Oliver Goonetilleke

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His Excellency Sir Oliver Goonetilleke GCMG KCVO KBE KStJ
3rd Governor-General of Ceylon
In office 17 July 1954 – 2 March 1962
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	John Kotelawala S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake Dudley Senanayake Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded by	Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury
Succeeded by	William Gopallawa
Minister of Finance
In office 14 October 1953 – 23 June 1954
Prime Minister	John Kotelawala
Preceded by	Junius Richard Jayewardene
Succeeded by	M. D. H. Jayawardena
High Commissioner for Ceylon to the United Kingdom
In office 1949–1952
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	DS Senanayake, Dudley Senanayake
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	Edwin Wijeyeratne
Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development
In office 26 September 1947 – 22 July 1948
Prime Minister	D. S. Senanayake
Preceded by	Post Created
Succeeded by	Edwin Wijeyeratne
3rd Financial Secretary of Ceylon
In office 16 February 1946 – 3 February 1947
Preceded by	Harold James Huxham
Succeeded by	Abolished
27th Colonial Auditor
In office 25 June 1931 – 16 February 1946
Preceded by	F. G. Morley
Succeeded by	E. Allen Smith
Personal details
Born	Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke (1892-10-20)20 October 1892 Trincomalee, British Ceylon
Died	17 December 1978(1978-12-17) (aged 86) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Spouse(s)	Esther Goonetilleke (nee Jayawardena), Lady Phyllis Goonetilleke (nee Miller)
Children	Joyce Wijesinghe Shiela Sathananthan Ernie Goonetilleke
Profession	Accountant

Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke GCMG KCVO KBE KStJ (Sinhala: ශ්‍රිමත් ඔලිවර් ගුණතිලක) (20 October 1892 – 17 December 1978) was a Sri Lankan statesman. Having served as an important figure in the gradual independence of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from Britain, he became the third Governor-General of Ceylon (1954–1962). He was the first Ceylonese individual to hold the vice-regal post.