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Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy (DoSA) has been the title of the third in command of the Sri Lanka Navy . The post is held by a regular officer of the rank of Rear Admiral and is the third senior position in the Navy. Deputy Chief of Staff is charged with assisting the Chief of Staff of the Navy in both operational and administrative aspects, functioning as the Acting Navy Commander in his absences or incantation.[ 1]
List of deputy chiefs of staff [ edit ]
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Chief of staff
Took office
Left office
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Rear Admiral Susith Weerasekara
February 2010
October 2012
Rear Admiral Neil Rosayro
11 July 2015
7 November 2017
Rear Admiral Piyal De Silva
2 July 2018
Rear Admiral Jagath Ranasinghe
31 December 2018
Rear Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne
4 May 2019
Rear Admiral Niraj Attygalle
7 November 2019
Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera
8 November 2019
12 September 2020
Rear Admiral Sumith Weerasinghe
22 September 2020
14 January 2021
Rear Admiral Ruwan Perera
15 January 2021
20 March 2021
Rear Admiral Meril Sudarshana
21 March 2021
19 May 2021
Rear Admiral Y. N. Jayarathna
August 2021
Rear Admiral Upul De Silva
7 September 2021
20 June 2022
Rear Admiral Priyantha Perera
21 June 2022
Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake
09 July 2022
12 October 2022
Appointed as Deputy Chief of Staff while he is holding office as the 06th Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard.
Rear Admiral Jayantha Kularatne
12 October 2022
Rear Admiral Priyantha Perera
8 July 2022
Rear Admiral Nishantha De Silva
23 December 2022
Rear Admiral Pradeep Rathnayake
23 December 2022
16 January 2024
Rear Admiral KWARI Ranasinghe
04th April 2024
^ "Navy Act" . Srilankalaw.lk . Blackhall Publishing. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2022 .
