caption serviceyears laterwork branch commands birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
general chief j j singh shantha -lrb- left -rrb- handshaking with indian army 1970 - 2005 sri lankan ambassador to brazil sri lanka army commander of the army kottegoda , southern province , dominion of ceylon sri lanka sri lanka light infantry wwv , vom , -lrb- partial list -rrb- , rwp , rsp , usp , pbp 1971 lankan civil war jvp insurrection 1987 -- 89 jvp insurrection sri 6 november 1949 general shantha kottegoda
 shantha h.s. kottegoda
shantha kottegoda

general shantha kottegoda , wwv , rwp , rsp , vsv , usp was a sri lankan army officer and the seventeenth commander of the sri lankan army from 1 july 2004 -- 5 december 2005 .
he was the former sri lankan ambassador to brazil and current sri lanka ambassador to thailand .
shantha kottegoda has served the sri lankan army for 29 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 colonel of the regiment of the sri lanka light infantry , general officer commanding division in jaffna , general officer commanding 51 division in vavuniya .
he has been director of training , director military intelligence and at present he is director general , training at army headquarters .
