Abdon Ignatius Perera JP, CBE (30 July 1888 - 5 December 1955) was the first Ceylonese Postmaster General and Director of Telecommunications, serving in the position from 1947 to 1951.
Perera was officially appointed Postmaster General and Director of Telecommunications on 1 January 1948, succeeding John Pringle Appleby, he served in this post for three years and eleven months until 1 November 1951.
Whilst he was Postmaster General he established the Domestic Air Postal Service, on 7 February 1949, which provided a same day distribution of mail between Colombo and Jaffna.
[4] After he retired from the postal service on 1 November 1951 he was appointed Trade Commissioner of the Ceylon High Commission in the United Kingdom.
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