Aleric Lanty Abeygunawardena (1905-1998) was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n Inspector General Police (IGP) (1967–1970). Abeygunawardena was educated at

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and joined the

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on 28 September 1931 as a

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of Police. In May 1950 he was promoted to

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(ASP) and served as ASP Galle and ASP Kalutara. On 8 July 1967 he was appointed as the Inspector General Police, succeeding

John Attygalle John Wilhelmus Lucius Attygalle (1906–1981) was the 16th Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police (IGP) (1966–1967). Police career Attygalle joined the police force on 1 October 1928 as a Sub-Inspector of Police. In October 1947 he ...

following his retirement, and served in that position until 13 September 1970. Abeygunawardena then served as an Additional Secretary of the

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during the 1971 JVP Insurrection, leading the investigation into the insurrection. He married Kate de Fonseka and they had four daughters.

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Sri Lankan Inspectors General of Police Alumni of the University of Ceylon Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia 1905 births 1998 deaths {{SriLanka-bio-stub