Ernest Corea

His brother, Vernon, was a pioneering broadcaster with Radio Ceylon/SLBC and Ethnic Minorities Adviser to the BBC.

Corea was appointed Features Editor and a Foreign Affairs Columnist at the Singapore Straits Times in the 1970s.

Corea presented his credentials to U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the White House, in Washington D.C.

When he left the diplomatic service he joined the World Bank in Washington D.C. as a consultant.

[citation needed] Corea died on 11 May 2017, aged 84 or 85, at his home in Springfield, Virginia, USA.

Ambassador Ernest Corea was present at the White House when Sri Lankan President Jayewardene gifted Jayathu to then American President Ronald Reagan and the American people, on a State Visit to the US in 1984.