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Camp:
Vanni Security
Force Headquarters
(SFHQ-W)
2015 Major General K.A.D Amal Karunasekara,
Military Secretary of the Army Headquarters
was appointed as the Commander. He had
commanded the 53 Division and also served in
the UNPKF in Haiti.
2012-14: Maj. Gen. Boniface Perera
He took part in almost all major offensives
against the LTTE and was the commander of the
East during the war and then the Competent
Authority for displaced war survivors in the
northern region. IN 2015 he was appointed
Director General General Staff , Office of the
Chief of Defence Staff.
2011-12 Major General Sumedha Perera
He served under the current defence secretary
in the Gajaba Regiment in Matale in 1989
(alongside Shavendra Silva and Jagath Dias).
He was Brigadier General Staff SFHQ-W in 2009.
He was a member of the Military Court of
Inquiry set up to investigate allegations raised
by Channel 4 news.
2009- 2011 Major General Kamal Gunaratne
In charge of the 53 Division during the last
phase of fighting. In 2012 he was sent as deputy
Ambassador to Brazil. In 2015 he was appointed
Master General Ordnance of Army Headquarters.
He is part of the Gajaba Regimenet and also
Special Forces.
Sources: Security Forces
Headquarters Wanni website;
Promoted as General, Sunday
Times Lanka, 1 August 2010;
Major General Sumedha
Perera Appointed Wanni
Commander, The Nation,
19 December 2010; Army
Court of Inquiry on Channel
4 Allegations Referred to in
the LLRC Report Submits its
Findings to the Commander
of the Army, defence
website, 15 February 2013;
Who Are Sri Lanka Army’s 53
Division, Channel 4 Website,
8 December 2010; General
Jegath Jayasuriya profile,
Several Key Appointments,
MOD website.
2007-2009 Major General Jagath Jayasuriya
After the war he went on to become the
Commander of the Army and the Chief of
Defence Staff and in 2015 was appointed
Ambassador to Brazil.
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