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Nov 06, 1949 Southern Province, Sri Lanka 74 years old
Sri Lankan diplomat
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About Shantha Kottegoda
- General Shantha Kottegoda, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP (born November 6, 1949) is a Sri Lankan general.
- He was the seventeenth Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 1 July 2004 – 5 December 2007.
- He had served as the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Brazil and Thailand.
- In April 2019, following the Easter Sunday bombings he was appointed as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence.
- Shantha Kottegoda has served the Sri Lankan Army for 36 years in throughout the island.
- He has been involved in both the 1971 and 1987–89 JVP Insurrection as well as the Sri Lankan Civil War, participating in major operations against the LTTE in the North and East of the country.
- Kottegoda has held numerous positions in the Army, among them he was Chief of Staff, Colonel of the Regiment of the Sri Lanka Light Infantry, General Officer Commanding 55 Division, 51 Division, 21 Division and served as Director Military Intelligence.
