Ambassador

Her Excellency C.A. Chaminda I. Colonne,
Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka to the Federative Republic of Brazil

(Accredited to Republic of Chile, Argentine Republic, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Co- operative Republic of Guyana, Republic of Peru, Republic of Colombia, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republic of Paraguay and Republic of Suriname)

Her Excellency C.A. Chaminda I. Colonne is a Sri Lanka Foreign Service Grade1 Officer. Prior to being appointed as Sri Lanka Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, Ambassador C. A. Chaminda I. Colonne served as Director General of the Latin America and Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism (2024-2025).

Her posts in Sri Lanka included, Director General of the Middle East of the Foreign Ministry (2018-2021) and Director General of Middle East and Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Relations (2016-2018), Director General of Africa (2011-2013), Director of Africa (2008-2011) of the Ministry of External Affairs, Deputy Director of Economic Affairs (2004-2005), Deputy Director of Consular Affairs (2003-2004) and Assistant Director of Political Affairs – East (1998-2000) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Her overseas posts included Sri Lanka Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand with concurrently accredited to Lao DPR and the Kingdom of Cambodia and also served as Sri Lanka`s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) (2021-2024), Minister/ Deputy Chief of Mission of the Sri Lanka Embassy in Berlin, Germany with concurrent accreditation to Switzerland (2013-2016), Counsellor of Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi, India (2005-2008) and First Secretary/ Second Secretary of the Sri Lanka Embassy in Moscow, Russia (2000-2003).

During her tenure as Counsellor at the Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi, she also has served as the Secretary of the India – Sri Lanka Foundation.

Ambassador Chaminda Colonne holds a Bachelor of Science in Zoology (Special) from the University of Colombo and she has served as a member of academic staff of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo (1996-1998), prior to joining the Sri Lanka Foreign Service.

She is also past pupil of Visakha Vidyalaya of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Ambassador Chaminda Colonne is married to Stephen Senanayake, a Sri Lankan Government Officer.

Her hobbies include bird watching, preservation of wildlife, biodiversity and archeological sites. Ambassador Chaminda Colonne is notably the first female Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Brazil.