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List Of Sri Lankan Generals
This list is for notable people who ranked field marshal, general or brigadier in the Sri Lanka Army including the Ceylon Army and Ceylon Defense Force. It is not complete – please add to it if you know of any omissions. Hence, in the lists below: * 5* = Field marshal * 4* = General * 3* = Lieutenant general * 2* = Major general * 1* = Brigadier Field marshal *Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka General Regular Force *General Deshamanya Sepala Attygalle *General T. I. Weerathunga *General Cyril Ranatunga *General Deshamanya Denis Perera *General Nalin Seneviratne *General Cecil Waidyaratne *General Hamilton Wanasinghe *General Rohan Daluwatte *General Srilal Weerasooriya *General L. P. Balagalle *General Shantha Kottegoda *General Jagath Jayasuriya *General Daya Ratnayake *General Crishantha de Silva *General Mahesh Senanayake *General Kamal Gunaratne *General Shavendra Silva Generals of the Volunteer Force Three former members of the volunteer force have been award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Marshal
Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army and as such few persons are appointed to it. It is considered as a five-star rank (OF-10) in modern-day armed forces in many countries. Promotion to the rank of field marshal in many countries historically required extraordinary military achievement by a general (a wartime victory). However, the rank has also been used as a divisional command rank and also as a brigade command rank. Examples of the different uses of the rank include Austria-Hungary, Pakistan, Prussia/Germany, India and Sri Lanka for an extraordinary achievement; Spain and Mexico for a divisional command ( es, link=no, mariscal de campo); and France, Portugal and Brazil for a brigade command (french: link=no, maréchal de camp, pt, marechal de campo). Origins The origin of the term dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Ranatunga
General S. Cyril Ranatunga, VSV (19 February 1930 – 16 June 2021) was a Sri Lanka Army officer. He served as Secretary of Defence, General Officer Commanding, Joint Operations Command and Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army during the 1980s. He was also the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Early life Born and raised in the village of Bakmeedeniya, Kegalle, in a family of six children, Ranatunga attended St. Sylvester's College, Kandy; where he excelled at many sports, captained hockey and athletic teams. He was the head prefect and won the Gold Medal for the best all round student in 1949. Military career He joined the Ceylon Army in 1950 and received his officer training at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where his company commander was Patrick Anthony Porteous. After completing his training at Sandhurst, he was sent to Malaya for additional training at the British Army Jungle Warfare School. On his return h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shavendra Silva
General Shavendra Silva, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP ( si, ශවේන්ද්ර සිල්වා, ta, ஷவேந்திர சில்வா) is a Sri Lanka Army officer. He is the Chief of Defence Staff and former Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, His prior appointments include, Chief of Staff of the army, Adjutant General and Director of Operations of the Army. During the Sri Lankan civil war he gained fame as the General Officer Commanding of the elite 58 Division. He had also served as the Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters. Early life and education Shavendra Silva was born on 22 June 1964 in Matale, the son of Creasy de Silva, former Chairman, Sri Lanka Transport Board and Sumana Bandu Silva, an English teacher. He had three siblings that included Lakshman de Silva who became CEO of the HDFC Bank and Ajantha de Silva, who is a retired Air Vice-Marshal. He was educated at Vijaya College, Matale; St Thomas' College, Matale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Gunaratne
General G. D. H. Kamal Gunaratne, WWV, RWP, RSP, USP is a retired Sri Lankan military officer. He is the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and the State Ministry of National Security and Disaster Management. A retired career officer of the Sri Lanka Army, Gunaratne had served as the former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 53 Division and was a former Deputy Ambassador to Brazil. He was the GOC of the 53 Division which killed the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran at Nandikadal, Mullaitivu. Early life and education Born to a family of teachers, his father was a school principal. Educated at Dharmapala Vidyalaya and Ananda College, he joined the army in 1981 as a cadet officer, undergoing basic officer training at the Sri Lanka Military Academy. Military career Early career After completing his basic training and a commando course, he was commissioned into the Rajarata Rifles as a second lieutenant. Following the dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Senanayake
General N.U.M. Mahesh W. Senanayke, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP is a retired Sri Lankan Army officer who served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 2017 to 2019. Senanayake had previously been the Commander, Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna, General Officer Commanding, 52 Division and Brigade Commander, Special Forces Brigade. Having started his military career as a military engineer, Senanayake became a special forces officer and is a veteran of all four phases of the Sri Lankan Civil War, he has served in both its Northern and Eastern theaters. Following his retirement, he contested the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election and came fourth after the three candidates of the three major political parties in the island. Education Educated at Ananda College, Colombo, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Pune and is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College. Military career Early career Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crishantha De Silva
General Akurathiya Withanage Jagath Crishanthe de Silva, RWP, USP is a former senior Sri Lanka Army officer and military engineer. He had served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 22 February 2015 to 4 July 2017, as the Chief of Defence Staff from 29 June 2017 to 21 August 2017. Later he was appointed as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh. Education Educated at the Royal College, Colombo; De Silva had gained a master's degree in Defence Studies from the National Resilience Institute, Indonesia. Military career De Silva joined the Sri Lanka Army as an officer cadet in February 1980 and received his basic training at the Sri Lanka Military Academy. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st Field Engineer Regiment, Sri Lanka Engineers in 1981. He gained promotion to the ranks of captain in 1985, major 1989), lieutenant colonel (1994), colonel (1997), brigadier (2003) and major general in November 2009. He went on to command the 6th Field En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daya Ratnayake
