List of Trinity College, Kandy Alumni - Government and Politics

Government and Politics

Intergovernmental Organizations

• Jayantha Dhanapala - Senior Special Advisor to both Presidents Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapakse,UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs and the Government of Sri Lanka's nominee for the office of United Nations Secretary General in 2006. (Also Trinity Ryde Gold medalist of 1956) (See also Diplomatic Service)
• Mohamed Muhsin - Vice President and Founder Chief Information Officer of the World Bank (Retired Nov 1 2005)(Also Trinity Senior Prefect and Ryde Gold Medalist of 1962)
• Nihal Rodrigo - Formerly, Secretary-General of SAARC and Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. (See also Diplomatic Service)
• Lakshman Kadirgamar - Founder Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Advisor to 36 Foreign Governments. Advisor to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) See also under Diplomats, Ministers and Sportsmen)
• Dr Sarath Amunugama - Founder Director of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) at the Paris-based UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). See also Cabinet Ministers
• Bandula Jayasekera – Former Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• Hiran Herat - former Senior Implementation Specialist and now Consultant- World Bank in Washington (Cricket, Hockey and Athletics Triple Coloursman, Senior Prefect and Ryde Gold medallist of 1970)
• Dr. Sumith Pilapitiya - Lead Environmental Specialist - South Asia Region, World Bank.
• Gotabaya (GKB) Dasanayaka - Senior Specialist, Employer Activity- South Asian Region International Labour Organisation, New Delhi. Formerly Director General of the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon and former President TCK OBA Colombo Branch.
• Colonel Shiam Vidurupola psc. United Nations Security Reform Expert. Technical Advisor on military-rebel integration, reintegration and rehabilitation, United Nations Mission in Nepal,United Nations Planning Consultant on Peace-Building and Recovery. Senior Military Advisor to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
• M. Thiruchelvam, Transport Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Afghanistan Resident Mission

Diplomatic Service

• Sir Velupillai Coomaraswamy CMG - former Ceylonese High Commissioner to Canada, Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defense & External Affairs, and Senior Civil Servant
• N.Q. Dias - former High Commissioner to India and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defense & External Affairs
• Nihal Rodrigo - Former Ambassador to the USA and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (See also Intergovernmental Organizations)
• M.B. Dissanayake - former High Commissioner to France
• Chandra Monerawela - former Chief of Protocol (Sri Lanka) and High Commissioner to the UK
• Jayantha Dhanapala - Former High Commissioner to New Delhi,London and Ambassador to Washington (with accreditation to the United Nations and Geneva. He was widely acclaimed for his Presidency of the 1995 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference, a landmark event in disarmament history, because of his crafting of a package of decisions balancing the twin objectives of nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament and the concerns of the nuclear weapon states and the non-nuclear weapon states which was adopted without a vote.The New York Times observed that Jayantha Dhanapala 'was a diplomat mostly unknown outside the arms-control world until he was elected to preside over this conference.' Dhanapala was hand picked by United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan to take on the challenging job of Under Secretary General to re-establish the Department of Disarmament after the UN reforms of 1997 (1998–2003). During his tenure he piloted the UN role in arresting the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, anti-personnel landmines, conventional weapons, and weapons of mass destruction while reinforcing existing norms and norm-building in other areas such as missiles. He also broke new ground both in-house in taking managerial initiatives in gender mainstreaming and in work-life issues, as well as in the disarmament field by innovating the exchange of weapons for a development programme in Albania and other areas, and also in the cross-sectoral linking of disarmament with development, the environment and peace education programmes. Won an essay at the age of 17 with a contest titled: "The World We want" and travelled up to the United States to meet President Dwight Eisenhower and Senator John F. Kennedy. Special Advisor to both Presidents Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapakse during the period 2005-2007. (Also Trinity Ryde Gold Medalist of 1956) See also Intergovernmental Organizations)
• Fredrick E. de Silva - former Ambassador to France, Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya, MP, Mayor and Barrister
• R.A. Kannangara - former Ambassador to Italy
• K. Kanagasunderam - former High Commissioner to Malaysia
• J.C.T. Kotelawela, ("Jack") - former Ambassador to the Soviet Union and former Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) Member of Parliament
• M.M. Maharoof - former High Commissioner to Pakistan and Malaysia, and Ambassador to the UAR
• A.C.L. Ratwatte MBE - former High Commissioner to Ghana and Malaysia
• S.P. Wickremasinghe - former Ambassador to West Germany
• R.S. Pelpola - High Commissioner to Malaysia
• Upatissa Pethiyagoda- Ambassador to Rome, Italy.First Trinitian to obtain a First class honours degree in Botany from any University.
• Adigar TB Panabokke - High Commissioner to New Delhi (India)
• SCB Walgampaya, PC - High Commissioner to Australia
• Faiz Mustapha, PC - former High Commissioner to the UK. See also Queen's Counsels / President's Counsels
• Bandula Jayasekera - former Consul General, Canada. See also intergovernmental organizations
• Col. Shiam Vidurupola- Defense Advisor to the Sri Lankan High Commissioner in London.

