• 4*
  4 star rank
  Four-star rank is a term used to describe a very senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO OF-9 code. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members...
  
   = General
  General (Sri Lanka)
  General is currently the highest rank in the Sri Lankan Army and is a four-star rank. The rank is held by a Chief of the Defence Staff or is mostly awarded as a ceremonial rank to retiring Commanders of the Army. The serving Commander of the Army since the 1970s have head the rank of...
  
  
• 3*
  3 star rank
  An officer of three-star rank is a very senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-8. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members...
  
   = Lieutenant General
  Lieutenant-General (Sri Lanka)
  Lieutenant-general is the highest rank at present in the Sri Lanka Army. It is the equivalent of a multinational three-star rank and the Commander of the Army since the 1970s have been of this rank....
  
  
• 2*
  2 star rank
  An officer of two-star rank is a senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-7. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members...
  
   = Major General
  Major-General (Sri Lanka)
  Major general is a senior rank in the Sri Lanka Army. The Director of the National Cadet Corps holds the rank of major general.A major general is superior to a brigadier but subordinate to lieutenant general...
  
  
• 1*
  1 star rank
  An officer of one-star rank is a senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-6. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members...
  
   = Brigadier
  Brigadier (Sri Lanka)
  Brigadier is a senior rank in the Sri Lanka.Brigadier is a superior rank to Colonel, but subordinate to Major-General. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-6, equivalent to Commodore in the Sri Lanka Navy and Air Commodore in the Sri Lanka Air Force.Initially Brigadier was not considered to be a...
  
  

General

General (Sri Lanka)

General is currently the highest rank in the Sri Lankan Army and is a four-star rank. The rank is held by a Chief of the Defence Staff or is mostly awarded as a ceremonial rank to retiring Commanders of the Army. The serving Commander of the Army since the 1970s have head the rank of...

• General Deshamanya
  Deshamanya
  Deshamanya is the second highest Sri Lankan national honour awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour.It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name....
  
   D. S. Attygalle
  D. S. Attygalle
  General Deshamanya Don Sepala Attygalle, LVO, ADC, idc, psc, SLAC was a Sri Lankan military leader, civil servant and diplomat...
  
  
• General Sir
  Sir
  Sir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
  
   John Lionel Kotalawela
• General T. I. Weerathunga
• General Ranjan Wijeratne
  Ranjan Wijeratne
  General Ranjan Wijeratne was the former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of foreign affairs, Minister of State for defense and Minister of plantation industries from 1989 to 1991 in President Ranasinghe Premadasa's cabinet.-Early life:Born to Walpola Mudalige George Hercules Wijeratne and Rosalind...
  
  
• General Deshamanya
  Deshamanya
  Deshamanya is the second highest Sri Lankan national honour awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour.It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name....
  
   Denis Perera
  Denis Perera
  General Deshamanya Joseph Everard Denis Perera, VSV, FCMI, ndc, psc, SLE was a Sri Lankan Army officer who served as Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 1977 to 1981.-Early life and family:...
  
  
• General Nalin Seneviratne
  Nalin Seneviratne
  General Ganegoda Don Granville Nalin Seneviratne, VSV, ndc, SLE was a Sri Lankan Army officer. He was the Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 1985 to 1988 and first Governor of the North East Province....
  
  
• General Cecil Waidyaratne
• General Rohan de S. Daluwatte
• General C. S. Weerasooriya
• General L. P. Balagalle
• General Shantha H.S. Kottegoda
• General Sarath Fonseka
  Sarath Fonseka
  Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka, known as Sarath Fonseka is a former commander and General of the Sri Lanka Army and a former candidate for President of Sri Lanka. As Commander of the Army, he played an instrumental role in ending the 26 year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the...
  
  
• General Anuruddha Ratwatte
  Anuruddha Ratwatte
  General Anuruddha Leuke Ratwatte was a Sri Lankan politician and Cabinet Minister. He had also served as the Acting Diyawadana Nilame of the Temple of the Tooth Kandy and was educated at Trinity College, Kandy. He was a cousin of the Sirimavo Bandaranaike...
  
  

Lieutenant General

Lieutenant-General (Sri Lanka)

Lieutenant-general is the highest rank at present in the Sri Lanka Army. It is the equivalent of a multinational three-star rank and the Commander of the Army since the 1970s have been of this rank....

• Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa
  Denzil Kobbekaduwa
  Lieutenant General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, rcds, psc, SLAC was a highly decorated and respected General in the Sri Lanka army...
  
  
• Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya
  Jagath Jayasuriya
  Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, SLAC is a Sri Lankan military officer and is the current Commander of the Sri Lankan Army...
  
  
• Lieutenant General Parami Kulatunga
  Parami Kulatunga
  Lieutenant General Parami Sugandika Bandara Kulatunga RSP, VSV, USP, GW was Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army, its third highest ranking officer....
  
  
• Lieutenant General Nalin Angammana
  Nalin Angammana
  Lieutenant General Nalin Angammana , Commander of Sri Lanka's 3rd army division, was one of the distinguished Generals in the Sri Lanka army. He is the most senior officer of Sri Lanka Army to be killed in battlefield during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Angammana was educated at Dharmaraja College,...
  
  

Major General

Major-General (Sri Lanka)

Major general is a senior rank in the Sri Lanka Army. The Director of the National Cadet Corps holds the rank of major general.A major general is superior to a brigadier but subordinate to lieutenant general...

