K. N. Choksy | |
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Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka | |
In office 12 December 2001 – 6 April 2004 | |
President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Preceded by | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Succeeded by | Sarath Amunugama |
Minister of Constitutional & State Affairs | |
In office 1992 – 19 August 1994 | |
President | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Ranasinghe Premadasa |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
National List Member of Parliament | |
In office 1989–2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Colombo, British Ceylon | 7 February 1933
Died | 5 February 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka | (aged 81)
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Other political affiliations | United National Front |
Spouse(s) | Freny Choksy (née Cooper) |
Children | Jamsheed, Khursheed, Vishtasp |
Profession | Lawyer |
Kairshasp Nariman Choksy, PC, MP (7 February 1933 – 5 February 2015) (known as K. N. Choksy) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was Cabinet Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe.[1] He had also served as Cabinet Minister of Constitutional & State Affairs from 1993 to 1994 under President D. B. Wijetunga and was a member of parliament from 1989 to 2010 continuously.