Edwin Wijeyeratne

Hon. Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne KBE
Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development
In office 22 July 1948 – 28 February 1951[1]
Prime Minister	D. S. Senanayake
Preceded by	Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke
Succeeded by	Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke
Member of State Council of Ceylon for Kegalle
In office 20 June 1931 – 7 December 1935
Member of the Senate of Ceylon
In office 1947–1951
High Commissioner for Ceylon to the United Kingdom
In office 1951–1954
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	D. S. Senanayake Dudley Senanayake Sir John Kotelawala
Preceded by	Oliver Goonetilleke
Succeeded by	Claude Corea
High Commissioner for Ceylon to India
In office 1955–1957
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Sir John Kotelawala, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Preceded by	C. Coomaraswamy
Succeeded by	Richard Aluwihare
Personal details
Born	Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne (1889-01-08)8 January 1889
Died	19 October 1968(1968-10-19) (aged 79)
Nationality	Ceylonese
Political party	United National Party
Spouse	Leela née Pethiyagoda
Children	Tissa Nissanka Manel Cuda
Occupation	lawyer, politician, diplomat
Profession	Advocate

Sir Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne KBE (Sinhala: ශ්‍රිමත් එඩ්වින් ඇලෝසියස් පෙරේරා විජයරත්න) (8 January 1889 – 19 October 1968), known as Edwin Wijeyeratne, was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, diplomat,^[2] and one of the founding members of the Ceylon National Congress and the United National Party. He was a Senator and Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development in the cabinet of D. S. Senanayake. He thereafter he served as Ceylonese High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ceylonese High Commissioner to India^[3][4]