• Major General B.R. Heyn
• Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne
  Vijaya Wimalaratne
  Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, psc, GR was a Sri Lankan army officer and one of the most distinguished generals in Sri Lanka.-Education:...
  
  
• Major General Gemunu Kulatunge
  Gemunu Kulatunge
  Major General Gemunu Kulatunge, RSP, USP, ndc, psc, Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment is a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army....
  
  
• Major General Sumith Balasuriya
  Sumith Balasuriya
  Major General Sumith Balasuriya, VSV, USP, ndc, IG, SLA is a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, Vice Chancellor/Commandant, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University and GOC, 23 Division....
  
  
• Major General T. N. De Silva
  T. N. De Silva
  Major General T. N. De Silva, USP, psc, SLAC is a Sri Lankan general, who was the former General Officer Commanding, 21 Division;, Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, Brigade Commander Armoured Brigade and Director, National Cadet Corps....
  
  
• Major General Jayantha de S. Jayaratne
  Jayantha de S. Jayaratne
  Major General Jayantha de S. Jayaratne, VSV, ndc, IG, SLA was a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna...
  
  
• Major General Parakrama Pannipitiya
  Parakrama Pannipitiya
  Major General Parakrama Pannipitiya, RWP, RSP, USP, psc, SLSR is a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - East...
  
  
• Major General Athula Jayawardane
  Athula Jayawardane
  Major General Athula Jayawardane, RSP, USP, ndc, SLA is a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Mullaittivu ; Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Kilinochchi ; Director General Rehabilitation; Master-General of the Ordnance; Director Operations,...
  
  
• Major General Nandana Udawatta
  Nandana Udawatta
  Major General Nandana Udawatta, RSP, USP, psc, SLAC is a Sri Lankan general, who is the current Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Mullaittivu and was the General Officer Commanding, 59 Division during the SLA offensives in the Wanni region during 2008 - 2009 period that lead to a major...
  
  
• Major General D. Kalupahana
• Major General C.H. Fernando
  C.H. Fernando
  Major General C.H. Fernando, VSV, psc, SLAC is a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Director of Operations, General Staff; GOC, 2 Division; Commander, Northern Command....
  
  
• Major General Percy P. Fernando
  Percy Fernando
  Major General Percy Fernando, RWP, RSP, psc, CR was a Sri Lankan Army officer, who was the Deputy GOC, 54 Division based at Elephant Pass and prior to which he was the brigade commander of the independent Special Forces Brigade....
  
  
• Major General Dr. Chelliah Thurairaja
  Chelliah Thurairaja
  Major General Dr. Chelliah Thurairaja, USP, SLMC was a Sri Lanka Medical Doctor, Sri Lankan Army officer and sportsmen, who was former Director of Army Medical Services and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps...
  
  
• Major General V.U.B. Nanayakkara
• Major General G.L. Sigera
  G.L. Sigera
  Major General G.L. Sigera, KSV, SLAOC is a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Master-General of the Ordnance, Sri Lanka Army and Aide-de-camp to President William Gopallawa-External links:...
  
  
• Major General Larry Wijeratne
  Larry Wijeratne
  Major General Larry A.R. Wijeratne USP, SLA was the former Commanding Officer of 51-4 Brigade based in Jaffna.-Early life and family:...
  
  
• Major General Lakshman 'Lucky' Wijayaratne
• Major General Susantha Mendis
• Major General Ananda Hamangoda

Brigadier

Brigadier (Sri Lanka)

Brigadier is a senior rank in the Sri Lanka.Brigadier is a superior rank to Colonel, but subordinate to Major-General. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-6, equivalent to Commodore in the Sri Lanka Navy and Air Commodore in the Sri Lanka Air Force.Initially Brigadier was not considered to be a...

• Brigadier W.A.A.P. Bhathiya Jayatilleka
  Bhathiya Jayatilleka
  Brigadier W.A.A.P. Bhathiya Jayatilleka, RSP, SLA was a Sri Lankan Army officer, who was the Brigade commander, 54-1 brigade of the 54 Division based at Elephant Pass....
  
  
• Brigadier Dennis Hapugalle
  Dennis Hapugalle
  Brigadier Dennis Hapugalle, VSV, psc, SLAC was a Sri Lankan military officer, former Chief of Civil Defence and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Internal Security....
  
  
• Brigadier M. H. Gunaratne
  M. H. Gunaratne
  Brigadier M. H. Gunaratne, VSV, psc, SLAC was a Sri Lankan military officer, former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - East , Commander, Task Force I and Task Force III and Commandant, Army Training Centre...
  
  
• Brigadier R. M. Jayasinghe
• Brigadier Nihal Hapuarachchi
  Nihal Hapuarachchi
  Brigadier H. A. Nihal Hapuarachchi, RSP, psc, SLE is a Sri Lankan Army officer and a military engineer, who is the current military spokesman, former Brigade Commander, 51-3 Brigade and Commandant, School of Military Engineering...
  
  
• Brigadier G. R. Jayasinghe
  G. R. Jayasinghe
  Brigadier G. R. Jayasinghe, SLAOC was a Sri Lankan military officer, who was the former head of the Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps and founder of the Sri Lanka Rifle Corps in 1984....
  
  
• Brigadier R. Parry Liyanage
  Parry Liyanage
  Brigadier R. Parry Liyanage was a Sri Lankan military officer, athlete and coach, who was the former Quartermaster-General and former Adjutant General of the Sri Lanka Army...
  
  
• Brigadier Rohitha Neil Akmeemana