General R. M. Daya Ratnayake, WWV, RWP, RSP, USP is a former senior Sri Lanka Army officer. He was the 20th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army and is the current Secretary to the Ministry of Industries and former Chairman, Sri Lanka Ports Authority. Education He was educated at Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala. Military career He started his military career as an officer cadet in 1980 and received his basic training at the Sri Lanka Military Academy. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1981 in the Sri Lanka Light Infantry. He thereafter completed the Commando Officers Course, Infantry Young Officers Course and the Battalion Support Weapon Course. He had completed the Junior Command and Senior Command Courses at the Army War College, Mhow. From January 1993 to January 1996, Ratnayake served as commanding officer of the 6th Battalion, Sri Lanka Light Infantry. He attended the graduated from Defence Service Command and Staff College, Bangladesh; the National Def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagath Jayasuriya
General Jagath Jayasuriya, Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, VSV, Uttama Seva Padakkama, USP is a retired senior Sri Lanka Army officer; he was the Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka), Chief of Defence Staff of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka), Commander of the Sri Lankan Army. During the Eelam War IV, closing stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, he served as the Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni, Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni with overall command of 2008–2009 Sri Lankan Army Northern offensive, SLA offensives in the Wanni region during the 2008 - 2009 period. He was also the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Suriname from June 2014 to August 2017. Education and family Educated at the Royal College, Colombo, Jayasuriya captained the college boxing team in 1977, winning colours for boxing and was a senior prefect. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College; the Defence Resource Manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shantha Kottegoda
General Shantha H.S. Kottegoda, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP (born November 6, 1949) is a retired senior Sri Lanka Army officer. He was the seventeenth Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 1 July 2004 – 5 December 2005. He had served as the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Brazil and Thailand. In April 2019, following the Easter Sunday bombings he was appointed as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence. Shantha Kottegoda has served the Sri Lankan Army for 35 years throughout the island. He has been involved in both the 1971 and 1987–89 JVP Insurrection as well as the Sri Lankan Civil War, participating in major operations against the LTTE in the North and East of the country. Kottegoda has held numerous positions in the Army, among them he was Chief of Staff, Colonel of the Regiment of the Sri Lanka Light Infantry, General Officer Commanding 55 Division, 51 Division, 21 Division and served as Director Military Intelligence.http://www.stcmloba.net/html/News%20Lette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srilal Weerasooriya
General Chandrika Srilal Weerasooriya, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP was a senior Sri Lankan army officer. He was the 15th Commander of the Sri Lankan Army and a former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan. Early life and education Weerasooriya was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He is Arnolis Weerasooriya's great-grand nephew and a member of the Weerasooriya family of Dodanduwa and Hikkaduwa. Military career He joined the Ceylon Army in 1963 as a Cadet officer and attended the Pakistan Military Academy. On his return to Ceylon in 1965, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 4th Field Artillery Regiment, Ceylon Artillery. He later qualified as an Instructor Gunnery (IG). Promoted to lieutenant colonel, he went on to serve as the commanding officer, 4th Field Artillery Regiment from March 1985 to March 1987. He was the Brigade Commander of the Artillery Brigade from November 1991 to December 1993. He attended the National Defence College, India and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohan Daluwatte
General Rohan De Silva Daluwatte, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP (9 May 1941 – 27 August 2018) was a senior officer of the Sri Lanka Army. He served as Commander of the Sri Lanka Army and Chief of the Defence Staff. Following his retirement from the army, he served as Sri Lankan Ambassador to Brazil among other appointments. The major achievement during his tenure as Army Chief of Staff was the capture of the Jaffna peninsula during Operation Riviresa, under his command as Joint Operations Commander. As Commander of the Army, he oversaw large scale operations against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Operation Jayasikurui, Operation Sath Jaya and Operation Thrivida Pahara with mixed success. Early life and education Daluwatte was born in Ambalangoda, a coastal town in the south of Sri Lanka, to D. H. Paulis De Silva, a planter and former athlete; and D. W. Leela Somawathie. He had one sister, Malini and four brothers, Susantha, Pinsiri, Rupasiri and Dhanasiri. He r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Wanasinghe
General Hamilton Wanasinghe, VSV (born 1935) was a Full General in the Sri Lanka Army. He served as the 11th Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1988–1991), third General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Joint Operations Headquarters (JOH) (at present referred to as the Chief of the Defence Staff) (1991–1993) and Defense Secretary.http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/pix/PrintPage.asp?REF=/2012/04/10/fea10.asp Early life Hamilton Wanasinghe was born in Malwana, a suburb of Colombo. He received his primary and secondary education at Ananda College. A keen sportsman, he was the sergeant major in the college cadet platoon. He was also an active member of the College rifle shooting team, which won many coveted trophies and then later, he joined the army. Wanasinghe also represented Ceylon Inter Dominion small bore rifle shooting competition. Military career Early career He joined Ceylon Army as an officer cadet in 1954 and was sent to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for officer tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
