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63 Senior Army Officers promoted
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, with the concurrence of the Ministry of Defence and recommendations of the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva has promoted a total of 63 Senior Officers to their respective next ranks.
The President in his position as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has promoted retrospectively, one of the largest segment of promotions, made in recent times, a communiqué of the Military Secretariat Branch said yesterday (Dec 16).
In total 4 new Major Generals, 25 Brigadiers and 34 Lieutenant Colonels of the Army were promoted.
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