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Crishanthe de Silva
Sri Lanka Army general / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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General Akurathiya Withanage Jagath Crishanthe de Silva, RWP, USP is a retired senior Sri Lanka Army officer. He had served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 22 February 2015 to 4 July 2017, as the Chief of Defence Staff from 29 June 2017 to 21 August 2017. Later he was appointed as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh.[1]
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AWJC de Silva | |
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![]() De Silva on board the USS New Orleans | |
Allegiance | Sri Lanka |
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Years of service | 1981–2017 |
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Unit | Sri Lanka Engineers |
Commands held | Chief of the Defence Staff, Commander of the Army, Chief of Staff, Sri Lanka Army |
Battles/wars | Sri Lankan Civil War, Insurrection 1987-89 |
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