Stanley de Zoysa
Stanley de Zoysa was a Sri Lankan businessmen and politician. He was the former Cabinet Minister of Finance in S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government, subsequently Minister of Interior and Ceylon's Ambassador to Indonesia.
Born to Sir Francis de Zoysa, KC an Advocate and member of the first State Council and Lady Ethel Perera Amarasekera Siriwardena. He had several siblings, some of who gained prominence on several fields, Sydney de Zoysa, A. C. "Bunty" de Zoysa, Violet Rajapakse, Olga de Zoysa, Lucien de Zoysa. His uncle was Sir Ernest de Silva.
Sydney de Zoysa was educated at the Royal College, Colombo, he went into business and became a prominent businessmen. Joining the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, he contest the 1956 general election from the Ja-Ela electorate and was elected to parliament defeating the United National Party candidate G. J. Paris Perera. He was appointed Minister of Finance on 12 April 1956 by Prime Minister Bandaranaike. He was forced to resign on 23 November 1959 following the arrest of his brother F. R. de Zoysa and his former bodyguard Ossie Corea as a result of the investigation into the Bandaranaike assassination. Both F. R. de Zoysa and Ossie Corea were released although it was found the murder weapon belong to Corea. Sydney de Zoysa was subsequently appointed Minister of the Interior in 1959 and served till 1960 when parliament was dissolved for elections. He contest the Ja-Ela electorate in the 1960 March general election and in the 1960 July general election from the Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya, but was defeated by G. J. Paris Perera. He was appointed Ceylon's Ambassador to Indonesia in the late 1960's. He was married to Sheila de Zoysa. He was a cosine of M. P. de Z. Siriwardena.
