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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.
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in United States and at the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute (UNAFEI) in Japan.
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1982â1982 commissioner general of the Department of Probation and Child Care Services
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Sanath Weerakoon, a Brilliant Administrator says Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
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Colombo Plan International Society Office Bearers â 2008/2009
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