The Chief of the Defence Staff was the most senior appointment in the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, and the highest-ranking military officer in service, outranking the heads of each service branch. The CDS
Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Adm. D.W.K. Sandagiri
Sarath Fonseka at Ananda
Jagath Jayasuriya
Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Aravinda Gunatilleke
Crishanthe de Silva
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General Akurathiya Withanage Jagath Crishanthe de Silva, RWP, USP is a retired senior Sri Lanka Army officer. He served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 22 February 2015 to 4 July 2017, as
De Silva on board the USS New Orleans
General Crishanthe (right), shaking hands with the Commanding Officer of USS New Orleans (LPD-18) Captain Glenn Jamison on July 27, 2016