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

Representative	Start of Term	End of Term
Sir Claude Corea	1946	1949

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	October 2014

See also

• List of heads of missions from Sri Lanka

References

1. Editor. "Dr. Chris Nonis assumes office as new Sri Lankan envoy to Great Britain & Northern Ireland". Asiantribune. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
2. "Nonis to assumes office as High Commissioner". Sri Lanka Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2011.

External links

• The High Commission of Sri Lanka