Major General Ubaya Medawela RSP, VSV, USP, ndu, psc,

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was a Sri Lankan army general; he was the

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Education

Ubaya received his education from

Nalanda College Colombo ''Āpadāna Sobhinī Panñā'' , motto_translation = Character Illumines Wisdom , established = , founder = Patrick de Silva Kularatne , type = National , grades = 1 ...

(where he was a Senior Cadet) alongside peers such as

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Gagan Bulathsinghala, Major General Ajith Wickramasinghe, Udaya Ranawaka and former Sri Lanka test cricketer Sanath Kaluperuma. He is a graduate of the

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and the University of Madras, holding a MSc in Defence and Strategic Studies with an Instructor Grading.

Military career

Ubaya has also been

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in the Sri Lankan mission to the United Nations in New York, and the army's Security Force Commander (Central & West) and a military spokesman.Maj Gen Medawela appointed military adviser to SL mission in UN
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References

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