Esala Weerakoon

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Esala Ruwan Weerakoon
14th SAARC Secretary General
In office 1 March 2020 – 3 March 2023
Preceded by	Amjad Hussain B. Sial
Succeeded by	Md. Golam Sarwar
Personal details
Nationality	Sri Lankan

Esala Ruwan Weerakoon is a Sri Lankan diplomat who was the SAARC Secretary General, in office since March 2020 to October 2023.^[1][2] He served as permanent secretary to the Ministry of Tourism Development and permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India and ambassador to Norway.^[3][4]