne entered the University of Ceylon. After graduating, he joined the Ceylon Civil Service. After cadet training, he was gazetted as a forest officer before being transferred to the General Treasury. Later, he transferred to the Ceylon Overseas Service. He first served as a probationary officer in Madras, thereafter in Ceylon's High Commission in India as first secretary under Sir Richard Aluvihare.[citation needed]
Returning to Ceylon, he became a Director General in the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence and was responsible for organizing the Non-Aligned Conference in Colombo.[citation needed] He went on to become an Additional Secretary of the Ministry and was responsible for implementing tight monetary controls resulting in the standardization of pay for heads of foreign missions. This led to his demotion by K. Paskaralingam, Treasury Secretary, on word from Charlie Mahendran, former Ambassador to Japan whose foreign mission was worst affected by the standardization.[citation needed]
His brothers were General Nalin Seneviratne, who became the commander of the army, and Ana Seneviratne, who served as the Inspector-General of Police and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia.
External links and references
- His Excellency Mr. Ganegodage Don Irwin Gamini Seneviratne. Ambassador of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- That magnificent class of '49
- A true friend remembered
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| Preceded by ? |
Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand | Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by ? |
Sri Lankan Ambassador to Republic of Korea | Succeeded by ? |
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