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词条 Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Legal career

  3. Governorship

  4. References

  5. External links

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}}Justice Dr. Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne is a Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, author and the 2nd Governor of Southern Province.[1][2]

Early life

Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne was born in Ahangama in the Southern Province. His primary schooling was at Ahangama Dharmarama School before attending Mahinda College in Galle and then St Peter's College, Colombo.[3]

Legal career

In the 1950s he entered the Ceylon Law College, passing out as a Proctor and practising in Matara. Jayaratne graduated from the University of London, with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), joining the Inner Temple, London and was called to the bar in 1969, returning to Sri Lanka later that year.

Jayaratne joined the Sri Lankan judiciary in 1971 as a Magistrate with his first posting in Negombo.

Governorship

After returning to Sri Lanka from a three-year tour of Fiji Jayaratne was appointed Governor of Southern Province on 31 December 1993 by the President Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, However, with the change of Government he lost that posting.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Provincial council Notifications|url=http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/statutes/prov_stats/htm/ORDER%20OF%20DISSOLUTION%20......%201993.html|accessdate=29 March 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Justice Dr. L. M. Jayaratne: Judge who feared none|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=57255|publisher=The Island|date=20 July 2012|accessdate=29 March 2013}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090208/Plus/sundaytimesplus_14.html|title=One of Lanka’s academically distinguished judges|newspaper=Sunday Times|first=N.|last=Selvakkumaran|date=9 February 2009|accessdate=12 February 2017}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120413030630/http://www.rohinilmj.com/ Dr. Rohini Jayaratne & Dr. Mervin Jayaratne Online portfolio]
  • Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988
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