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Preceded by
  
Name
  
Asoka Jayawardena

Allegiance
  
Sri Lanka

Years of service
  
19?? - 1998


Children
  
Two children

Succeeded by
  
Nationality
  
Sri Lankan

Education
  
Ananda College

Service/branch
  
Spouse(s)
  
Srimathi (m. 1975; d. 2002)

Alma mater
  
Ananda College, Colombo

Similar People
  
Chandrika Kumaratunga, Mahinda Rajapaksa, J R Jayewardene, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Ranasinghe Premadasa

Battles and wars
  
Sri Lankan Civil War

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Major General Deshamanya Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardena, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, was Sri Lankan soldier and politician. He was the former Provincial Governor of the Governor of North Eastern Province and Secretary to the Minister of Defence.

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Military career

Jayawardena was Overall Operations Commander (OOC) of the Sri Lanka Army. In 1997 he was succeeded by Lt. Gen. Srilal Weerasooriya. Jayawardena also served as Security Forces Commander in Jaffna.

Political career

Retiring from the Sri Lanka Army in 1998, Jayawardena was appointed as Governor of North Eastern Province. His predecessor Gamini Fonseka resigned from the office due to a difference of opinion with the President at the time. He is known to be a close confidante of the President Chandrika Kumaratunga, and he is believed to be one of her principal military advisors.

Jayawardena was the first governor of the province to visit the Jaffna peninsula after the establishment of the North Eastern Provincial Council.

Awards

His awards and decorations include the Medals; Rana Wickrama Padakkama (RWP), Rana Sura Padakkama (RSP), Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya (VSV) and Uttama Seva Padakkama (USP).

In 2005 he was awarded the National title, Deshamanya.

Sri Lankan awards

In Order of Precedence

  •   Rana Wickrama Padakkama
  •   Rana Sura Padakkama
  •   Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya
  •   Uttama Seva Padakkama
  • References

    Asoka Jayawardena Wikipedia


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