Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy (DoSA) has been the title of the third in command of the Sri Lanka Navy. The post is held by a regular officer of the rank of Rear Admiral and is the third senior position in the Navy. Deputy Chief of Staff is charged with assisting the Chief of Staff of the Navy in both operational and administrative aspects, functioning as the Acting Navy Commander in his absences or incantation.
List of deputy chiefs of staff
NoChief of staffTook officeLeft officeNotes Rear Admiral S.P. Weerasekara 7 July 2005 13 December 2005 Rear Admiral T.M.W.K.B. Tennakoon 1 January 2007 20 May 2007 Rear Admiral M.R.U. Sirirwardena 1 August 2007 6 June 2008 Rear Admiral T.S.G. Samarasinghe 7 June 200815 May 2009 Rear Admiral Susith Weerasekara16 May 2009 4 April 2011 Rear Admiral Neil Rosayro11 July 2015 25 October 2017 Rear Admiral Piyal De Silva26 October 2017 1 July 2018 Rear Admiral Jagath Ranasinghe12 November 2018 31 December 2018 Rear Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne 4 May 2019 Rear Admiral Niraj Attygalle 7 November 2019 Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera8 November 201912 September 2020 Rear Admiral Sumith Weerasinghe22 September 2020 14 January 2021 Rear Admiral Ruwan Perera15 January 2021 20 March 2021 Rear Admiral Meril Sudarshana21 March 202119 May 2021 Rear Admiral Y. N. Jayarathna19 May 202116 August 2021 Rear Admiral Upul De Silva7 September 202120 June 2022 Rear Admiral Priyantha Perera21 June 2022 8 July 2022 Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake9 July 2022 12 October 2022 Appointed as Deputy Chief of Staff while he is holding office as the 6th Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard. Rear Admiral Jayantha Kularatne 12 October 2022 22 December 2022 Rear Admiral Nishantha De Silva 23 December 2022 Rear Admiral Pradeep Rathnayake 23 December 2022 16 January 2024 Rear Admiral KWARI Ranasinghe 4 April 2024 11 October 2024 Rear Admiral Nishantha Peiris 11 October 2024 5 November 2024 Rear Admiral Rohitha Abeysinghe 5 November 2024 9 November 2024 Rear Admiral KDDC Fernando 9 November 2024 30 December 2024 Rear Admiral W.D.C.U. Kumarasinghe 31 December 202430 May 2025
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