Tyronne Fernando

Tyronne Fernando PC (Sinhala:ටිරොන් ෆර්නැන්ඩො) (8 August 1941 – 26 February 2008) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician who served as foreign minister from 2001 until 2004.

He entered Gray's Inn, London and was called to the Bar of England and Wales, as a barrister.

He was elected to Parliament in 1977 as a representative of the Moratuwa constituency, a stronghold of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, he won with a record majority of 15,000.

Fernando resigned from the United National Party after the 2004 election, during which he lost his parliamentary seat.

[1] At the time of his death, he was serving as a Senior advisor to President Mahinda Rajapaksa.