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词条 Lalitha Rajapakse
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Politician and Diplomat

  3. See also

  4. References

{{Infobox MP
| honorific_prefix = Hon.
| name = Sir Lalitha Rajapakse
| honorific_suffix = QC
| caption =
| office = High Commissioner for Ceylon to the United Kingdom
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| primeminister = Dudley Senanayake
| term_start = {{date|Feb 1967}}
| term_end = {{date|Oct 1969}}
| predecessor = Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
| successor = M. V. P. Peiris
| office2 = Minister of Justice
| primeminister2 = D. S. Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake
| term_start2 = {{date|26 sep 1947}}
| term_end2 = {{date|1953}}
| predecessor2 = Office Created
| successor2 = E. B. Wikramanayake
| birth_name = Louis Alexander Rajapakse
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|05|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Herambe Walauwwa, Balapitiya, British Ceylon[1]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|05|25|1900|05|03|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| resting_place =
| citizenship =
| nationality =
| party = United National Party
| otherparty =
| height =
| spouse = Chrysobel Rajapakse
| partner =
| relations =
| children = 3
| parents =
| mother =
| father =
| relatives =
| residence =
| education = Ananda College, Saint Joseph's College, Colombo, University of London
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Politician
| profession = Lawyer
}}Sir Lalitha Abhaya Rajapaksa, QC (Born Louis Alexander Rajapakse;[1] 3 May 1900 - 25 May 1976) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the first Minister of Justice of Ceylon and a member of the Senate of Ceylon.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Born in the southern coastal town of Balapitiya, Rajapakse received his primary and secondary education in Ananda College, and Saint Joseph's College, Colombo.[1] After that he attended University of London where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws in 1924, became a barrister and called to the bar in 1924.[1] In 1925 he achieve the feat of youngest person at the time to receive Doctor of Laws in the world.[1][3]

Politician and Diplomat

Rajapakse was a founding member of the United National Party and when they were elected into the first government he was appointed Senate and became the first Minister of Justice in the country, which he served till 1953.[1] In 1948 he was appointed to the seven member flag committee that consisted S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, J. R. Jayawardene, John Kotelawala, T. B. Jayah, G. G. Ponnambalam and S. Nadesan.[3]

In February 1967 he became the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom which he held until 1969.

Rajapakse died on 25 May 1976, at the age of 76.

See also

  • Sri Lankan Non Career Diplomats

References

1. ^{{Citation|last=Mendis|first=Senarat|title=Great son of Lanka|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date={{date|5 may 2012}}|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2012/05/05/fea05.asp|access-date={{date|5 jun 2018}}}}
2. ^The Senate Days of Ceylon
3. ^{{Citation|last=Munindradradasa|first=Kingsley|title=Sir Lalita Rajapakse - multi-faceted, gentleman politician|newspaper=Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)|date={{date|27 May 2007}}|url=http://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2007/05/27/fea05.asp|access-date={{date|5 June 2018}}}}
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9 : Justice ministers of Sri Lanka|Members of the Senate of Ceylon|Ceylonese Knights Bachelor|Alumni of Saint Joseph's College, Colombo|Ambassadors of Sri Lanka to France|Ambassadors of Sri Lanka to Switzerland|High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom|1900 births|1976 deaths

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