Sisira Mendis was a

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n police officer. He was a former

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and the Director of

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. Following his retirement from the

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, he served as

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Police career

After completing his secondary education at

Nalanda College, Colombo ''Āpadāna Sobhinī Panñā'' , motto_translation = Character Illumines Wisdom , established = , founder = Patrick de Silva Kularatne , type = National , grades = ...

, he joined the Sri Lanka Police in 1972 as an acting

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. Mendis held numerous appointments as OIC of police stations in the north and east of the island. In 1977, he was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department and served as a

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, reaching the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police and Deputy Director CID. He was thereafter transferred as Senior Superintendent of Police,

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during the height of the war against the LTTE separatists. Returning to the CID, he was appointed Director CID and after his promotion to Deputy Inspector General, served as DIG in charge of the CID. His last appointment was Deputy Inspector General, Narcotic Bureau prior to his retirement in March 2011.

Chief of National Intelligence

He was recalled from retirement, by President

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who appointed him as

(CNI) in July 2015. He resigned citing health reasons, on 8 June 2019, days after giving testimony that the Parliamentary

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to inquire into the

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which had outraged President Sirisena.Chief of National Intelligence Sisira Mendis resigns
/ref> He was succeeded by Major General

Jeewaka Ruwan Kulatunga Major General Jeewaka Ruwan Kulatunga, RSP, ndc, psc, (also known as J R Kulatunga) is a retired Sri Lankan general. He served as the Chief of National Intelligence having served as the Commandant of the Defence Services Command and Staff Col ...

as CNI.

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