Sri Lankan Ambassador to UNESCO, France and Switzerland
In office 1970–1974
Personal details
Born
17 February 1923
Died
11 July 2002(2002-07-11) (aged 79)
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Political party
Communist Party of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Spouse(s)
Visakha Wijeyeratne (née Bulankulame)
Children
Kalpana, Ravana
Alma mater
Royal College, Colombo
Occupation
Politics, diplomat, businessman
Profession
Lawyer
Suratissa Diyasena Wijeyeratne (Sinhala: සුරතිස්ස දියසේන විජයරත්න) (17 February 1923 – 11 July 2002) (known as Tissa Wijeyeratne) was a Sri Lankan politician, diplomat, barrister[1] and businessman. He was also Additional Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence,[2] and Senior Advisor (Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister.[3][4][5]
^IQBAL DAY CELEBRATION IN COLOMBO. Article specially written for the occasion by Mr. Tissa Wijeyeratne for the Ceylon Daily News of 21 April 1966.
^Saving the Foreign Service Sri Lanka Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
^Sorting Diplomats from The Officers. Daily News (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 30 May 2013.
^Foreign Policy Making in Sri Lanka: Institutions & Processes.
^BUDDHIST DIPLOMACY IN PM SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE’S FOREIGN POLICY WON WORLD RESPECT FOR SRI LANKA. On Lanka. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
Suratissa Diyasena Wijeyeratne (Sinhala: සුරතිස්ස දියසේන විජයරත්න) (17 February 1923 – 11 July 2002) (known as TissaWijeyeratne) was a Sri Lankan politician...
Catholic priest and theologian TissaWijeyeratne (1923–2002), former Sri Lankan barrister, diplomat and businessman Tissa Vitharana (born 1934), Sri Lankan...
Aluvihare. Wijeyeratne married Leela Pethiyagoda from the Meewaladeniya Walauwa in Gampola and had three sons and a daughter. The eldest, TissaWijeyeratne was...
social worker. Her husband, TissaWijeyeratne, was a politician, diplomat, barrister and businessman. Visakha Wijeyeratne was born at Sirimedura, Horton...
Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development. His elder brother, TissaWijeyeratne a barrister by profession, had served as Sri Lankan ambassador to...
Bandaranaike with Soviet Union Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin, Senior Advisor (Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister TissaWijeyeratne and Anura Bandaranaike...
Edmond Asoka Bulankulame (1900–1978) Visakha Bulankulame (1935–1999) + TissaWijeyeratne (1923–2002) Maria Frances Senanayake + Fredrik H. Dias Bandaranaike...
Upali Tissa Vitharana (born 30 August 1934) is a Sri Lankan politician, former Member of Parliament and former cabinet minister. He is the current leader...
Attanayake Mudiyanselage Kudabanda Tissa Attanayake is a Sri Lankan politician, who is a National List member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was first...
tree cutting to Sri Lanka during the reign of Sinhalese King Devanampiya Tissa.[1] At more than 2,300 years old, it is the oldest living human-planted...
in the fourth century BCE and its subsequent laying-out by Devanampiya Tissa (250–210 BCE) to its abandonment by the last of the Anuradhapura kings at...
Ambassador to the United States (note: also listed in Architects) TissaWijeyeratne – Sri Lankan Ambassador to France, Switzerland and UNESCO, Senior...
Jayasinghe (1972-1977) Incomplete S.A. Dissanayake - (former IGP) TissaWijeyeratne Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka) Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka)...
of all charges. His legal counsels were Neville Samarakoon, QC and TissaWijeyeratne. Following his acquittal he contested the Matale seat from the Sri...
7 March 2020. Llc, Books (September 2010). Sri Lankan Communists: TissaWijeyeratne, Philip Gunawardena, N. Shanmugathasan, Hedi Stadlen, Rohana Wijeweera...
Rajamaha Vihara is an ancient temple which was built by the king Devanampiya Tissa (307BC-267BC) situated in North Western Province in Sri Lanka. The temple...
Ariyaratne Don Baron Jayatilaka K. N. Jayatilleke George Keyt Neranjan Wijeyeratne Nissanka Wijeyeratne Philosophers Henry Steel Olcott Nalin de Silva...
Nissanka Manodha Wijeyeratne (Sinhala: නිශ්ශංක මනෝද විජයරත්න) (28 July 1957 – 29 October 2011) (known as Mano Wijeyeratne) was a former Politician, Government...
Bandaranaike, Anil Moonesinghe, Mangala Moonesinghe, Neville Samarakoon, TissaWijeyeratne, Batty Weerakoon. The case was subsequently dismissed when the jury...
ambassador is HE Tilak Ranaviraja Sir Lalitha Rajapakse Fredrick de Silva TissaWijeyeratne Vernon Mendis N. Balasubramaniam Ediriweera Sarachchandra Ananda Goonesekera...
Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero (Sinhala: දොඩන්දුවේ ශ්රි පියරත්න තිස්ස මහ නායක ස්වාමින් වහන්සේ; 12 December 1826 – 20 May 1907), also known as...
female Buddhist monastic) at the request of King Tissa to ordain queen Anulā and other women of Tissa's court at Anuradhapura who desired to be ordained...
of the tooth of the Buddha. It is attributed to the reign of King Kavan Tissa - Dutugemunu's father - who ruled Magama. Somawathiya is therefore much...
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