Jagath Dias
Military career

Jagath Dias

Section Title: Military career
Table Section Text: None

Year	Position Held

2000	Officiating Commander of Special Forces Brigade

2000-2001	Officiating Commander, 516 Brigade

2001-2003	Officiating Inspector Infantry, Army Headquarters

2003-2004	Commandant, Infantry Training Center, Officiating Commander, 534 Brigade

2005-2006	Commander 233 Brigade (note: this is during the final war in the East)

2006-2007	General Officer Commanding 56 Division

2007 Feb	57 Division created (consisting of 571, 572, 573 Brigades and then in October 2008 the 574 Brigade was added)

2007-2009	Appointed General Officer Commanding 57 Division

2009-2011	Deputy Chief of Mission to the Sri Lanka Embassy in Berlin (Also accredited to Switzerland and the Vatican)

2012–2014	Adjutant General for the Sri Lankan Army

2014 Jan	Security Force Commander Mullaitivu

2015-2016	46th Chief of Staff of the Army

Sentence(s)

In 2000, Jagath Dias was the appointed Officiating Commander of Special Forces Brigade and Officiating Commander, 516 Brigade till 2001.

final_sentence: In 2000, Jagath Dias was the appointed Officiating Commander of Special Forces Brigade and Officiating Commander, 516 Brigade till 2001.