Jaliya Wickramasuriya
Sri Lankan businessman and diplomat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jaliya Wickramasuriya is a Sri Lankan businessmen. A close relative of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, he was the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2014, until the US government asked the Sri Lankan government to recall him. He has been accused of several financial crimes during his tenure. In April 2022, he pleaded guilty to diverting $332,000 of Sri Lankan government funds supposedly intended for the purchase of a new Embassy site.[1]
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Jaliya Wickramasuriya | |
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Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Education | Nalanda College Colombo |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Known for | Sri Lankan Ambassador to United States and Mexico |
Relatives | Mahinda Rajapaksa Gotabhaya Rajapaksa Prasanna Wickramasuriya Udayanga Weeratunga Basil Rajapaksa Chamal Rajapaksa |
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