G. A. Chandrasiri

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Who is G. A. Chandrasiri?

Major General G. A. Chandrasiri, RWP, USP, ndc, psc, SLAC is a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna; General Officer Commanding, 52 Division;, Director General General Staff, Joint Operations Headquarters; Brigade Commander Armoured Brigade and Commander, Area Headquarters Mannar. He is the current Governor of Northern Province.

Chandrasiri joined the army in 1974, after basic training he was commissioned in to the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps in 1976 as a Second Lieutenant.

After serving as a Troop Leader in the Ceylon Armoured Corps, he served as Officer Instructor, staff officer, adjutant, squadron commander of the Sri Lanka Armoured Corps. Thereafter he served as the Commandant, Armoured Corps Training Centre and following a snit as a staff officer in forward commands he became the Commanding officer the 4th Armoured Regiment, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps before becoming the Centre Commandant, Regimental Centre, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps.

Promoted to the rank of Brigadier, he became the Brigade Commander, 531 Brigade; Director of Humanitarian Law, Army Headquarters; Military Security Coordinator, Presidential Security Unit. Becoming the Director of Armour, he became the Brigade Commander of the Independent Armoured Brigade. Thereafter he became the Deputy General Officer Commanding, 21 Division; Commander, Area Headquarters Mannar; General Officer Commanding, 52 Division and Director General General Staff, Joint Operations Headquarters. In the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War he was appointed Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna, during which his command resisted several attacks on the Jaffna peninsula by the LTTE until a successful offensive by his divisions pushed the LTTE out of the Jaffna peninsula and recaptured the statistic Elephant Pass. Following the end of the war he was appointed by the President as Competitive Authority for approximately 3,000,000 internally displaced personnel and was in charge of the resettlement process.

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