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Kamal Gunaratne WWV, RWP, RSP, USP | |
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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 |
Military service | |
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Years of service | 1982–2016 |
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Unit | Gajaba Regiment |
Commands | Security Forces Headquarters – Wanni, 53 Division Master General Ordinance (2015–2016) |
Battles/wars | Sri Lankan Civil War, 1987–89 JVP Insurrection |
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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.
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