Lakshman Kadirgamar

Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar PC (Sinhala: ලක්ශමන් කදිර්ගාමර්, Tamil: லக்ஷமன் கதிர்காமர்) (12 April 1932 – 12 August 2005) was a Sri Lankan diplomat, politician and a lawyer. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2001 and again from April 2004 until his assassination in August 2005. He achieved international prominence in this position due to his wide ranging condemnation of the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) and his efforts to have them banned internationally. A distinguished lawyer and international humanitarian, he was assassinated by an LTTE sniper in August 2005 Accounts of his views on politics and international relations, with much information about his life and career, can be found in the book Democracy, Sovereignty and Terror: Lakshman Kadirgamar on the Foundations of International Order, edited by Professor Adam Roberts.