Theodore Duncan Perera,

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(born 28 May 1895) was a Ceylonese civil servant who served as the Secretary of the Treasury from December 1950 to March 1951 and Deputy High Commissioner for Ceylon in the United Kingdom. Graduated with an LL.B. from the

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, Perera joined the

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in August 1919. Following his cadetship in Kurunagala and Jaffna, he served the early part of his career as a

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in several locations of the island. Perera served as the Assistant Controller of Stamps and Assistant Colonial Secretary in the 1920's and in 1931 he was appointed as the Secretary to the first Minister of Agriculture and Lands, D. S. Senanayake. He became the first Cabinet Secretary in 1947, while concurrently serving as the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury and was appointed a

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(CMG) in the

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. He served as the Secretary of the Treasury from December 1950 to March 1951. In May 1953, he was appointed Deputy High Commissioner for Ceylon in the United Kingdom, serving till 1956 and on occasions served as the acting High Commissioner.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perera 1895 births Date of death missing Permanent secretaries of Sri Lanka Ceylonese Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Sinhalese civil servants Sinhalese judges Magistrates of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan diplomats Alumni of the University of London People of British Ceylon