Edmund_Joseph_Cooray

E. J. Cooray

E. J. Cooray

Ceylonese politician

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]

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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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    Rajasingham, K T. "Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike". atimes.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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    Commonwealth Conference 1960. British Pathé.
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    Fergusons Ceylon Directory (PDF). historyofceylontea.lk. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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