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General
Kamal Gunaratne
WWV, RWP, RSP, USP
Secretary to the Ministry of Defence & State Ministry of National Security and Disaster Management
In office 18 November 2019 – present
President
Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister
Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by
Shantha Kottegoda
Personal details
Education
Dharmapala Vidyalaya Ananda College Sri Lanka Military Academy
Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya Rana Wickrama Padakkama Rana Sura Padakkama Uttama Seva Padakkama
G. D. H. Kamal Gunaratne, WWV, RWP, RSP, USP is a retired Sri Lankan army general. He is the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and the State Ministry of National Security and Disaster Management. A retired career officer of the Sri Lanka Army, Gunaratne had served as the former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni, general officer commanding (GOC), 53 Division and was a former Deputy Ambassador to Brazil.[1][2][3] He was the GOC of the 53 Division which killed the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran at Nandikadal, Mullaitivu.
^"Three Major Generals to serve as Deputy Ambassadors". Asian Mirror. 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
^"Sri Lanka war refugees leaving military camps". BBC. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
^"Who are Sri Lanka Army's 53 Division?". Channel4. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
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Rana Wickrama Padakkama
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