Sarath Fonseka
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sarath-fonseka-178-8980946
title:
Sarath Fonseka
text:
Field Marshal Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka is a retired Sri Lankan army officer. He was the eighteenth Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, and under his command the Sri Lankan Army ended the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the militant group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; he thereafter briefly served as the Chief of Defence Staff. After retiring from the Army with the rank of General, he entered politics as the common opposition candidate in the 2010 presidential election
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description:
Sri Lankan army officer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka
date created:
2006-11-10T18:24:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T12:46:55Z
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13
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