Lakshman Kadirgamar
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Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka | |
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In office 1994–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed |
| Succeeded by | Tyronne Fernando |
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In office 2004 – 12 August 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Tyronne Fernando |
| Succeeded by | Anura Bandaranaike |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 April 1932 Colombo, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) |
| Died | 12 August 2005 (aged 73) Colombo |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party |
United People's Freedom Alliance Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Alma mater |
Balliol College, Oxford University of Ceylon Trinity College, Kandy |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Christian |
Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar, PC (Tamil: லக்ஷமன் கதிர்காமர்,Sinhalese: ලක්ශමන් කදිර්ගාමර්;12 April 1932 – 12 August 2005) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and statesmen. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2001 and again from April 2004 until his assassination in August 2005.
He achieved international prominence in this position due to his wide ranging condemnation of the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) and his efforts to have them banned internationally. A distinguished lawyer and international humanitarian, he was assassinated by an LTTE sniper in August 2005 Accounts of his views on politics and international relations, with much information about his life and career, can be found in the book Democracy, Sovereignty and Terror: Lakshman Kadirgamar on the Foundations of International Order, edited by Professor Adam Roberts.
Lakshman Kadirgamar was born in Colombo. He hailed from a Tamil family; his father was Samuel J.C.Kadirgamar Sr, JP, UM a Proctor, who was the President of the Colombo Proctor's Association and the founder President of the Law Society of Ceylon and his mother was Edith Rosemand Parimalam Mather. He had four elder brothers; S.J.C.Kadirgamar Jr., QC who became an eminent lawyer in commercial law; Rear Admiral Rajan Kadiragamar who became the head of the Royal Ceylon Navy and Major Selvanathan "Bai" Kadirgamar of the Ceylon Artillery, Thirumalan "Mana" Kadirgamar a planter who died in a motor bike accident very young. His mother died when he was seven years and he was looked after by his elder sister Eeswari who married Dr. A.M.D. Richards.
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