About E. J. Cooray
Lived 1907 – 2016 (aged 108). E. J. Cooray was a civil servant and barrister.
Edmund Joseph Cooray, CMG, OBE was a Ceylonese Senator and one-time Minister of Justice in the Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet. He attended the 1960 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference in London on behalf of the Dominion of Ceylon.
He graduated with a BA from the University of London, qualified as a barrister and established his legal practice as an advocate. He was a lecturer for Digest and Voet at the Ceylon Law College. He served as the Commissioner of Co-operative Development and thereafter Chairman, Co-operative Wholesale Establishment. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1952 Birthday Honours and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1955 Birthday Honours for his services to the co-operative movement.
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Who was E. J. Cooray?
ceylonese politician
When was E. J. Cooray born?
E. J. Cooray was born on 16 November 1907.
When did E. J. Cooray die?
E. J. Cooray died on 1 January 2016.
What was E. J. Cooray's occupation?
E. J. Cooray was a civil servant and barrister.
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