Major General Sanjay Wanasinghe has been appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army. Sri Lanka Latest News
He is also the eldest son of General Hamilton Wanasinghe who served as an army commander.
Accordingly, this will go down in the history books as the first time that a son of a former army commander has been appointed as the Chief of Army Staff.
Mr. Sanjay Wanasinghe joined the army as a member of the Artillery Regiment and later served as a founding member of the sniper unit started by his father.
Mr. Wanasinghe is known in the army as a soldier who rendered excellent service for the country as a soldier of the sniper unit for the victory of the war in the last stage of the war.
