Asoka Girihagama Explained

Asoka Girihagama
Office:Sri Lankan Ambassador To Canada
Term Start:November 2018
Term End:December 2021
Nationality: Sri Lankan
Birth Date:21 October 1958
Birth Place:Madukanda, Vavuniya District
Parents:Abeysinghe Banda and Nandawathie Kumarihamy Girihagama
Spouse:Sudharma Kumarihami Girihagama (m.1993)
Children:Thiyara Ransini Girihagama
Residence:Colombo-08
Alma Mater:Anuradhapura Central-Anuradhapura
Sri Jayawardena Pura University
University of Colombo
Jaffna University
Profession:Civil Servant

Asoka Girihagama, Madukande Asoka Kumara Girihagama, is the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Canada. Prior to the appointment he was the Ambassador to Oman and a Director General for the Sri Lanka Overseas Service.

Dismissal of Tamil Genocide Investigations

In June 2019, Canadian MPs unanimously supported a motion calling for an independent investigation into genocide claims, which Girihagama publicly rejected, asserting that Sri Lanka had already addressed these issues through the UN. He characterized his role as challenging, particularly in convincing Canadian leaders of the absence of genocide in Sri Lanka.

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