Font Size

Cpanel

19March2024

Ambassador

Ms. Grace Asirwatham

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Belgium and the European Union

image001

 

 

Ms. Asirwatham is a member of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Service (SLFS) since 1988. She has held the following appointments;

 

2017 – 2019    State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

2016 – 2017    Additional Secretary (Economic Affairs and Trade), Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

2011 – 2015    Deputy Director General (rank of UN Asst. Secretary General) of the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) at The Hague

 

2008 – 2011    Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the OPCW in The Hague

 

2006 – 2008    Director General, South Asia & SAARC Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

2003 – 2006    Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Nepal

 

2000 – 2003    Director, Economic Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

1998 – 2000    Consul General of Sri Lanka in Bonn, Germany

 

1994 – 1998    Deputy Director, South Asia and SAARC Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

1990 – 1994    Second Secretary, Sri Lanka High Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan

 

1988 – 1990    Assistant Director, Consular Affair, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

Ms. Asirwatham holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka and a Masters Degree in International Relations from the University of Colombo.

 

She is married and has 2 children.

 

map

Rue Jules Lejeune 27
1050 Brussels
Belgium.