| 词条 | A. T. Moorthy |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = A. T. Moorthy |native_name = |native_name_lang = |honorific-suffix = |image = Moorthy ECAFE 1968.jpg |imagesize = |order1 = |office1 = Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom |term_start1 = January 1981 |term_end1 = May 1984 |predecessor1 = Noel Wimalasena |successor1 = Chandra Monerawela |order2 = |office2 = Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan |term_start2 = 1978 |term_end2 = 1981 |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|08|10|df=yes}} |birth_place = Batticaloa District, Ceylon |death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|04|01|1928|08|10|df=yes}} |death_place = London, United Kingdom |citizenship = |nationality = |party = |otherparty = |spouse = |partner = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = University of Ceylon, Colombo |occupation = |profession = Diplomat |religion = |website = |footnotes = |blank1 = Ethnicity |data1 = Sri Lankan Tamil }} Arambamoorthy Thedchana Moorthy (10 August 1928 – 1 April 2008) was a Sri Lankan Tamil diplomat and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Early life and familyMoorthy was born on 10 August 1928 in Batticaloa District in eastern Ceylon.[1] He was educated at Sivananda Vidyalayam, Batticaloa and Jaffna College.[1] After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Colombo, graduating in 1948 with a degree in economics.[1] Moorthy married Suseela, daughter of P. Sriskandarajah, in 1959.[1] They had two daughters (Uma and Ima) and a son (Sri Ayilavan).[1] CareerMoorthy joined the foreign service in 1953 and his first diplomatic posting was in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] He became chargé d'affaires of the Ceylonese embassy in Beijing, China in 1957, meeting leaders such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai.[1] He was first secretary at the High Commission of Ceylon, London between 1961 and 1963.[1] During this time Moorthy and Suseela studied for the bar at Gray's Inn.[1] He was called to the bar in 1965.[1] Moorthy then served in various diplomatic positions: first secretary in West Germany (1964-66); chargé d'affaires in Thailand (1969-70); permanent representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East; and chargé d'affaires in Iraq (1970).[1] He returned to Sri Lanka in 1974 to co-ordinate the fifth Non-Aligned Summit which was to be held in Colombo in 1976.[1] He was appointed High Commissioner to Pakistan in 1978 (also accredited to Iran).[1] After the 1979 Iranian Revolution Moorthy played an important role in Sri Lankan government's attempts to free the US hostages in Iran.[1] In 1981 Moorthy was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.[1][2][3] Back in Sri Lanka violence against the country's Tamils escalated, culminating in the Black July riots of 1983.[1] Sinhalese expatriates living in the UK started a campaign to have Moorthy replaced by a Buddhist Sinhalese.[4] He received a letter, allegedly from a member of the Sinhala Association in UK, threatening his life.[5] The Sri Lankan government ordered Moorthy to declare that his appointment was evidence that there was no serious discrimination against the Tamils.[1] Moorthy refused make such a declaration and resigned in 1984.[1] Moorthy and his family remained in the UK.[6] He died on 1 April 2008 in London.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 {{cite news|last1=Farrell|first1=Tom|title=Obituary: AT Moorthy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/19/srilanka|work=The Guardian|date=19 May 2008}} {{Commons category|A. T. Moorthy|position=left}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Moorthy, A. T.}}2. ^{{cite web|title=The History of the High Commission|url=http://www.srilankahighcommission.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=71|publisher=High Commission of Sri Lanka, London}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=de Silva|first1=Bandu|title=Reply to I. P. C. Mendis: Sri Lanka Foreign Service|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/02/21/midweek3.html|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=21 February 2007}} 4. ^{{cite journal|title=The London Hilton Jamboree|journal=Tamil Times|date=September 1985|volume=IV|issue=11|page=12|url=http://noolaham.net/project/32/3142/3142.pdf|issn=0266-4488}} 5. ^{{cite news|last1=Niwunhella|first1=Sujeeva|title=Britain will not name banned terrorists tomorrow|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/02/18/news01.html|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=18 February 2001}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=The chimes of peace|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020811/plus/9.html|work=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=11 August 2002}} 12 : 1928 births|2008 deaths|People from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Alumni of the University of Ceylon (Colombo)|Alumni of Jaffna College|High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to Pakistan|High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom|Members of Gray's Inn|English people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent|People of British Ceylon|Sri Lankan Tamil diplomats|Sri Lankan Tamil lawyers |
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