# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esala-weerakoon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:51:37.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esala-weerakoon"
name: "Esala Weerakoon"
slug: "esala-weerakoon"
description: "Esala Ruwan Weerakoon is a Sri Lankan diplomat who was the SAARC Secretary General, in office since March 2020 to October 2023. 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."
tagline: "Sri Lankan diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Esala_Weerakoon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.74
  momentum:             8.888888888888888
  historical:           5.070446666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esala_Weerakoon"
    title: "Esala Weerakoon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "এসলা উইরাকুন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esala_Weerakoon"
    title: "Esala Weerakoon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ایسالا ویراکون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "एसाला वीराकून"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "इसाला रुवान विराकुन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23761295"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump