Ubaya Madawela

Ubaya Medawela
Medawela delivering a speech at a US-Sri Lanka event
Native name
උභය මැදවල
Born
AllegianceSri Lanka
Branch Sri Lanka Army
Service years1981 – 2016
RankMajor General
UnitSri Lanka Armoured Corps
CommandsChief of Staff of the Army
Military Adviser to Sri Lanka mission to the United Nations in New York
ConflictsSri Lankan Civil War
Insurrection 1987-89
Awards Rana Sura Padakkama
Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya
Uttama Seva Padakkama
Other workNature Conservation and Wild Life Protection, Cross Culture Communication for Harmony

Major General Ubaya Medawela RSP, VSV, USP, ndu, psc, MSc was a Sri Lankan army general; he was the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army.[1]

Education

Ubaya received his education from Nalanda College Colombo (where he was a Senior Cadet) alongside peers such as Air Chief Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala, Major General Ajith Wickramasinghe, Udaya Ranawaka and former Sri Lanka test cricketer Sanath Kaluperuma.[2][3][4] He is a graduate of the New Zealand Defence College and the University of Madras, holding a MSc in Defence and Strategic Studies with an Instructor Grading.[5]

Military career

Ubaya has also been military attaché in the Sri Lankan mission to the United Nations in New York, and the army's Security Force Commander (Central & West) and a military spokesman.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Major General Ubaya Medawela Appointed New Chief of Staff
  2. ^ මම ඉපදුණේ ගුවන් යානයකද කියලා බොහෝ දෙනෙක් අහනවා
  3. ^ Nalanda College Alumni (Sri Lanka Army)
  4. ^ "Military begins operation rebuild". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  5. ^ ‘Winning the war of minds’ is more important than ‘winning the war of arms’
  6. ^ "Army's healthy food campaign". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  7. ^ Maj Gen Medawela appoints as military adviser to SL mission in UN
  8. ^ Maj Gen Medawela appointed military adviser to SL mission in UN