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Brigadier Donald Hewagama (also known as Donald Danister Hewagama) was Sri Lanka's first Judge Advocate General (Sri Lanka).〔(DASSANAYAKE - OWEN )〕 ==Early life== He was born on 22 October 1926 in Payagala Kalutara, southern Sri Lanka, and was the son of Arthur Hewagama (grandson of Hewagamage H. Appuhamy) and Mabel Alexandria Wijesinghe Jayewardene, who was the cousin of J. R. Jayewardene, the President of Sri Lanka in the 1977 government. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo and was a cadet of the school cadet platoon, member of College Literary Association, leader of the college debating team. He was a graduate from the University of Ceylon and took oaths as an Advocate later after passing out from Ceylon Law College.〔(Nalanda College Alumni (Sri Lanka Army) )〕 He joined the Legal Draftsmen Department of Sri Lanka and in 1967 was appointed as the Judge Advocate General to the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka permanently by Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. This appointment was endorsed by the Opposition in Parliament of Sri Lanka at that time headed by Mr. J.R. Jayawardene, and he served till 1982 October 22 as the first Sri Lankan to hold this position. At the start of his career he presided over the court martial held with regard to the assassination attempt of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranayake, the then Prime Minister, a coup planned within the Sri Lanka Army. He died on the 18th of December 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald Hewagama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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