Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jaliya Wickramasuriya currently serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the United States and Mexico. He presented his credentials to former U.S. President George W. Bush on July 28, 2008. Ambassador Wickramasuriya presented his credentials to Mexican President Felipe Calderón in February 2011. Wickramasuriya previously served as Consul General of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles, California from 2005 to 2008. He has played a critical role as Sri Lanka’s liaison to the United States government during a vital period of Sri Lanka’s history.Ambassador Wickramasuriya has been at the forefront of the diplomatic efforts to build on Sri Lanka’s strong relationships with the U.S. government, members of Congress and Sri Lanka’s Asian neighbors and trading partners. Ambassador Wickramasuriya has also been instrumental in building strong ties within the Sri Lankan community in the United States. Wickramasuirya was born in Matara, Sri Lanka on July 8, 1960. He began his career as a businessman and entrepreneur working in the Sri Lankan tea industry. He worked for the well-known Dilmah brand, one of the world’s largest and best known tea companies. Of his 20 years of senior management work in the private sector, Ambassador Wickramasuriya spent 18 years with Dilmah before establishing his own tea company. In 1999, he launched Ceylon Royal Tea, and a year later moved himself and his family to the United States to direct company operations from there, ultimately settling in Atlanta.As Ambassador, Jaliya Wickramasuriya has relied on his business and management skills to direct Sri Lanka’s Washington, D.C. embassy staff on a variety of initiatives that complement developments in Sri Lanka. Ambassador Wickramasuriya has also aided Sri Lanka’s emergence as a key Asian economic power through frequent interaction with the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, USTR, Asian Development Bank and a variety of American corporations. Ambassador Wickramasuriya has launched several new bilateral initiatives between Sri Lanka and the United States. He has also organized multiple trips to Sri Lanka for American companies, tourists and Members of Congress.. }
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- Jaliya_Wickramasuriya abstract "Jaliya Wickramasuriya currently serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the United States and Mexico. He presented his credentials to former U.S. President George W. Bush on July 28, 2008. Ambassador Wickramasuriya presented his credentials to Mexican President Felipe Calderón in February 2011. Wickramasuriya previously served as Consul General of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles, California from 2005 to 2008. He has played a critical role as Sri Lanka’s liaison to the United States government during a vital period of Sri Lanka’s history.Ambassador Wickramasuriya has been at the forefront of the diplomatic efforts to build on Sri Lanka’s strong relationships with the U.S. government, members of Congress and Sri Lanka’s Asian neighbors and trading partners. Ambassador Wickramasuriya has also been instrumental in building strong ties within the Sri Lankan community in the United States. Wickramasuirya was born in Matara, Sri Lanka on July 8, 1960. He began his career as a businessman and entrepreneur working in the Sri Lankan tea industry. He worked for the well-known Dilmah brand, one of the world’s largest and best known tea companies. Of his 20 years of senior management work in the private sector, Ambassador Wickramasuriya spent 18 years with Dilmah before establishing his own tea company. In 1999, he launched Ceylon Royal Tea, and a year later moved himself and his family to the United States to direct company operations from there, ultimately settling in Atlanta.As Ambassador, Jaliya Wickramasuriya has relied on his business and management skills to direct Sri Lanka’s Washington, D.C. embassy staff on a variety of initiatives that complement developments in Sri Lanka. Ambassador Wickramasuriya has also aided Sri Lanka’s emergence as a key Asian economic power through frequent interaction with the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, USTR, Asian Development Bank and a variety of American corporations. Ambassador Wickramasuriya has launched several new bilateral initiatives between Sri Lanka and the United States. He has also organized multiple trips to Sri Lanka for American companies, tourists and Members of Congress.".