Sanath Weerakoon Judge

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 to be one of the most distinguished and respected officers in the Sri Lankan Administrative Service. He serverd 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 Head 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 Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation.

Personal facts

Sanath Weerakoon
Birth dateJanuary 13, 1941
Birth place
Sri Lanka , Beliatta , Hambantota District
Nationality
Sri Lanka
Religion
Buddhism
Residence
Colombo
Education
University of Ceylon
University of Hawaii
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Profession
Sri Lanka Administrative Service

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Judge

FromApril 01, 1990
ToNovember 01, 1999

Topical connections

Abbas MilaniScientist
Akila Viraj KariyawasamPolitician
Asoka GirihagamaPolitician

Sanath Weerakoon on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://dinamina.lk/epaper/art.asp?id=2010/09/30/Pg17_0&pt=p&h=#
  2. http://dinamina.lk/epaper/art.asp?id=2010/12/21/Pg13_0&pt=p&h=#
  3. http://dinamina.lk/epaper/art.asp?id=2011/02/15/Pg14_1&pt=p&h=#
  4. http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2009/PDF/Jun/1604_29/G%2011211%20(E).pdf
  5. http://maps.google.com.au/maps
  6. http://srilankanewsfirst.com/news/12184.html
  7. http://sundaytimes.lk/991107/pol.html
  8. http://www.colombo-plan.org/cp/images/cp_ac/cp_ac_aw_view.asp?cm=3&cp_num=63&bbs_num=153&page=4
  9. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10/Feb1266422078CH.html