The Commander of the Army (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ යුද්ධ හමුදාපති, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē yuddha hamudāpati) is the title of the professional head of the Sri Lanka Army. The current Commander of the Army is Lt. General Vikum Liyanage.[1]
Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ යුද්ධ හමුදාපති
Incumbent Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage since 1 June 2022
The post traces its roots to the post of General Officer Commanding, Ceylon, which was the title of the General Officer Commanding of the British Army units in Ceylon prior to independence in 1948. After the formation of the Ceylon Army in 1949, its first commander was of the rank of Brigadier, hence the title Commander of the Ceylon Army was formally adopted although it was at times referred as General Officer Commanding, Ceylon as far as the 1960s.[citation needed]
Serving army commanders have by convention been of the rank of Lieutenant General, promoted to the honorary rank of General on retirement or after getting the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff, with the exception of Sarath Fonseka who was elevated to the rank of General while serving as Commander. Another notable figure was Denis Perera, who was promoted to full general in 2007 after 26 years of retirement.[2]
^"Sri Lanka : Major General Vikum Liyanage appointed as the new Sri Lanka Army Commander". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
^"Former service chiefs promoted". sundaytimes.lk. 11 November 2007.
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January 09, 2023
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Commander of the Army Sri Lanka news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Commander of the Army Sinhala ශ ර ල ක ව ය ද ධ හම ද පත romanized sri laṁkave yuddha hamudapati is the title of the professional head of the Sri Lanka Army The current Commander of the Army is Lt General Vikum Liyanage 1 Commander of the Sri Lanka Armyශ ර ල ක ව ය ද ධ හම ද පත IncumbentLieutenant General Vikum Liyanagesince 1 June 2022 Sri Lanka ArmyMember ofNational Security CouncilReports toChief of Defence StaffResidenceGeneral s House ColomboSeatArmy HeadquartersAppointerThe PresidentTerm lengthNot fixedPrecursorGeneral Officer Commanding CeylonFormation20 October 1949 73 years ago 1949 10 20 as Commander of the Ceylon ArmyFirst holderBrigadier Roderick Sinclair as Commander Ceylon Army DeputyChief of Staff of the ArmyWebsiteOfficial websiteThe post traces its roots to the post of General Officer Commanding Ceylon which was the title of the General Officer Commanding of the British Army units in Ceylon prior to independence in 1948 After the formation of the Ceylon Army in 1949 its first commander was of the rank of Brigadier hence the title Commander of the Ceylon Army was formally adopted although it was at times referred as General Officer Commanding Ceylon as far as the 1960s citation needed Serving army commanders have by convention been of the rank of Lieutenant General promoted to the honorary rank of General on retirement or after getting the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff with the exception of Sarath Fonseka who was elevated to the rank of General while serving as Commander Another notable figure was Denis Perera who was promoted to full general in 2007 after 26 years of retirement 2 The official residence of the commander is General s House Colombo List of Commanders EditSee also List of Sri Lankan full generals No Picture Commander Took office Left office Time in office Unit of commission1 Sinclair Roderick BrigadierThe Earl of Caithness CBE DSO 1906 1965 20 October 194917 May 19522 years 210 daysGordon Highlanders2 Reid Francis BrigadierSir Francis Reid CBE 1900 1970 18 May 19528 February 19552 years 266 daysRoyal Artillery3 Muttukumaru Anton Major GeneralAnton Muttukumaru OBE ED 1908 2001 9 February 195531 December 19594 years 326 daysCeylon Light Infantry4 Wijeyekoon H Major GeneralH W G Wijeyekoon OBE ED 1911 1969 1 January 196031 December 19633 years 364 daysCeylon Light Infantry5 Udugama Richard Major GeneralDeshamanya Richard Udugama MBE 1911 1995 1 January 196410 November 19662 years 313 daysCeylon Light Infantry6 Heyn Bertram Major GeneralDeshabandu Bertram Heyn 1912 1998 11 November 196630 September 1967323 daysCeylon Light Infantry7 Attygalle Sepala Lieutenant GeneralDeshamanya Sepala Attygalle LVO 1922 2001 1 October 196713 October 197710 years 12 daysSri Lanka Armoured Corps8 Perera Denis Lieutenant GeneralDeshamanya Denis Perera VSV 1930 2013 14 October 197713 October 19813 years 364 daysSri Lanka Engineers9 Weeratunga Tissa Lieutenant GeneralTissa Weeratunga VSV 1930 2003 14 October 198111 February 19853 years 120 daysGemunu Watch10 Seneviratne Nalin Lieutenant GeneralNalin Seneviratne VSV 1931 2009 12 February 198515 August 19883 years 185 daysSri Lanka Engineers11 Wanasinghe Hamilton Lieutenant GeneralHamilton Wanasinghe VSV born 1935 16 August 198815 November 19913 years 91 daysSri Lanka Artillery12 Waidyaratne Cecil Lieutenant GeneralCecil Waidyaratne VSV 1938 2001 16 November 199131 December 19932 years 45 daysSri Lanka Armoured Corps13 Silva G Lieutenant GeneralG H De Silva RWP VSV USP born 1940 1 January 199430 April 19962 years 120 daysGemunu Watch14 Daluwatte Rohan GeneralRohan Daluwatte RWP RSP VSV USP 1941 2018 1 May 199615 December 19982 years 228 daysSri Lanka Armoured Corps15 Weerasooriya C GeneralC S Weerasooriya RWP RSP VSV USP born 1943 16 December 199824 August 20001 year 252 daysSri Lanka Artillery16 Balagalle Lionel GeneralLionel Balagalle RWP RSP VSV USP VSP25 August 200030 June 20043 years 310 daysSri Lanka Artillery17 Kottegoda Shantha GeneralShantha Kottegoda WWV RWP RSP VSV USP VSP born 1949 1 July 20045 December 20051 year 157 daysSri Lanka Light Infantry18 Fonseka Sarath GeneralSarath Fonseka RWP RSP VSV USP born 1950 6 December 200515 July 20093 years 221 daysSri Lanka Sinha Regiment19 Jayasuriya Jagath GeneralJagath Jayasuriya VSV USP15 July 20091 August 20134 years 17 daysSri Lanka Armoured Corps20 Ratnayake Daya GeneralDaya Ratnayake WWV RWP RSP USP born 1958 1 August 201321 February 20151 year 204 daysSri Lanka Light Infantry21 Silva Crishantha GeneralCrishantha de Silva RWP USP22 February 20154 July 20172 years 132 daysSri Lanka Engineers22 Senanayake Mahesh GeneralMahesh Senanayake RWP RSP VSV USP4 July 201719 August 20192 years 46 daysSri Lanka Engineers23 Silva Shavendra GeneralShavendra Silva WWV RWP RSP VSV USP born 1964 19 August 201931 May 20222 years 285 daysGajaba Regiment24 Liyanage Vikum Lieutenant GeneralVikum Liyanage RWP RSP USP1 July 2022Incumbent222 daysGajaba RegimentReferences Edit Sri Lanka Major General Vikum Liyanage appointed as the new Sri Lanka Army Commander www colombopage com Retrieved 2022 06 01 Former service chiefs promoted sundaytimes lk 11 November 2007 External links EditFormer Army commanders Three Service Commanders promoted Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Commander of the Army Sri Lanka amp oldid 1125543834, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
