Former Army Commander & Former Defence Secretary, General (Retired) Cyril Ranatunga has passed away at the age of 91.
General Ranatunga is one of the top military officers Sri Lanka ever produced.
General Cyril Ranatunga VSV, rcds, psc, was the first General Officer Commanding the Joint Operations Command. He was given this appointment after he retired as Chief of Staff from the Sri Lanka Army. He went on to become the Secretary Defence.
He also served as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia and the United Kingdom.
He studied at the prestigious St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy where he excelled at many sports and entered the Ceylon Army in 1950. (NewsWire)