Asoka Girihagama

Asoka Girihagama
Asoka Girihagama
Sri Lankan Ambassador To Canada
	In office; November 2018 – December 2021
Personal details
Born	October 21, 1958; Madukanda, Vavuniya District
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Spouse	Sudharma Kumarihami Girihagama (m.1993)
Children	Thiyara Ransini Girihagama
Parent(s)	Abeysinghe Banda and Nandawathie Kumarihamy Girihagama
Residence	Colombo-08
Alma mater	Anuradhapura Central-Anuradhapura; Sri Jayawardena Pura University; University of Colombo; Jaffna University
Profession	Civil Servant

Asoka Girihagama, Madukande Asoka Kumara Girihagama, is the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Canada. Prior to the appointment he was the Ambassador to Oman and a Director General for the Sri Lanka Overseas Service.

Dismissal of Tamil Genocide Investigations

In June 2019, Canadian MPs unanimously supported a motion calling for an independent investigation into genocide claims, which Girihagama publicly rejected, asserting that Sri Lanka had already addressed these issues through the UN. He characterized his role as challenging, particularly in convincing Canadian leaders of the absence of genocide in Sri Lanka.

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