Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is the Sri Lankan envoy to United Kingdom. Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange High Commissioners, rather than Ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas Ambassadors present their diplomatic credentials to the host country's head of state, High Commissioners are accredited to the head of government), they are in practice one and the same office. The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is concurrently accredited as High Commissioner to the Republic of Ireland. The current High Commissioner is Dr. Chris Nonis.[1]
List of High Commissioners
Representatives of the Government of Ceylon
High Commissioners
| High Commissioner |
Start of Term |
End of Term |
| Sir Oliver Goonetilleke |
1949 |
1952 |
| Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne |
1952 |
1954 |
| Sir Claude Corea |
1954 |
December 1957 |
| Gunasena de Soyza, CMG, OBE |
December 1957 |
October 1958 |
| P.R. Gunasekera |
October 1958 |
February 1960 |
| Gunasena de Soyza, CMG, OBE |
February 1960 |
October 1961 |
| Sir Senerat Gunewardene, KBE |
October 1961 |
June 1963 |
| Professor Gunapala Malalasekera, OBE |
June 1963 |
February 1967 |
| Sir Lalita Rajapakshe, QC |
February 1967 |
October 1969 |
| M.V.P. Peiris, OBE |
October 1969 |
December 1970 |
| Tilak Goonaratne |
December 1970 |
1975 |
| Vernon Mendis |
1975 |
1977 |
| Noel Wimalasena |
1977 |
January 1981 |
| A.T. Moorthy |
January 1981 |
May 1984 |
| Chandra Monerawela |
May 1984 |
March 1990 |
| General Sepala Attygalle, LVO |
1990 |
August 1993 |
| General Cyril Ranatunge |
August 1993 |
February 1995 |
| S.K. Wickremasinghe |
February 1995 |
January 1999 |
| Dr. Lal Jayawardena |
January 1999 |
July 2000 |
| Mangala Moonesinghe |
July 2000 |
April 2002 |
| Faiz Mustapha, PC |
April 2002 |
February 2005 |
| Kshenuka Senewiratne |
February 2005 |
May 2008 |
| Justice Nihal Jayasinghe |
May 2008 |
31 December 2010 |
| Dr. Chris Nonis[2] |
1 September 2011 |
Present |
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