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'''Commander of the Army''' is the title of the professional head of the [[Sri Lanka Army]]. The current Commander of the Army is [[Lieutenant General]] [[Sarath Fonseka]] since 2005. It is a position comparable to that of [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] of the [[British Army]]. |
'''Commander of the Army''' is the title of the professional head of the [[Sri Lanka Army]]. The current Commander of the Army is [[Lieutenant General]] [[Sarath Fonseka]] since 2005. It is a position comparable to that of [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] of the [[British Army]]. |
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In the recent past all serving army commanders have been of the rank of [[Lieutenant General]], promoted to the honorary rank of [[General]] when retiring or promoted to Chief of the Defence Staff. |
In the recent past all serving army commanders have been of the rank of [[Lieutenant General]], promoted to the honorary rank of [[General]] when retiring or promoted to [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)|Chief of Defence Staff]]. |
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==Commander of the Army, 1949–present== |
==Commander of the Army, 1949–present== |
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Commander of the Army is the title of the professional head of the Sri Lanka Army. The current Commander of the Army is Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka since 2005. It is a position comparable to that of Chief of the General Staff of the British Army.
In the recent past all serving army commanders have been of the rank of Lieutenant General, promoted to the honorary rank of General when retiring or promoted to Chief of Defence Staff.
Commander of the Army, 1949–present
- Brigadier Sinclair The Earl of Caithness CBE, DSO (1949 - 1952)
- Brigadier F.S. Reid CBE (1952 - 1955)
- Major General A.M. Muttukumaru OBE, ED, ADC, CLI (1955 - 1959)
- Major General H.W.G. Wijeyekoon OBE, ED,CLI (1960 - 1963)
- Major General A.R. Udugama MBE, CLI (1964 - 1966)
- Major General B.R. Heyn CLI (1966 - 1967)
- General Deshamanya D. S. Attygalle MVO, CLI (1967 - 1977)
- General Deshamanya J.E.D. Perera VSV, D Litt, FCMI(UK), ndc, psc, CLI (1977 - 1981) [1]
- Lieutenant General T.I Weerathunga VSV (1981 - 1985)
- General G.D.G.N. Seneviratne VSV (1985 - 1988)[1]
- Lieutenant General H. Wanasinghe VSV (1988 - 1991)
- Lieutenant General L.D.C.E. Waidyaratne VSV (1991 - 1993)
- Lieutenant General G.H. De Silva RWP VSV,USP (1994 - 1996)
- General R. De S. Daluwatte RWP RSP, VSV, USP, SLAC (1996 - 1998)
- Lieutenant General C. S. Weerasooriya RWP, RSP, VSV,USP (1998 - 2000)
- General L. P. Balagalle RWP, RSP,VSV,USP, ndc, IG, SLA (2000 - 2004)
- General S.H.S. Kottegoda WWV, RWP, RSP, USP, ndc (2004 - 2005)
- Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka RWP, RSP, rcds, psc, SLSR (2005 - Present)