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6 CERTIFIED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT

General R. M. Daya Ratnayake, WWV,
RWP, RSP, USP is a former senior
Sri Lanka Army officer. He was the FROM MILTARY
20th Commander of the Sri Lanka
Army and is the current Secretary to LEADERSHIP TO
the Ministry of Industries and former
Chairman, Sri Lanka Ports Authority. STATE ENTERPRISE

He was appointed Chairman,
Sri Lanka Ports Authority in 2019 by MANAGEMENT
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and
in 2021 he was appointed Secretary General R. M. Daya Ratnayake, WWV, RWP, RSP, USP
to the Ministry of Industries.

He got many awards including Weera Sri Lanka Army
Wickrema Vibushanaya (WWV),
Rana Wickrama Padakkama (RWP) I took over as the 20th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army on 1 August 2013,
(Awarded four times for Exceptional after 34 years of military service and became the first Commander from an
outstation school. While all previous Army Commanders had been from
Gallantry), Rana Sura Padakkama Colombo schools, I hail from Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala. I joined the 13th
(RSP) (Awarded four times for intake of the Army in 1980 as an officer cadet and had my initial training at the
Gallantry), Uttama Seva Padakkama Military Academy, Diyatalawa. I started my career as a Second Lieutenant of the
(USP) (For distinguished conduct) Sri Lanka Light Infantry, the oldest regiment in Sri Lanka. I steadily rose through
and Desha Puthra Padakkama the ranks and became Lieutenant Colonel after only 13 years of service, which
(DPP) (For wounded in combat). He would have usually taken at least twenty years of service. The Sri Lanka Army,
has been recognized as the most which had only around 10,000 uniformed personnel when I joined, had 228,000
when I became the Commander.
decorated officer to have been made
the commander.

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