President promotes 63 Army officers to next ranks

President promotes 63 Army officers to next ranks

December 16, 2019   10:51 pm

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces with the concurrence of the Ministry of Defence and recommendations of the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva has promoted a total of 63 Senior Officers to their respective next ranks.

This is one of the largest segments of promotions, made in recent times, a communiqué of the Military Secretariat Branch announced this evening (16).

Accordingly, 4 officers have been promoted to the rank of Major General, 25 to the rank of Brigadier and 34 to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, stated the Sri Lanka Army. 

Brigadier W S Rajakaruna USP (060982), Brigadier ALPS Tillekerathna RWP RSP USP psc (060731), Brigadier WMJRK Senaratne RWP RSP (060738), and Brigadier AGD N Jayasundera RWP RSP (060742) were promoted to the rank of Major General in this manner.

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