Background
GOONERATNE, Tilak was born on March 27, 1919. Son of Thomas Edwin Gooneratne and Dona Sophia Athulathmudali.
GOONERATNE, Tilak was born on March 27, 1919. Son of Thomas Edwin Gooneratne and Dona Sophia Athulathmudali.
Saint John"s College, Panadura, Ceylon, Ceylon University, and Ceylon Law College.
Joined Ceylon Civil Service 1943. Assistant Secretary Ministry of External Affairs 1947-1951. Controller of Immigration and Emigration 1949-1951.
Government Agent, Trincomalee 1951-1954, Matra 1954-1956.
Registrar General Marriages, Births and Deaths 1956-1958. Director-General of Broadcasting and Director of Information, Ceylon 1958-1960.
Commander Company-operative Development 1960-1963. Acting Permanent Secretary Ministry of Commerce and Trade 1963.
Director of Economics Affairs 1963.
Deputy Secretary to Treasury 1963-1965. President Colombo Plan Council for Technology Company-operation in South. and South.E. Asia 1964-1965. Delegate to United Nations General Assembly 1964-1965.
Deputy Secretary-General Commonw"ealth Secretary 1965-1970.
High Commissioner to United Kingdom 1970-1977, Ambassador to European Communities 1974-1978, also Ambassador to Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg 1975-1978.
Married Pamela Jean Rodrigo in 1947.