Tyronne Fernando is no more
Posted by Ajith on February 26, 2008
Tyronne Fernando, a former Foreign Minister and one of the long serving MPs of UNP (27 continuous years in parliament) passed away at a private hospital in Colombo this morning.
The Oxford educated, former senior parliamentarian has held several key ministerial posts in the past. He served as Foreign Minister in the UNF Government led by then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe. During his tenure as country’s Foreign Minister, he had also announced his candidature for the post of UN Secretary-General.
As President of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board in the early nineties, he was instrumental in building up a team, which won the World Cup in 1996. He is an author of eight books, journalist, cricketer and an expert on international relations (who has attended numerous international conferences and meetings.
Tyronne Fernando also contributed to Sinhala cinema by producing two famous Sinhala movies ‘Veera Puran Appu’ and ‘Kolomba Sanniya’.
May he attain Nibbana!
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