Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake Has Been Appointed As New Army Commander

Lieutenant  General Mahesh Senanayake has been appointed as the 22nd Commander of the  Sri Lankan Army with effect from today(04) according to the President's Media Division.

The new Army Commander has been appointed after the previous Commander General Chrishantha De Silva had been  promoted as the new  Chief of Defense Staff.

The New Army Commander Lieutenant  General Mahesh Senanayake has joined the Sri Lanka Army in 1981 and served as Army Chief of  Staff as well.

Meanwhile the former Additional Solicitor General  Kapila Vaidyaratne has been appointed as the new Defense Secretary.