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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. ==Education== Weerakoon was educated at Weerakatiya Central School, where he passed the S.S.C (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 successfully completed the H.S.C (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 Post Graduate studies at The Hague University in Netherlands, the University of Hawaii in USA & at the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute (UNAFEI) in Japan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sanath Weerakoon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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