Ananda Weerasekara
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Ananda Weerasekara | |
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| Born | 29 April 1943 |
| Awards | Rana Wickrama Padakkama, Uttama Seva Padakkama |
| Other work | Commissioner General for Rehabilitation Deputy Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services |
Major General Ananda G. Weerasekara, RWP, USP (29 April 1943 – 28 December 2021) was a Sri Lankan military officer and monk. He served as the Military Coordinating Officer of the North Central Province during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection
and Commissioner General for Rehabilitation.
Born to Mendis and Sumana Weerasekera, he was the eldest of six siblings which includes Rear Admiral
Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa, Weerasekara along with Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne was accused of murdering Kobbekaduwa.[4] Following his retirement from the army in 1998 with the rank of Major General, he served as Deputy Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services and was active in local nationalist politics associated with Sinhala Veera Vidahana which had links to the Sihala Urumaya
.
In 2000 he was arrested by police on accusations of the torture and murder of JVP suspects in 1989 in Anuradhapura.[5][6][7]
On 1 May 2007, he entered the Buddangala Ananda, a Buddhist monastic order.[8] Ven. Buddangala Ananda Thera died on 28 December 2021, at the age of 78.[9]
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