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The attorney general of Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan government's chief legal adviser, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The attorney general is usually a highly respected senior advocate, and is appointed by the ruling government. The current attorney general is Parinda Ranasinghe Jnr. The president does not have any ...
In October 2019, he replaced Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe as the acting solicitor general following the latter's leaked controversial phone call with Avant Garde chairman. [12] [13] On 20 May 2021, the Parliamentary Council approved the appointment of Sanjay Rajaratnam to the position of Attorney General of Sri Lanka replacing Dappula de Livera.
The Attorney General's Department is a non-ministerial government department in Sri Lanka that supports the attorney general and his/her deputy the solicitor general. The department is headed by the attorney general and comes under the purview of the Ministry of Justice. The office of "Attorney General" was formally adopted in the year 1884.
Jayasuriya took oath as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1982. He joined the Attorney General’s Department as a State Counsel and held the posts of Senior State Counsel, Deputy Solicitor General, Additional Solicitor General, and Senior Additional Solicitor General before being appointed Attorney General.
Peter Mohan Maithree Peiris, PC (Sinhala: පීටර් මොහාන් මෙෙත්රී පීරිස්) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and diplomat.He served as the Attorney General of Sri Lanka from 2008 to 2011 and was the de facto Chief Justice of Sri Lanka from 2013 to 2015 when President Maithripala Sirisena declared his appointment void ab initio in 2015.
38th Attorney General of Sri Lanka; In office 1996–1999: Preceded by: Shibly Aziz: Succeeded by: K. C. Kamalasabayson: President of the Sri Lankan Court of Appeal; In office 1987 – 1994, 1994–1995 (President) Personal details; Born 17 May 1946 (age 78) Alma mater: Sri Lanka Law College, University of Brussels
Yuwanjan Jawaharlal Wanasundera Wijayatilake PC was the 44th Attorney General of Sri Lanka and 43rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka. Wijayatilake became an attorney in 1979 and joined the legal department as an Acting State Counsel in 1980. [1] [2] Having previously served as the deputy solicitor General and additional solicitor general. [1] He ...
Shibly Aziz took oaths in 1968 as an Advocate and was in 1969 appointed a Crown Counsel in the Attorney-General's Department. Having become a State Counsel in 1972, when Sri Lanka became a republic, he was appointed President's Counsel in 1988 while he was holding the substantive post of Deputy Solicitor General, unique in the Attorney General's Department.