Joining the academic staff of the University of Ceylon, he went on to become a Professor of Law and the Dean of the Faculty of Law before taking office as the second Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo following the assassination of Prof. Stanley Wijesundera during the height of the 1987–89 JVP Insurrection. He served as Vice-Chancellor from 1988 to 1994 until leaving to take up politics. He had Fellowships from Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London. He was a Rhodes Scholar of the University of Oxford (1968-1971) and All Souls College of the University of Oxford in 1980–1981. He was a visiting fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London in 1984, distinguished Visiting Fellow of Christ College, University of Cambridge and SMUTS Visiting Fellow in Commonwealth Studies at the Cambridge University (1985-1986). He was also Associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law in 1980 and once became a Senior British Council Fellow in 1987.
Political careeredit
People's Alliance Government (1994–2001)edit
Peiris was a close confidant of the former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, who appointed him as a national list member of the parliament following the 1994 election. Thereafter, Mrs Kumaratunga, then Prime Minister, appointed him as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance. He was also given the portfolio of External Trade at the start. In a subsequent Cabinet reshuffle, he was given two additional portfolios—Ethnic Affairs and National Integration—which were hitherto held by the President. During his tenure as Justice Minister, he brought in over 30 pieces of new legislation which were considered innovative and in accordance with the needs of modern times.[9]
In 2001, Peiris fell out with President Kumaratunga and defected to the opposition, effectively bringing down the government.
United National Front Government (2001–2004)edit
After leaving the PA, Peiris joined the opposition United National Party led United National Front (UNF), which captured power in the subsequent general election.[10]
When the UNF government headed by the then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe engaged in peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Peiris was appointed as the chief negotiator.[11]
Defeated government (2004–2007)edit
The UNP government was defeated in 2004 and was in the opposition
Rejoin UPFA (2007–2016)edit
He was amongst the many who defected to the government alongside Karu Jayasuriya in 2007 and gain ministerial portfolios. [12][13] On 9 January 2015, he shifted as opposition MP representing UPFA. In the 2015 election, he lost his seat in parliament as he was not selected from the UPFA national list.[14]
The SLPP achieved a landslide victory in the 2020 general election and Peris was appointed to parliament from the national list and made the Minister of education. In the Cabinet reshuffle of August 2021 he was made minister of foreign affairs once again.
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External linksedit
Visit of Minister of External Affairs, Sri Lanka Prof. G. L. Peiris - Joint Media Interaction - Part 1. Ministry of External Affairs, India.
"Sri Lanka working to address the post-ethnic war issues: Peiris tells Jaishankar". The Hindu. 24 September 2021 – via PTI.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources G L Peiris news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message Gamini Lakshman Peiris Sinhala ග ම ණ ලක ෂ මණ ප ර ස Tamil க ம ன லக ஷ மன ப ர ஸ born 13 August 1946 is a Sri Lankan politician and academic 1 He was the Cabinet Minister of External Affairs and is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from the National List 1 2 He was also the State Minister of Defense on the 18th of April 2022 serving until 11 July 2022 3 He previously served as the Minister of Education Minister of Justice in previous Sri Lankan Governments 4 5 He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna serving as its chairperson 1 6 7 Hon Gamini Lakshman PeirisMPග ම ණ ලක ශ මන ප ර ස க ம ன லக ஷ மன ப ர ஸ Minister of Foreign AffairsIn office 16 August 2021 22 July 2022PresidentGotabaya RajapaksaPrime MinisterMahinda RajapaksaRanil WickramasinghePreceded byDinesh GunawardenaSucceeded byAli SabryIn office 23 April 2010 12 January 2015PresidentMahinda RajapaksaPrime MinisterD M JayaratnePreceded byRohitha BogollagamaSucceeded byMangala SamaraweeraState Minister of DefenseIn office 18 April 2022 21 July 2022PresidentGotabaya RajapaksaPrime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa Ranil WickramasinghePreceded byChamal RajapaksaMinister of EducationIn office 12 August 2020 16 August 2021PresidentGotabaya RajapaksaPrime MinisterMahinda RajapaksaPreceded byDullas AlahapperumaSucceeded byDinesh GunawardenaVice Chancellor of the University of ColomboIn office 1989 1994Preceded byStanley WijesunderaSucceeded byNandadasa KodagodaMinister of JusticeIn office 1994 2001PresidentChandrika KumaratungaPreceded byHarold HerathSucceeded byW J M LokubandaraMember of Parliamentfor Colombo DistrictIn office 2000 2001Member of Parliamentfor National ListIncumbentAssumed office 2020In office 2001 2015In office 1994 2000Personal detailsBorn 1946 08 13 13 August 1946 age 77 Political partyNidahasa Janatha Sabha since 2022 Other politicalaffiliationsUnited National PartySri Lanka Freedom PartySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 2016 2022 Alma materUniversity of Ceylon ColomboUniversity College Oxford Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Academic career 3 Political career 3 1 People s Alliance Government 1994 2001 3 2 United National Front Government 2001 2004 3 3 Defeated government 2004 2007 3 4 Rejoin UPFA 2007 2016 3 5 SLPP 2016 2022 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and education editPeiris was