Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy

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Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy
Incumbent
Rear Admiral BAKSP Banagoda
Sri Lanka Navy
TypeSenior navy post
AbbreviationDCOS
Reports to Commander of the Navy
Residence Colombo
Seat Navy HQ
Nominator President of Sri Lanka
Appointer President of Sri Lanka
Term length Not fixed

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy (DoSA) has been the title of the third in command of the Sri Lanka Navy. The post is held by a regular officer of the rank of Rear Admiral and is the third senior position in the Navy. Deputy Chief of Staff is charged with assisting the Chief of Staff of the Navy in both operational and administrative aspects, functioning as the Acting Navy Commander in his absences or incantation. [1]



List of deputy chiefs of staff

NoChief of staffTook officeLeft officeNotes
Rear Admiral S.P. Weerasekara7 July 200513 December 2005
Rear Admiral T.M.W.K.B. Tennakoon1 January 200720 May 2007
Rear Admiral M.R.U. Sirirwardena1 August 20076 June 2008
Rear Admiral T.S.G. Samarasinghe7 June 200815 May 2009
Rear Admiral Susith Weerasekara 16 May 20094 April 2011
Rear Admiral Neil Rosayro 11 July 201525 October 2017
Rear Admiral Piyal De Silva 26 October 20171 July 2018
Rear Admiral Jagath Ranasinghe12 November 201831 December 2018
Rear Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne 4 May 2019
Rear Admiral Niraj Attygalle7 November 2019
Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera8 November 201912 September 2020
Rear Admiral Sumith Weerasinghe22 September 202014 January 2021
Rear Admiral Ruwan Perera15 January 202120 March 2021
Rear Admiral Meril Sudarshana21 March 202119 May 2021
Rear Admiral Y. N. Jayarathna 19 May 202116 August 2021
Rear Admiral Upul De Silva 7 September 202120 June 2022
Rear Admiral Priyantha Perera 21 June 20228 July 2022
Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake 09 July 202212 October 2022Appointed as Deputy Chief of Staff while he is holding office as the 06th Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard.
Rear Admiral Jayantha Kularatne 12 October 202222 December 2022
Rear Admiral Nishantha De Silva23 December 2022
Rear Admiral Pradeep Rathnayake 23 December 202216 January 2024
Rear Admiral KWARI Ranasinghe04 April 202411 October 2024
Rear Admiral Nishantha Peiris11 October 20245 November 2024
Rear Admiral Rohitha Abeysinghe5 November 20249 November 2024
Rear Admiral KDDC Fernando09 November 202430 December 2024
Rear Admiral W.D.C.U. Kumarasinghe31 December 202430 May 2025

References

  1. ↑ "Navy Act". Srilankalaw.lk. Blackhall Publishing. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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