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Lakshman Kadirgamar

1932 - 2005

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Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar, PC (Tamil: லக்ஷமன் கதிர்காமர்; Sinhala: ලක්ෂ්මන් කදිර්ගාමර්, 12 April 1932 – 12 August 2005) was a Sri Lankan lawyer. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2001 and again from April 2004 until his assassination in August 2005. Lakshman Kadirgamar served as the President of Oxford Union in 1958–59. He achieved international prominence in this position due to his wide-ranging condemnation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and his efforts to have them banned internationally. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Lakshman Kadirgamar is the 18,134th most popular politician (down from 17,850th in 2024), the 39th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 37th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lakshman Kadirgamar ranks 18,134 out of 19,576. Before him are Graham Brady, P. A. Sangma, Khaled Bahah, Daniar Usenov, Gábor Csapó, and Manohar Parrikar. After him are Cecilia Tait, Albert B. Fall, Joaquin Castro, Craig L. Thomas, André Wohllebe, and Eduardo Campos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Lakshman Kadirgamar ranks 564. Before him are Grace Alele-Williams, Charles Adkins, Charlie Rich, Jack Smith, Bob Houbregs, and Voitto Hellsten. After him are Bob Johnston, Shashikala, Johnny Kerr, Richie Guerin, Prabha Atre, and Dick Garmaker. Among people deceased in 2005, Lakshman Kadirgamar ranks 365. Before him are Wayne C. Booth, Mason Adams, Shelley Mann, Art Cross, Ronnie Barker, and Kâzım Koyuncu. After him are David Di Tommaso, Nadia Anjuman, Little Milton, Frances Langford, Stella Obasanjo, and Domino Harvey.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Lakshman Kadirgamar ranks 39 out of 51. Before him are Duncan White (1918), Joyce Cooper (1909), Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), John Kotelawala (1897), Kumar Sangakkara (1977), and Heather Armitage (1933). After him are Beverley Craven (1963), Alexander Khloponin (1965), Harini Amarasuriya (1970), Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975), David Wilkie (1954), and Muttiah Muralitharan (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sri Lanka

Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, Lakshman Kadirgamar ranks 19. Before him are Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), Anura Kumara Dissanayake (1968), Dinesh Gunawardena (1949), Dudley Senanayake (1911), and John Kotelawala (1897). After him are Alexander Khloponin (1965), and Harini Amarasuriya (1970).

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