Nickname(s) Lucky Rank Major general | Name Lakshman Algama Years of service 30 Allegiance Sri Lanka | |
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Died December 18, 1999Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka Commands held Chief of StaffCommander Security Forces Headquarters East (SF HQ (E)) Battles and wars 1971 JVP Insurrection, 1987–89 JVP insurrection, Sri Lankan Civil War | ||
Major-General (Rtd) Chulasoka Lakshman "Lucky" Algama VSV, USP, ndc, psc (June 2, 1940 – December 18, 1999) was a former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and a United National Party activist after retirement. Lucky Algama was educated at Ananda College, Colombo. Algama held several key posts in the army including Commander Security Forces Headquarters East (SF HQ (E)) and was responsible for enabling the government to hold elections in the eastern province in 1993. He was killed in a suicide bombing that killed twelve people and injured another seven at a political rally in Ja-Ela Colombo. The Sri Lankan government claimed that he was killed by an LTTE suicide bomber.
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