Cabinet Ministers and Legislators

• Earnest Michael Kawalya Kaggwa - Prime Minister of Buganda and Regent
• Sri Lankabhimanya Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar PC - former Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time of his assassination on August 12, 2005. President of the Oxford Union, Honorary Master of the Inner Temple in 1996 (only the second Asian to have this after Malaysian Prime Minister Tungku Abdul Rahaman in 1974), and Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. Senior Prefect and Ryde Gold Medalist in 1950. (Also see underInternational Civil Servants,Diplomats, Sportsmen and Sports Administrators)
• Hon. T.B.L.Moonemalle - Kandyan Member of the Legislative Council, 1899–1912, Ceylon
• Adigar Sir T.B.Panabokke - Ceylonese Cabinet Minister and Member of the Legislative Council
• Hon. Hector Kobbekaduwa - Presidential candidate at the 1982 Presidential Election and former Minister of Agriculture in Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike's United Front Government of 1970-1977
• Hon. Lionel Gamini Dissanayake PC – Presidential Candidate- United National Party and Leader of the Opposition, Minister of Lands, Land Development and Mahaweli Development, in the JR Jayawardene Government of 1977. Minister of Plantation Industries in the Ranasinghe Premadasa Government of 1989.First MP for Nuwara Eliya in 1970 and 1977. President of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, Founder President of the Cricket Foundation of Sri Lanka (also Trinity General Lion)
• Deshamanya Hon. Edward Lionel Senanayake - Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, 1983–88; Minister of Agriculture, later Minister of Health, and Governor North Central Province in the JR Jayawardene Government of 1977-1988, and Minister of Health in the Dudley SenanayakeGovernment of 1965-1970) See also Provincial Governors.
• Hon. R.S. Pelpola - Speaker of the Ceylonese House of Representatives (1960–64), Cabinet Minister (1964–65), and later High Commissioner to Malaysia
• Hon. C. Vanderwall - Burgher Member of the Ceylon Legislative Council, elected in 1916.
• Hon. W.E. Botejue - Member of the Ceylonese Legislative Council, 1921-24.
• Hon. G.E. Madawela - Member of the Ceylonese Legislative Council (1924–31) and Ceylon State Council (1931–32).
• Hon. T.B. Panabokke Adigar - Member of the Legislative Council (1921–24), and Cabinet Minister for Health (1931–36).
• Hon. P.B. Rambukwelle - Member of the Ceylonese Legislative Council, 1925.
• Hon. P.B. Nugawela Dissawe - Member of the Ceylon State Council, 1931-32.
• Hon. P.B. Ranarajah - Member of the Ceylon State Council, 1932.
• Hon. R.S. Tennakoon - Member of the Ceylon State Council (1931–47) and Deputy Chairman of Committees (1936–1947).
• Hon. Peri Sunderam - Cabinet Minister (Labour, Industry and Commerce) and Member of the Ceylon State Council.
• J.C. Ratwatte Adigar - Member of the Ceylon State Council (1931–36).
• H.L. Ratwatte - Member of the Ceylon State Council (1947–52), Member of the Senate (1947–70).
• Hon. E.A. Nugawela - Cabinet Minister for Education (1947–52), Member of the Ceylon State Council (1936–47), Member of the Ceylon House of Representatives (1947–56)
• Hon. P.B. Bulankulame Dissawe - Ceylonese Cabinet Minister for Agriculture and Lands, and Member of the House of Representatives
• Hon. B.H. Dunuwille - Deputy President of the Senate, Ceylon (1947–70)
• Hon. B.H. Aluwihare - Ceylonese Cabinet Minister (Education, Cultural Affairs, Labour, Industries and Fisheries, 1960), Member of the Ceylon State Council (1936–47), Member of the House of Representatives (1952–56)
• Sir Francis De Zoysa KC - Member of the Ceylon State Council (1936–47) and leading barrister
• J.C.T. Kotelawela - Member of the House of Representatives (1947–60)
• H.B. Tenne - Member of the House of Representatives (1947–56)
• T.B. Poholiyadde Dissawe - Member of the House of Representatives (1947–56)
• H.B. Rambukwelle Dissawe - Member of the House of Representatives (1947–56)
• T.B. Panabokke (Jnr) - Member of the House of Representatives (1947–56)
• K. Herat - Member of the House of Representatives (1947–56)
• F.C. De Silva - Member of the House of Representatives (1952–56)
• W.A. Ratwatte - Member of the House of Representatives (1952–56)
• U.B. Unamboowe - Member of the House of Representatives (1952–56)
• Hon. J.H.S.V. Jayawickrema - former Ceylonese Cabinet Minister for Justice (1947–70)
• Hon. Edwin Loku Banda Hurulle – Cabinet Minister of Communications and Cultural Affairs
• D.H. Ranaweera - Member of the House of Representatives (1960)
• P.C. Imbulana - Member of the House of Representatives (1960–65)
• Hon. Alick Aluwihare - Minister of Plantation Industries and later Minister of Ports and Shipping
• Hon. P.C. Imbulana- former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Labour, Member of the House of Representatives (1960–70) and Governor of the Central & Uva Provinces
• B. Ratwatte Dissawe - Member of the Senate (1947–70)
• Dr J.E. Senanayake - Member of the Senate (1970–77)
• Hon. Lakshman Jayakody - Deputy Minister of Defence in the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Government of 1970-1977 and Minister of Cultural and Religious Affairs in the Chandrika Kumaratunga Government of 1994, MP for Divulapitiya and Kurunegala District MP
• S.M. Manickarajah - Member of the House of Representatives (1960–68)
• Dr L.O. Abeyaratne - Member of the House of Representatives (1960–65)
• Hon. M.D.H. Jayawardene - Minister of Finance (1954–56), Member of the House of Representatives (1952–56), Minister of Health (1965–70), Minister of Plantation Industries (in the JR Jayewardene Government) and MP for Kaduwela
• D.J. Ranaweera - Member of the House of Representatives (1960–70)
• S. Mollegoda - Member of the House of Representatives (1965–70)
• R. Udugama - Member of the House of Representatives (1970–77)
• T.R. Balalle - Member of the House of Representatives (1970–77)
• Hon. Sarath Welagedara - former State Minister for Irrigation
• Hon. Anuruddha Ratwatte - former Minister of Power and Energy and Deputy Minister of Defence and MP for Kandy District
• Hon. Batty Weerakoon - former Minister of Science and Technology and National List MP, General Secretary of The Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP)
• Hon. Dr Sarath Amunugama - Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister (Min. of Public Administration & Home Affairs), Minister of Irrigation prior to becoming independent Sri Lanka’s 16th Finance Minister in the Chandrika Kumaratunga Government, Minister of Public Administration in the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government, Deputy Minister of Finance and now Senior Minister for International Monetary Cooperation and Kandy District MP. (see also under International Civil Servants, Public Servants and Media)
• Hon. Prof Tissa Vitarana - Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister (Science & Technology) & Professor of Microbiology, former Head of the Medical Research Institute, and Leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
• Hon. Rohan Abeygoonesekera – Minister of State for Trade and Commerce in the Ranasinghe Premadasa Government of 1989-1993 and Kandy District MP
• Hon. D P Wickremesinghe – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Cooperatives in the Chandrika Kumaratunga Government
• Hon. R. Yogarajan- MP, Vice President of The Ceylon Workers Congress, Minister of Youth Empowerment & Socio Economic Development
• Hon. Kabir Hashim- Minister of Tertiary Education in the abridged Ranil Wickremesinghe Government of 2001- 2003 and MP for Kegalle District
• Hon. Harindra Dunuwille - former Mayor of Kandy, MP and State Minister for Constitutional Affairs during the Ranasinghe Premadasa Government(Cricket Captain and Lion in 1964)

