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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 toCommander of the Navy
ResidenceColombo
SeatNavy HQ
NominatorPresident of Sri Lanka
AppointerPresident of Sri Lanka
Term lengthNot fixed
Sri Lanka Navy
Components
History
Ships
Leadership and ranks

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.



List of deputy chiefs of staff

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2024)
No Chief of staff Took office Left office Notes
Rear Admiral Susith Weerasekara February 2010 October 2012
Rear Admiral Neil Rosayro 11 July 2015 7 November 2017
Rear Admiral Piyal De Silva 2 July 2018
Rear Admiral Jagath Ranasinghe 31 December 2018
Rear Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne 4 May 2019
Rear Admiral Niraj Attygalle 7 November 2019
Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera 8 November 2019 12 September 2020
Rear Admiral Sumith Weerasinghe 22 September 2020 14 January 2021
Rear Admiral Ruwan Perera 15 January 2021 20 March 2021
Rear Admiral Meril Sudarshana 21 March 2021 19 May 2021
Rear Admiral Y. N. Jayarathna August 2021
Rear Admiral Upul De Silva 7 September 2021 20 June 2022
Rear Admiral Priyantha Perera 21 June 2022
Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake 09 July 2022 12 October 2022 Appointed 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 2022
Rear Admiral Priyantha Perera 8 July 2022
Rear Admiral Nishantha De Silva 23 December 2022
Rear Admiral Pradeep Rathnayake 23 December 2022 16 January 2024
Rear Admiral KWARI Ranasinghe 04th April 2024

References

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