Palitha Fernando
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Palitha Fernando | |
|---|---|
| 43rd Attorney General of Sri Lanka | |
| In office 17 July 2012 – 23 October 2014 | |
| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Eva Wansundera |
| Succeeded by | Yuwanjana Wijayatilake |
| 42nd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka | |
| In office 2011–2012 | |
| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Eva Wansundera |
| Succeeded by | Yuwanjana Wijayatilake |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Colombo Sri Lanka Law College University of Bristol |
Rear Admiral Sarath Palitha Fernando, PC, VNF is a Sri Lankan lawyer. He is the former Attorney General of Sri Lanka and had served as Solicitor General of Sri Lanka and Judge Advocate of the Sri Lanka Navy.[1][2]
Educated at the Royal College Colombo, where he captained the College English and Sinhala debating teams, served as student chairman of the College English Literary Association and general secretary of the Sinhala Literary Association. He also became the President of the Young Zoologists' Association of Sri Lanka in 1976. Entering the Sri Lanka Law College he passed the preliminary and final examinations with First Class Honours, gaining the Prize for Commercial Law and the Hector Jayawardena Gold Medal. He gained an LL.B. from the University of Colombo as an external student and went on to gain two LL.M.s, one in International Law from the University of Colombo and another in International Commercial Law from the University of Bristol.