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Sri Lankan lawyer and Attorney General of Sri Lanka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sanjay Rajaratnam, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer. He is the former Attorney General of Sri Lanka.[2][3][4][5][6] He previously served as the Acting Solicitor General of Sri Lanka from October 2019 up until May 2021.
Sanjay Rajaratnam | |
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47th Attorney General of Sri Lanka | |
In office 26 May 2021 – 26 June 2024 | |
Appointed by | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
Preceded by | Dappula de Livera |
47th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka | |
In office October 2019 – 26 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe |
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Citizenship | Sri Lankan |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
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Occupation | Lawyer |
Profession | Attorney-At-Law |
Sanjay Rajaratnam's father, Sivakumaran Rajaratnam, was an Advocate who took oaths in 1955, and his grandfather was Duraiappah Rajaratnam MBE, a Crown Proctor from Trincomalee,[7] who was also the first Chairman of the Trincomalee Urban Council.[1][8]
Rajaratnam received his primary and secondary education at the St. Peter's College, Bambalapitiya and Royal College, Colombo[9] He then entered the Sri Lanka Law College and qualified as an attorney-at-law. Rajaratnam also received an LL.M. from the Queen Mary University of London and qualified as a solicitor.[10]
He joined the Attorney General's Department in April 1988 as a State Counsel. He was later promoted as Senior State Counsel, and then Deputy Solicitor General.[10][11] In 2014, he was appointed as the President's Counsel by the then Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.[10]
In October 2019, he replaced Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe as the acting solicitor general following the latter's leaked controversial phone call with Avant Garde chairman.[12][13]
On 20 May 2021, the Parliamentary Council approved the appointment of Sanjay Rajaratnam to the position of Attorney General of Sri Lanka replacing Dappula de Livera.[14][15][16][17]
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