Gamani Corea
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Deshamanya Dr Gamani Corea |
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| Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | |
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In office 1974–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Manuel Pérez-Guerrero |
| Succeeded by | Alister McIntyre |
| Ceylon's Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 November 1925 Ceylon |
| Died | 3 November 2013 (aged 87) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Alma mater |
Nuffield College, Oxford, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Royal College, Colombo |
| Occupation | civil servant |
| Profession | economist, diplomat |
Deshamanya Gamani Corea (4 November 1925 – 3 November 2013) was a Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was also the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1974 to 1984, Ceylon's Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs of Ceylon and the Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon.
He was the son of Dr.C.V.S.Corea and Freda Corea, sister of Sir John Kotelawala, Prime Minister of Ceylon. Dr. Gamani Corea's grandfather was the famous freedom fighter from Chilaw, Victor Corea who was a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and John Kotelawala Snr.
Gamani Corea was educated at the Royal College, Colombo, after which he started his higher education at the University of Ceylon in 1944, before going to study at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Nuffield College, Oxford from 1945 to 1952. There he obtained two BAs and MAs from both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, and afterward a DPhil from Oxford.
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