List of Sri Lankan generals and brigadiers
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This list is for people who ranked 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:
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 C. S. 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 awarded the honorary rank of General of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force.
- General Sir John Kotelawala — Former Prime Minister of Ceylon and Minister of Defense and External Affairs.
- General Ranjan Wijeratne — Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Defence.
- General Anuruddha Ratwatte — Former Minister of Power and Energy and Deputy Minister for Defence
Lieutenant general[]
- Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa †
- Lieutenant General Parami Kulatunga †
- Lieutenant General Nalin Angammana †
- Lieutenant General Henry Athukorale (Retired - Deceased)
Major general[]
1950 - 1969[]
- Major General Anton Muttukumaru (Retired - Deceased)
- Major General H. W. G. Wijeyekoon (Retired - Deceased)
- Major General Richard Udugama (Retired - Deceased)
- Major General Bertram Heyn (Retired - Deceased)
1970 - 1999[]
- Major General C. H. Fernando (Retired - Deceased)
- Major General Jayantha de S. Jayaratne (Deceased)
- Major General Y. Balaretnarajah (Retired)
- Major General Larry Wijeratne †
- Major General Tilak Paranagama (Retired)
- Major General Lakshman Algama (Retired - Assassinated)
- Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne †
- Major General Lucky Wijayaratne †
- Major General Gemunu Kulatunge (Retired - Deceased)
- Major General Janaka Perera (Retired - Assassinated)
- Major General T. N. De Silva (Retired)
- Major General Dr. Chelliah Thurairaja (Retired)
- Major General Nihal Jayakody (Deceased)
2000 - present[]
- Major General Percy Fernando †
- Major General Prasanna Chandrasekera (Retired)
- Major General D. S. K. Wijesooriya (Retired)
- Major General (Retired)
- Major General Jaliya Nammuni (Retired)
- Major General Ananda Weerasekara (Retired)
- Major General H. Somadasa Hapuarachchi (Retired-Deceased)
- Major General Daya Wijayasinghe (Retired - Deceased)
- Major General D. R. Aruna B. Jayatilleke (Deceased)
- Major General W. A. Asoka De Silva (Retired)
- Major General Sanath Karunaratne (Retired)
- Major General Chandana Rajaguru (Retired)
- Major General E. H. Samaratunga (Retired)
- Major General G.V.D. Udaya Perera (Retired)
- Major General Tuan Fadyl Meedin (Retired)
- Major General Lalith Daulagala (Retired)
- Major General L. L. A. Fernando (Retired)
- Major General Ranjith de Silva (Retired)
- Major General Sumith Balasuriya (Retired - Deceased)
- Major General Kumudu Perera (Retired)
- Major General Chagi Gallage (Retired)
- Major General Laksiri A. D. Amaratunge (Retired)
- Major General K. A. M. G. Kularatne (Retired)
- Major General Jayanath C. P. Lokuketagodage (Retired)
- Major General Parakrama Pannipitiya (Retired)
- Major General Athula Jayawardane (Retired)
- Major General Nandana Udawatta (Retired)
- Major General D. Kalupahana (Retired)
- Major General Udaya Nanayakkara (Retired)
- Major General G. L. Sigera (Retired -Deceased)
- Major General Susantha Mendis †
- Major General Ananda Hamangoda †
- Major General Saliya Kulatunge (Retired - Deceased)
- Major General Lalith Wijetunge (Retired)
- Major General Janaka Walgama
- Major General Nirmal Dharmaratne
- Major General Ravi Ratnasingam
- Major General Sumedha Perera (Retired)
- Major General Lalith Abeywardena (Retired)
- Major General Nandana Senadeera
- Major General Ashok Weerasinghe (Retired)
- Major General S. M. Asoka Jayawardena (Retired)
- Major General Kamal Fernando (Retired - Deceased)
- Major General P. M. R. Bandara (Retired)
- Major General Samantha Sooriyabandara (Retired - Deceased)
- Major General Jagath Dias (Retired)
- Major General Athula Galagamage (Retired)
- Major General Prasanna de Silva (Retired)
- Major General Laksiri Waduge (Retired
- Major General Dammi Hewage
- Major General Duleep Wickremanayake (Retired)
- Major General M. K. D. Perera
- Major General Kithsiri Malporu (Retired)
- Major General Rasika Fernando
- Major General Jagath Gunawardena
- Major General W. L. P. W. Perera
- Major General Subashana Welikala (Deceased)
- Major General KAP Jagath Ratnayake
- Major General Priyanka Fernando
- Major General K.P.Nugegoda (Retired)
- Major General K.A.D.Sanath L.Perera (Retired)
Brigadier[]
1950 - 1969[]
- Brigadier Christopher Allan Hector Perera Jayawardena (Retired - Deceased)
- Brigadier Herbert Clifford Serasinghe (Retired - Deceased)
1970 - 1999[]
- Brigadier P. D. Ramayanayake (Retired - Deceased)
- Brigadier E. T. De Z Abeysekera (Retired - Deceased)
- Brigadier Leonard Merlyn Wickramasuriya (Retired - Deceased)
- Brigadier T. S. B. Sally (Retired - Deceased)
- Brigadier S. B. Miyanadeniya (Retired - Deceased)
- Brigadier J. G. Balthazar (Retired - Deceased)
- Brigadier Ariyasinghe Ariyapperuma †
- Brigadier B. K. V. J. E. Rodrigo (Retired - Deceased)
- Brigadier Dennis Hapugalle (Retired - Deceased)
- Brigadier G. R. Jayasinghe (Retired)
- Brigadier Donald Hewagama (Retired)
- Brigadier Nimal Fernando (Retired)
- Brigadier R. T. Tambiah (Retired - Deceased)
2000 - present[]
- Brigadier
- Brigadier Bhathiya Jayatilleka †
- Brigadier Rohitha Neil Akmeemana †
- Brigadier S.B. Miyanadeniya
- Brigadier M. H. Gunaratne
- Brigadier R. M. Jayasinghe
- Brigadier Nihal Hapuarachchi
- Brigadier Parry Liyanage
- Brigadier
- Brigadier
- Brigadier
- Brigadier (Retired - Deceased)
- Brigadier
- Brigadier
- Brigadier Sanjaya Wanasinghe
- Brigadier D H M R B Tammita
References[]
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