Walter Fernando
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Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence
.
Air force career
Educated at
National Defence College, India.[1]
He went on the serve as Commandant
Makalandage Gunawardena
.
Ministry of Defense
Fernando was the Deputy Secretary to the Ministry of Defence from 1991 and served as Acting Secretary to the Ministry of Defence in the absence of
General Cyril Ranatunga. He succeeded General Ranatunga when he was appointed as Secretary to the Ministry of Defence in May 1993 serving till September 1993, when he was succeeded by General Hamilton Wanasinghe. He was the first and to date only air force officer to hold that position.[1]
Family
His only son,
LTTE on July 5, 1992 killing all 19 personnel on board.[4]
References
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