Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Justice Dr.
Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne
Order:2nd
Office:Governor of Southern Province
Term Start:31 December 1993
Term End:December 1994
Predecessor:Bakeer Markar
Successor:Neville Kanakeratne
Birth Place:Ahangama, Southern Province
Spouse:Rohini Gunaratne
Alma Mater:Mahinda College, St. Peter's College, Ceylon Law College, University of London
Occupation:lawyer

Justice Dr. Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne is a Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, author and the 2nd Governor of Southern Province.[1] [2]

Early life

Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne was born in Ahangama in the Southern Province. His primary schooling was at Ahangama Dharmarama School before attending Mahinda College in Galle and then St Peter's College, Colombo.[3]

Legal career

In the 1950s he entered the Ceylon Law College, passing out as a Proctor and practising in Matara. Jayaratne graduated from the University of London, with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), joining the Inner Temple, London and was called to the bar in 1969, returning to Sri Lanka later that year.

Jayaratne joined the Sri Lankan judiciary in 1971 as a Magistrate with his first posting in Negombo.

Governorship

After returning to Sri Lanka from a three-year tour of Fiji Jayaratne was appointed Governor of Southern Province on 31 December 1993 by the President Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, However, with the change of Government he lost that posting.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Provincial council Notifications. https://archive.today/20130413142624/http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/statutes/prov_stats/htm/ORDER%20OF%20DISSOLUTION%20......%201993.html. dead. April 13, 2013. 29 March 2013.
  2. Web site: Justice Dr. L. M. Jayaratne: Judge who feared none. The Island. 20 July 2012. 29 March 2013.
  3. News: One of Lanka’s academically distinguished judges. Sunday Times. N.. Selvakkumaran. 9 February 2009. 12 February 2017.