born to Glanville Peiris a diplomat who was the former Director General of External Affairs and Ceylon s Ambassador to West Germany and Myanmar and Lakshmi Chandrika Peiris 8 His uncle was Bernard Peiris the former Cabinet Secretary Educated at Sri Sumangala College Panadura and S Thomas College Mt Lavinia he entered the Department of Law of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ceylon Colombo and won the Mudliyar Edmond Peiris award He won a Rhodes Scholarship to read for a PhD at University College Oxford and graduated in 1971 He also gained a second PhD from the University of Colombo in 1974 9 Academic career editJoining the academic staff of the University of Ceylon he went on to become a Professor of Law and the Dean of the Faculty of Law before taking office as the second Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo following the assassination of Prof Stanley Wijesundera during the height of the 1987 89 JVP Insurrection He served as Vice Chancellor from 1988 to 1994 until leaving to take up politics He had Fellowships from Universities of Oxford Cambridge and London He was a Rhodes Scholar of the University of Oxford 1968 1971 and All Souls College of the University of Oxford in 1980 1981 He was a visiting fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London in 1984 distinguished Visiting Fellow of Christ College University of Cambridge and SMUTS Visiting Fellow in Commonwealth Studies at the Cambridge University 1985 1986 He was also Associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law in 1980 and once became a Senior British Council Fellow in 1987 Political career editPeople s Alliance Government 1994 2001 edit Peiris was a close confidant of the former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga who appointed him as a national list member of the parliament following the 1994 election Thereafter Mrs Kumaratunga then Prime Minister appointed him as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance He was also given the portfolio of External Trade at the start In a subsequent Cabinet reshuffle he was given two additional portfolios Ethnic Affairs and National Integration which were hitherto held by the President During his tenure as Justice Minister he brought in over 30 pieces of new legislation which were considered innovative and in accordance with the needs of modern times 9 In 2001 Peiris fell out with President Kumaratunga and defected to the opposition effectively bringing down the government United National Front Government 2001 2004 edit After leaving the PA Peiris joined the opposition United National Party led United National Front UNF which captured power in the subsequent general election 10 When the UNF government headed by the then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe engaged in peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Peiris was appointed as the chief negotiator 11 Defeated government 2004 2007 edit The UNP government was defeated in 2004 and was in the opposition Rejoin UPFA 2007 2016 edit He was amongst the many who defected to the government alongside Karu Jayasuriya in 2007 and gain ministerial portfolios 12 13 On 9 January 2015 he shifted as opposition MP representing UPFA In the 2015 election he lost his seat in parliament as he was not selected from the UPFA national list 14 SLPP 2016 2022 edit He was named the chairman of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna on 1 November 2016 15 Following the appointment he was removed from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party 16 The SLPP achieved a landslide victory in the 2020 general election and Peris was appointed to parliament from the national list and made the Minister of education In the Cabinet reshuffle of August 2021 he was made minister of foreign affairs once again See also editCabinet of Sri LankaReferences edit a b c G L Peiris Manthri lk Retrieved 19 April 2022 FOREIGN MINISTER Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sri Lanka Government of Sri Lanka Retrieved 19 April 2022 New State Ministers sworn in before the President Ada Derana lk Retrieved 19 April 2022 Bandara Kelum 13 August 2020 newly sworn Cabinet New MPs receive more executive authority in new government Daily Mirror Colombo Sri Lanka Retrieved 15 August 2020 The New Cabinet PDF Tamil Times XIII 8 15 August 1994 ISSN 0266 4488 Retrieved 19 April 2022 GL named Chairman of Podujana Peramuna The Daily Mirror 2 November 2016 Retrieved 17 December 2017 Sri Abeyratne Dharma 3 November 2016 Renamed political party under GL s chairmanship Daily News Colombo Sri Lanka Retrieved 17 December 2017 Gentleman politician Archived from the original on 17 January 2011 Retrieved 10 January 2011 a b G L Peiris CV Asian affairs com Retrieved 14 November 2019 Sri Lanka Archived from the original on 27 March 2010 Retrieved 23 April 2010 Sri Lanka talks snag resolved BBC News 7 January 2003 Retrieved 3 February 2019 UNP dissidents join Government Retrieved 12 June 2022 Ranil vows to continue fight BBC Sinhala Retrieved 12 June 2022 Daily Mirror UPFA UNP national lists announced Dailymirror lk Retrieved 14 November 2019 Our Sri Lanka Freedom Front changes name GL named Chairman Adaderana lk 2 November 2016 Retrieved 14 November 2019 SLFP membership of G L Peries cancelled Gold FM News Srilanka s Number One News Portal Hirunews lk Retrieved 14 November 2019 External links editParliament profile Visit of Minister of External Affairs Sri Lanka Prof G L Peiris Joint Media Interaction Part 1 Ministry of External Affairs India Sri Lanka working to address the post ethnic war issues Peiris tells Jaishankar The Hindu 24 September 2021 via PTI nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to G L Peiris Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title G L Peiris amp oldid 1194352156, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,