Sarath Fonseka
(1950-)
Sri Lankan general
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Field Marshal Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, MP, rcds, psc (Sinhala: ගර්දිහේවා සරත් චන්ද්රලාල් ෆොන්සේකා, Tamil: சரத் பொன்சேகா; born 18 December 1950), commonly known as Sarath Fonseka, is a Sri Lankan military leader and a member of the parliament. He was the eighteenth Commander of Sri Lankan Army, and under his command the Sri Lankan Army ended the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the rebel 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 contesting against President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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18 December 1950 (age 74) Ambalangoda, Southern Province, Dominion of Ceylon
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