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K. Jagath Alwis, RWP, RSP, USP is a retired

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n senior army general. He served as the

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to the Ministry of Public Security, former

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, Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna and the Colonel Commandant of the

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. He had served as Sri Lankan Deputy Ambassador to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and Commander of the

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. Currently he is the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security.

Military career

Educated at

Ananda College ''Appamādo Amathapadan'' (Buddhist quote from the Apramada Vagga in the Dhammapada) , motto_translation = Heedfulness, Punctuality leads to Nirvana , location = P De S Kularatne Mawatha , city = Colom ...

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

, Alwis joined the army as a cadet officer and was commissioned as a

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in the

Gajaba Regiment The Gajaba Regiment (GR) is an elite infantry regiment of the Sri Lankan Army. Formed on 14 October 1983 at the Saliyapura Camp in Anuradhapura, it is named after the famous Sinhalese warrior King Gajabahu the First. It consists of 14 regular b ...

. He is a graduate of the National Defence College and

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. He as held several senior commands such as; Commander of the

and Director General -

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at Army Headquarters. He had also severed as Sri Lankan Deputy Ambassador to Israel. In 2014 he was appointed as Commander Security Forces Headquarters Jaffna, one of the most senior commands in the Sri Lankan military. Following his retirement from the army, he served as

prior to his appointment as Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security.

References

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