Nissanka Wijeyeratne

Hon. Deshamanya Nissanka Wijeyeratne නිශ්ශංක පරාක්‍රම විජයරත්න
Diyawadana Nilame of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
In office 1975–1985
Preceded by	Heen Banda Udurawana
Succeeded by	Neranjan Wijeyeratne
Minister of Education
In office 1977–1980
Preceded by	Badi-ud-din Mahmud
Succeeded by	Ranil Wickremasinghe
Minister of Higher Education
In office 1978–1980
Succeeded by	J. R. Jayewardene
Minister of Justice
In office 1980–1988
Preceded by	K. W. Devanayagam
Succeeded by	Vincent Perera
Asia-Pacific Representative to the UNESCO Executive Board
In office 1987–1989
Member of Parliament for Dedigama
In office 1977–1988
Preceded by	Rukman Senanayake
Succeeded by	Constituency Abolished
Personal details
Born	14 June 1924
Died	7 January 2007(2007-01-07) (aged 82) Kandy, Sri Lanka
Resting place	Family Cemetery at Meeduma, Rambukkana, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Spouse(s)	Nita Wijeyeratne (née Dullewe)
Children	Neranjan, Mano, Anuradha, Lankesh, Nishangani
Alma mater	Royal College, Colombo 7, University of Ceylon
Occupation	Politics, Diplomat
Profession	Civil service
Military service
Allegiance	Ceylon
Branch/service	Ceylon Army Volunteer Force
Years of service	5
Rank	Second lieutenant
Unit	Ceylon Artillery

Deshamanya Nissanka Parakrama Wijeyeratne (Sinhala: නිශ්ශංක පරාක්‍රම විජයරත්න) (14 June 1924 – 7 January 2007), known as Nissanka Wijeyeratne, was a Sri Lankan politician, civil servant, diplomat and English language poet. He was also the Diyawadana Nilame (chief lay custodian) of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy from 1975 to 1985.^[1] At the time of death he was serving as the chairman of The Law and Society Trust in Sri Lanka.^[2]