President Maithripala Sirisena in his capacity as the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces has promoted 38 senior army officers to their next rank in commemoration of National War Heroes’ Day, which falls on Sunday (May 19).
The promotions have been made on the recommendations of the Ministry of Defence and Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake.
Accordingly, two Colonels of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) have been promoted to the rank of Brigadier and seven Lieutenant Colonels of the SLAVF to the rank of Colonel and 29 Lieutenant Colonels of the Regular Force of the Army to the rank of Colonel, the Military Secretariat at the Army Headquarters announced on Friday (17).
The promotion of 29 Lieutenant Colonels in the Regular Force to the rank of Colonel comes into effect retrospectively from 27 March 2019.
Meanwhile, the promotion of one Colonel of the SLAVF to the rank of Brigadier is retrospectively effective from 21 March 2019 and the other promoted Brigadier with effect from 21 April 2019.
Similarly, the promotion of 7 Lieutenant Colonels of the SLAVF to the rank of Colonel comes into effect from 21 March 2019 in retrospect.
