BIOGRAPHY Mr. Lakshman Kadiragamar, Presidents Counsel and Member of Parliament, is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and is currently the special adviser on Foreign Affairs to the President of Sri Lanka. An illustrious alumnus of Trinity College, he, captained the college first eleven Cricket team in 1950 while also competing in the college athletic and rugger teams. In recognition of his all round performance in academic and extra curricular spheres he was awarded the Ryde Gold medal for the best all round student. Mr. Kadirgamar went on to study law at the University of Ceylon, graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honors) degree in 1953 and became the top student in the First Class at the Advocates Intermediate Examination in 1953. In 1954 he won the Scholarship for the candidate placed first in the First Class at the Advocates Final Examination of the Ceylon Law College and was awarded prizes for the Law of Evidence and the Law of Persons and Property. He was admitted to the Ceylon Bar in 1955. Later, at Oxford University, UK, where he received his B.LITT degree, Mr. Kadiragamar he attained the rare distinction of being one of the few Sri Lankans ever to have been elected to be the President of the Oxford Union. Mr. Kadirgamar is the author of a number of scholarly articles published in international legal journals such as the Modern Law Review, The South African Law Journal and The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, etc. An ardent international civil servant of impeccable credentials, Mr. Kadiragamar, held many positions in numerous international organizations including the ILO, International Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) and South Asia Foundation (SAF). In 1963, he was the Special Commissioner of Amnesty International to investigate Buddhist Catholic clashes in Vietnam.

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The Lanka Academic is pleased to introduce Mr. Lakshman Kadiragamar, former Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, as the 11^th guest in our series of Q&A sessions. We at Lanka Academic extend our sincere appreciation to Mr. Kadirgamar for agreeing to participate in this unique Q & A session. It is our sincere hope that our readers would avail themselves of this opportunity and enable Mr. Kadirgamar to share his views on current topics of interest pertaining to Sri Lanka and the latest political developments

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