H. W. G. Wijeyekoon

Military Person

1911 –

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Who is H. W. G. Wijeyekoon?

Major General Hemachandra Wickrama Gerard Wijeyekoon, OBE, ED, CLI was a Sri Lankan military leader, and diplomat. He was the second Ceylonese Commander of the Ceylon Army from 1960 to 1963 and formerly Ceylon's High Commissioner to Pakistan and Ambassador to Italy.

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Born
Jun 25, 1911
Nationality
  • Sri Lanka
Education
  • University of Oxford

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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