E. W. Kannangara

E. W. Kannangara
Nationality Sri Lankan
Occupation Civil servant and statesman
Known for Long career in the Ceylon Civil Service during which he served as a Permanent Secretary and as the Clerk of the State Council

Senator E. W. Kannangara, CCS (Sinhala: කන්නන්ගර; Tamil: கன்னங்கரா) was a Sri Lankan civil servant and statesmen. A Senator, he had a long career in the Ceylon Civil Service during which he served as a Permanent Secretary and as the Clerk of the State Council.[1]

He also served as Chief Commissioner of Boy Scouts of Ceylon in 1954, and served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1960 until 1961.[2] Kingsley C. Dassanaike worked to promote Scouting for the deaf and blind with his support.[3] he participate the 11th World Scout Jamboree, Marathon Greece 1963 as a Contingent Leader, Ceylon.[4]

His daughter Manel Abeysekera became the first Sri Lankan female diplomat.

References

  1. ↑ Secretaries-General of Parliament
  2. ↑ 'Worth paying...' - a reply
  3. ↑ D.C.O.T. Ameresekere (1969), Fifty Years in Scout Service. Sri Lanka Scout Association. p. 1
  4. ↑


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