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Edmund J. Cooray | |
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Minister of Justice | |
In office 23 March 1960 – 21 July 1960 | |
Prime Minister | Dudley Senanayake |
Preceded by | Valentine S. Jayawickrema |
Succeeded by | Sam Peter Christopher Fernando |
Personal details | |
Born | November 3, 1915 |
Died | January 1, 2016 | (aged 100)
Profession | Barrister |
Edmund Joseph Cooray, CMG, OBE (November 3, 1915 - January 1, 2016) was a Ceylonese Senator and one time Minister of Justice in the Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet. [1] He attended the 1960 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference in London on behalf of the Dominion of Ceylon. [2]
He having graduated with a BA from the University of London, he qualified as a barrister and established his legal practice as an advocate. He was a lecturer for digest and voet at the Ceylon Law College. He served as the Commissioner of Co-operative Development and thereafter chairman, Co-operative Wholesale Establishment. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1952 Birthday Honours and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1955 Birthday Honours for his services to the co-operative movement. [3]
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