Victor Tennekoon QC was a Sri Lankan lawyer and jurist.
10 Facts About Victor Tennekoon
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Victor Tennekoon served as the 35th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, as well as the 33rd Attorney General and 23rd Solicitor General.
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From 1979 to 1984 Tennekoon served as Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya.
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Victor Tennekoon received his education at St Anthony's College, Kandy; gained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of London and subsequently entered the Ceylon Law College.
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Victor Tennekoon was called to the Bar on 4 May 1943 as an Advocate.
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Victor Tennekoon started his legal practice in the unofficial bar in Kegalle and was appointed a Temporary Additional Crown Counsel on 1 October 1946 in the Attorney-General's Department.
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Victor Tennekoon was the first Kandyan to serve in the Supreme Court bench, serving from 8 February 1967 to 1 July 1970.
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Victor Tennekoon served as the Chairman of the Presidential Commission on Development Councils from 1977 to 1980; Law Commission, the Salaries Review Committee, LB Finance Company, the Central Hospitals Ltd, and Deputy Chairman of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon.
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Victor Tennekoon was conferred the national honour of the title of Deshamanya in the first ever Independence Day National Honours list in 1986.
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Victor Tennekoon was married to Semitha Wijewardena, niece of Don Richard Wijewardena.