Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara is a Sri Lankan politician and a Former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Ampara. He was a Rear admiral in the Sri Lankan Navy. Retired from the Navy in 2006. Then President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on advise of the then Secretary of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed him as the first Director General of the Civil Security Force. He transformed the former Gramarakshaka Force into a professional Civil Defence Force and protected all the Border villages from terrorist attacks during the war. One of the five Commanders felicitated by the Nation for winning the war. Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Kelaniya for the excellent contribution made towards the victory of war.
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