Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Politician

Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS (18 March 1913 – 4 December 1980) was a Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant. He was the Ceylon's High Commissioner to India and concurrently Ambassador to both Nepal and Afghanistan (1963–1967) and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury and the Ministry of Health. Amerasinghe served as Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations 1967 to 1980 and served as President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1976. He was also one of the leaders of the negotiations to draft the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Personal facts

Birth date	March 18, 1913
Birth place	Sri Lanka , Colombo
Nationality	Sri Lanka
Date of death	December 04, 1980
Place of death	Sri Lanka
Education	University of London Royal College Colombo Ceylon University College
Profession	Ceylon Civil Service