G. L. Peiris
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The Honourable Gamini Peiris MP |
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| ගාමීණි ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස් | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 23 April 2010 – 12 January 2015 |
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| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Rohitha Bogollagama |
| Succeeded by | Mangala Samaraweera |
| Minister of Export Development & International Trade | |
| Minister of Industrial Development | |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 1994–2001 |
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| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Preceded by | Harold Herath |
| Succeeded by | W. J. M. Lokubandara |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo District |
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In office 2000–2001 |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for National List |
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In office 2001–2015 |
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In office 1994–2000 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1946 |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Other political affiliations |
United National Party |
| Alma mater |
University of Ceylon, Colombo University of Oxford |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Gamini Lakshman Peiris (Sinhala:ගාමීණි ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස්) (born 13 August 1946) is a Sri Lankan politician and academic. Former Cabinet Minister of External Affairs and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Born to Glanville Peiris, diplomat who was the former Director-General External Affairs, Ceylon's Ambassador to West Germany and Myanmar and Lakshmi Chandrika Peiris. His uncle was Bernard Peiris, the former Cabinet Secretary. Educated at S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia, he entered the law faculty of the University of Ceylon, Colombo and won the Mudliyar Edmond Peiris award.He won Rhodes Scholarship to read for PhD at New College, Oxford, and graduated in 1971. He also gained a second PhD from the University of Colombo in 1974.
Joining the academic staff of the University of Ceylon, he went on to become a Professor of Law and the Dean of the Faculty of Law before taking office as the second Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo following the assassination of Prof. Stanley Wijesundera during the height of the 1987–89 JVP Insurrection. He served as Vice-Chancellor from 1988 to 1994 until leaving to take up politics. He had Fellowships from Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London. He was a Rhodes Scholar of the University of Oxford ( 1968-1971) and All Souls College of the University of Oxford in 1980-1981.He was a visiting fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London in 1984, distinguished Visiting Fellow of Christ College, University of Cambridge and SMUTS Visiting Fellow in Commonwealth Studies at the Cambridge University (1985-1986). He was also Associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law in 1980 and Senior British Council Fellow in 1987.
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