Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)

Chief of the Defence Staff
Sri Lanka Armed Forces
Constituting instrumentChief of Defence Staff Act, No. 35 of 2009
Formation11 February 1985 as General Officer Commanding, Joint Operations Command
First holderGeneral Tissa Weeratunga (as GOC-JOC)
Final holderGeneral Shavendra Silva
Abolished31 December 2024 (2024-12-31)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) was the most senior appointment in the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, and the highest-ranking military officer in service, outranking the heads of each service branch. The CDS had not operational command authority over service branches, but rather oversaw inter-service co-operation and developed and implemented the joint operations doctrine of the Sri Lankan armed forces. Coordination of inter-service joint operations were handled by the Office of the Chief of the Defence Staff, formally known as the Joint Operations Headquarters.

The CDS was the Chairman of a Committee made up of service commanders and is a member of the National Security Council.

Its subordinate command was known as the Overall Operational Command.

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