Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam

Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam is a British lawyer and civil servant who has served as Governor of Anguilla since 18 January 2021.[1] She is the second female holder of the position after Christina Scott.[2]

Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam
Governor of Anguilla
Assumed office
18 January 2021
MonarchElizabeth II
PremierEllis Webster
Preceded byTim Foy

Civil service

Daniel-Selvaratnam is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent.[3] She was called to the bar in 1999, and earned an LL.M. in Public International Law from the University of London in 2000. She completed her pupillage during 2000-2001 at 9 King's Bench Walk and 1 Inner Temple Lane.[4]

From 2004 to 2007, Daniel-Selvaratnam was a policy advisor at the Department for Constitutional Affairs. She worked in different capacities at the Ministry of Justice from 2007 to 2015: Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Justice (2007-2010), Secretary to the Omand Review (2010), Deputy Head of Offender Management Strategy (2010-2011), and Deputy Director of Strategy and Change for HM Courts and Tribunals Service (2011-2015). Changing departments, she served for two years as Director of Strategy and Change for the Insolvency Service. In 2017, she joined the Cabinet Office as a Director for the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.[4]

Governor

Daniel-Selvaratnam's appointment as Governor of Anguilla was announced on 28 November 2020; she would be the second female governor of the territory.[2] She arrived in Anguilla on 15 January 2021, and began her duties remotely due to the 15-day quarantine mandate.[5] She was sworn in over video link on 18 January 2021.[1] On 21 January, she addressed a meeting of the Executive Council,[5] and later met with the opposition members of the House of Assembly.[6] On 26 January, she swore in a new magistrate, Piyumini Weeratunga, who had previously served as a magistrate in Montserrat.[7]

References
  1. "Governor breaks into prayer at swearing-in ceremony". The Anguillian Newspaper. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. "Anguilla's new governor a former lawyer". The Anguillian Newspaper. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. Sarojini, P. (1 December 2020). "Sri Lankan-origin Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam appointed as the new Governor of Anguilla". Commonwealth Union. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. "New Governor of Anguilla: Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam" (Press release). Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. "New governor committed to Anguilla's progress". The Anguillian Newspaper. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. "Governor meets with opposition members". The Anguillian Newspaper. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. "Governor swears in new magistrate for Anguilla". The Anguillian Newspaper. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
Government offices
Preceded by
Tim Foy		 Governor of Anguilla
2021–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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