Facts: - imagesize: 250px - battles: jvp insurrection 1987-89 , sri lankan civil war - commands: commander , armoured brigade security forces headquarters - jaffna , 52 division - awards: rana wickrama padakkama , uttama seva padakkama - serviceyears: 1974-2009 - unit: sri lanka armoured corps - name: g. a. chandrasiri - branch: sri lanka army - laterwork: governor of northern province , sri lanka - image: g. a. chandrasiri.jpg - rank: major general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of g. a. chandrasiri .
major general gammanpila arachchige chandrasiri -lrb- known as '' g.a chandrasiri '' -rrb- , rwp , usp , ndc , psc , slac -lrb- born 1954 -rrb- is a sri lankan general and a provincial governor .he is the governor of northern province .he was the former commander security forces headquarters - jaffna -lrb- sf hq -lrb- j -rrb- -rrb- ; general officer commanding , 52 division ; , director general - general staff , joint operations headquarters ; brigade commander armoured brigade and commander , area headquarters mannar .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...