Provincial Governors

• Hon. Edwin Loku Banda Hurulle Governor, Central Province and North Central Province (see Ministers)
• Hon. Tissa Balalle - Governor of North Western Province
• Hon. Tikiri Kobbekaduwa - Governor of Central Province (see Media, Corporate)
• Hon. P.C. Imbulana- Governor of the Central & Uva Provinces (see Ministers)
• Deshamanya Hon. Edward Lionel Senanayake - Governor of North Central Province. See also Cabinet Ministers and Legislators

Members of Parliament

• Hon. Dilum Amunugama- MP,Kandy District
• Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe- MP, Colombo District
• Hon. Neranjan Wickramasinghe - MP, Kurunegala District
• Hon. Kanaka Herath - MP, Kegalle District
• Hon. Wasantha Aluwihare - MP, Matale District
• Hon. Ranjinth Aluwihare - Former MP for Matale District.
• Hon. Lohan Ratwatte - MP, Kandy District (Rugger Lion and Member/ Prop Forward of the Champion unbeaten Trinity Rugby XV led by Tyrell Rajapaksa which had six new Rugger Lions in 1987 and whose team was awarded the coveted Bradby Shield by President J.R. Jayewardene and the Premadasa Trophy by Premier Ranasinghe Premadasa. First XV rugger coach)
• Hon. Thenuka Vidanagamage - MP, Badulla District

Members of Municipal Council's

• Sanjeewa Hulangamuwa - Councillor, Kandy Municipal Council