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Mahesh Senanayake

General N.U.M. Mahesh W. Senanayke, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP is a retired Sri Lankan Army senior officer who served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 2017 to 2019. Senanayake had previously been the Commander, Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna, General Officer Commanding, 52 Division and Brigade Commander, Special Forces Brigade. Having started his military career as a military engineer, Senanayake became a special forces officer and is a veteran of all four phases of the Sri Lankan civil war, having served in both its Northern and Eastern theaters.

Following his retirement, Senanayake contested the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election as a third-party candidate and came in fourth place. Provided by Wikipedia