Sanath Weerakoon
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Sanath Weerakoon | |
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| Add. Private Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2016 | |
| Chairman - Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation | |
| In office 20 May 2010 – 4 December 2015 | |
| Chairman - Urban Development Authority of Sri Lanka | |
| In office 24 December 2008 – 24 April 2010 | |
| Government Agent | |
| In office 1 April 1990 – 1 November 1999 | |
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| Born | |
| Spouse | Asoka Weerakoon |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Ceylon, The Hague University, University of Hawaiʻi & UNAFEI, T0KYO japan |
| Occupation | Former'Government Agent & District Secretary of COLOMBO District, Secretary to a Cabinet Ministry, presently a Chairman of a Corporation |
| Profession | Sri Lanka Administrative Service |
Sanath Rathnayake Weerakoon, is a Sri Lankan former government agent. He served as the government agent (district secretary) for the District of Colombo (1990–1999), Sri Lanka, and is considered one of the most distinguished and respected officers in the Sri Lankan Administrative Service. He served as the government agent of Colombo for 10 years under two different governments and is a feat that has not yet been broken. Weerakoon was also the youngest appointed government agent, to the District of Puttalam in 1978. The government agent is the administrative had of public services in the district. The post is one of the oldest in the civil service as it had been established by the British during the colonial era. Weerakoon is the current add. private secretary to the president of Sri Lanka.
Weerakoon was educated at Weerakatiya Central School, where he passed the Senior School Certificate in English Medium 1st Shy. Weerakoon was the only student to do so in Hambantota District in 1956.
In 1957, Weerakoon entered the Tellijawila Central College, where he successfully completed the Higher School Certificate. He was ranked 40th from the country and entered the University of Ceylon in 1959.
At the age of 22, he graduated from the University of Ceylon with Honours in geography and was appointed as a graduate teacher in the same year. Later at the age of 25, Weerakoon was promoted as the principal of Tangalle Maha Vidyalaya.
Weerakoon completed his postgraduate studies at The Hague University in Netherlands, the University of Hawaiʻi in United States and at the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute (UNAFEI) in Japan.