Gamini Weerakoon (born March 19, 1941) was a Sri Lankan journalist and newspaper editor.
[1][2] Weerakoon pursued his primary and secondary education at the St. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia.
However, he did not fully complete his undergraduate studies as he decided to join the Lake House (Associated Newspapers of Ceylon) in the mid-1960s.
[3] He began his career in journalism in contrast to the subject faculty he had chosen at the University of Ceylon.
[3] He also joined The Sunday Times as a newspaper editor and wrote weekly columns under the title 'Double speak'.