First Female Attorney General
Hon S.Eva Wanasundera PC
Hon. Shanthi Eva Wanasundera PC was appointed as the 26th Attorney General of Sri Lanka in August 2011, thus becoming the first female Attorney General in the history of the Attorney General’s Department. She was also the first female Senior State Counsel, Deputy Solicitor General, Additional Solicitor General and Solicitor General. She is presently serving as a Judge of the Supreme Court.
First Female State Counsel
Justice Shiranee Tillekawardena
Justice Tillekawardena, the first female to be appointed as a State Counsel in the history of the Attorney General’s Department. She was later appointed as the first female High Court Judge of Sri Lanka and also became the first female Judge of the Court of Appeal as well as the first female President of the Court of Appeal. Subsequently she was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court and also acted on several occasions as Chief Justice. She retired in April 2014.
Past officers who have held prominent public office
Cabinet Ministers
- Tiruchelvam QC
- Tyronne Fernando PC
- M.H.M. Ashraff PC
- M.H.M.Naina Marikkar
- Tilak Marapone PC
Governor of a Province
- Justice P. Ramanathan
Deputy Speaker
- Chandima Weerakkody
Members of Parliament
- S.L. Gunasekara
- Chula Bandara
- Raviraj
Secretary General of Parliament
- Sam Wijesinghe
- Dhammika Dassanayake
Secretary Ministry of Justice
- Suhada Gamalath PC
Chairman of the Public Service Commission
- Justice Priyantha Perera
- Justice Sathya Hettige PC
Chairman of the Commission to investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption
- Justice T.A. de S. Wijesundera
- Justice Ameer Ismail
- Justice Jagath Balapatabendi
- ASG D.D.Wickramasinghe
- ASG Sarath Jayamanna
Attorney General of Seychelles
- Tony Fernando
- Ananda Amaranath
Solicitor General of Marshall Islands
- Douglas Premaratne PC
Solicitor General of Dominican Republic
- A.R.C.Perera