Moragoda’s father passes away

30 July 2022 12:00 am Views - 208

• Chris Pinto was the first Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who established the Legal Division of the Ministry in 1967

The Foreign Ministry announced with deep sorrow the passing away of  Moragodage Christopher Walter Pinto, famously known as Chris Pinto on 21st July 2022 in the Hague, Netherlands. Pinto was the first Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who established the Legal Division of the Ministry in 1967.  

Pinto was a legal scholar recognized both locally and internationally. He read law at the University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya, and the Sri Lanka Law College, and passed out as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and specialized in international law at Magdalene College, Cambridge University.