Jayantha Dhanapala
Jayantha Dhanapala | |
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ජයන්ත ධනපාල | |
Dhanapala in 2013 | |
| Under-Secretary-General for the Office for Disarmament Affairs | |
| In office 1998–2003 | |
| Secretary-General | Kofi Annan |
| Member of the Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka | |
| In office 11 October 2018 – 14 May 2020 | |
| Appointed by | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Sri Lanka Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 1995–1997 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 December 1938 Colombo, British Ceylon |
| Died | 27 May 2023 (aged 84) Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Spouse | Maureen |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Kandy University of Peradeniya |
| Awards | Sean MacBride Prize |
| Website | www |
Jayantha Dhanapala (Sinhala: ජයන්ත ධනපාල; 30 December 1938 – 27 May 2023) was a Sri Lankan diplomat. A career diplomat in the Sri Lanka Overseas Service, he served as the Under Secretary General to re-establish the Department of Disarmament from 1998 to 2003; Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva from 1984 to 1987; and Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States from 1994 to 1997.
Dhanapala served as member of the Board of Sponsors of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and was a governing board member of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Dhanapala was also a distinguished member of Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka and he was the Senior Special Advisor on Foreign Relations to President Maithripala Sirisena, and was Sri Lanka's official candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations, before withdrawing from the race on 29 September 2006. From 2007 he was the president of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.