Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union
StyleHis Excellency
Inaugural holderGunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
Formation1957
as Ceylonese Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Final holderRodney Vandergert
SuccessionSri Lankan Ambassador to Russia

The Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union was the Sri Lankan envoy in Moscow (Ulitsa Shepkhina 24, Soviet Union) with concurrent, nonresident Diplomatic accreditation in Budapest, Bukarest, Prague, Warsaw and East Berlin.

History

Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Sri Lanka were established on February 19, 1957, and ceased following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.[1]

Ambassadors

AmbassadorsStart of TermEnd of TermHead of State/Government
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera19571961
Tikiri Banda Subasinghe19611965Sirimavo Bandaranaike
B. F. Perera[2]19651968
M. V. P. Peiris19681969
J. C. T. Kotelawala19691970
C. D. S. Siriwardene[3]19701974
C. E. S. Weeratunga[4]19741976
Walter Jayawardena19771978
R. C. A. Johnpulle[5]19781982
Neville Kanakaratne19821987
Rodney Vandergert19871991

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Moscow, Russia". Ministry of External Affairs. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Benjamin Franklin Perera (*1901), C.M.G., O.B.E., son of K. S. Perera.
    • 1956-1958 Deputy High Commissioner in London.
    • 1958-1961 High Commr in Canberra (Australia) and New Zealand.
    • 1961-1965 ambassador in Bonn Germany)
    • 1930 married a daughter of Dr. C. P. de Fonseka;
    • 1949: cr. OBE (Civil).
    • CMG, 1955.
  3. ↑ Codippiliarachchige Don Stanislaus Siriwardene (* 1911) B.A London University.
    • 1941 married to Telinade Silva 3 daughters
    • Advocate of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
    • 1962-1970: Lecturer at the Ceylon Law College.
    • 1962-1970: Senator.
    • 1970-1974: Ambassador to the USSR, GDR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania.
    • 1974: he was Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan.
  4. ↑ Conrad Edward Somadasa Weeratunga
  5. ↑ Rajakone Christopher Algernon Johnpulle
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