Oshadhi Alahapperuma assumed duties as the new Sri Lankan Ambassador to Sweden, with accreditation to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, at the Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden recently.
Oshadhi Alahapperuma, engineer by profession and the former General Manager of Mobitel, the leading mobile service provider in Sri Lanka, is the youngest ever ambassador appointed by the Government of Sri Lanka at the age of 38.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over credentials to the new Sri Lankan Ambassador designate to Sweden at a simple ceremony at Temple Trees prior to Oshadhi’s departure from Sri Lanka. He was warmly welcomed on his arrival by the staff of the Sri Lankan Embassy at Stockholm.
Oshadhi was born in Matara, in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. He had his primary education at Meegasdeniya Junior School, Urugamuwa and Kumaratunga Munidasa Maha Vidyalaya, Dickwella, Matara. He followed his brothers’ footsteps and entered to Ananda College, Colombo for his secondary education and completed his higher education by obtaining a BSc in Engineering, specializing in Telecommunication at Electro Technical University at St Petersburg, Russia. Oshadhi is proficiently fluent in the Russian language too.