Arthur Ranasinghe
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Sir
Arthur Godwin Ranasinha, KBE, CCS
was a Sri Lanka
n civil servant and statesmen. A Cabinet Minister and Senator, he had a long carrier in the Ceylon Civil Service
and served as Secretary to the Treasury, Cabinet Secretary
and Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon. He had also served as Ceylon's Ambassador to Italy.
Sir
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Arthur Godwin Ranasinha, KBE, CCS
Ceylon Civil Service
The Ceylon Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym CCS, originated as the elite civil service of the Government of Ceylon under British colonial rule in 1833 and carried on after independence, until May 1, 1963 when it was abolished and the much larger Ceylon Administrative Service was...
was a Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n civil servant and statesmen. A Cabinet Minister and Senator, he had a long carrier in the Ceylon Civil Service
Ceylon Civil Service
The Ceylon Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym CCS, originated as the elite civil service of the Government of Ceylon under British colonial rule in 1833 and carried on after independence, until May 1, 1963 when it was abolished and the much larger Ceylon Administrative Service was...
and served as Secretary to the Treasury, Cabinet Secretary
Cabinet Secretary
A Cabinet Secretary is almost always a senior official who provides services and advice to a Cabinet of Ministers. In many countries, the position can have considerably wider functions and powers, including general responsibility for the entire civil service...
and Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon. He had also served as Ceylon's Ambassador to Italy.