Lakshman Kadirgamar

Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar, PC 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.

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 Proctors 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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