
Acting Attorney General Bimba
Tillekeratne. |
Bimba Tillakaratne - Actg. Attorney General
by Sarath Malalasekera
Senior Additional Solicitor General, Bimba Tillakaratne PC, has been
appointed Acting Attorney General, until the return of Attorney General
Palitha Fernando, who is out of the island.
Bimba an old girl of St.Bridget's Convent obtained her LLB (Sri
Lanka) at the University of Colombo in 1979 and the Post Graduate
Diploma in International Law in Hague The Netherlands in 1993.
She took oaths as an Attorney-at-Law on September 24, 1981 and later
joined the Attorney General's Department as an acting State Counsel in
February 1, 1983. She was promoted to Senior State Counsel in February
1996 and as Additional Solicitor General in June 13, 2011.
Bimba is the daughter of late J.W. Jayasinghe, Mrs. Jayasinghe and is
married to Anura Tillekeratne. |