Lakshman Kadirgamar

Lakshman Kadirgamar (April 12, 1932 – August 12, 2005 in Colombo, Sri Lanka) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was foreign minister of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2001 and again from April 2004 until his assassination in August 2005.

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Kadirgamar was a Tamil Christian. Although he was born a Christian, he chose to follow Buddhism. He had a Statue of Lord Buddha in each of the rooms in his official residence and was a regular visitor of temples. He was born in Manipay, Jaffna. He was educated at Trinity College (Kandy), and obtained a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Ceylon in 1953. He also had a B.Lit. from Oxford University, where he was a President of the Oxford Union and later, a honorary fellow of Balliol College. He was admitted to the Ceylon Bar in 1955 and to the United Kingdom Bar in 1958 as a Barrister at Law, Inner Temple. He practiced law at the Ceylon Bar and in London until 1974, when he became a consultant to the International Labour Organization in Geneva.

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