Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera

Diplomat, Author

1899 – 1973

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Who was Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera?

Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, OBE, JP was a Sri Lankan academic, scholar and diplomat. He was the Ceylon's first Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Ceylon's High Commissioner to Canada, the United Kingdom and Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He was the Professor Emeritus in Pali and Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.

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Born
Nov 8, 1899
Sri Lanka
Also known as
  • G.P. Malalasekera
Religion
  • Buddhism
  • Theravada
Ethnicity
  • Sinhalese people
Nationality
  • Sri Lanka
Profession
Education
  • University of London
  • St. John's College Panadura
Died
Apr 23, 1973
Colombo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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