Sujeewa Senarath Yapa
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Sujeewa Senrath Yapa සුජීව සෙනරත් යාපා | |
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| Born | 2 June 1968 |
| Allegiance |  Sri Lankan |
| Branch |  Sri Lanka Army |
| Service years | 1987 – present |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Commands | Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force |
| Awards | Rana Wickrama Padakkama Rana Sura Padakkama |
| Spouse | Nayani Samanthi |
Major General D G S Senarath Yapa RWP, RSP, ndu was a Sri Lanka Army general. He is the incumbent Commandant of the National Defence College, Sri Lanka and former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army. Before that he was the 49th Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force.[1] Prior to join SLVF, he served as the Commander of Security Forces (West) and (Jaffna).[2][3]
Yapa educated at Piliyandala Central College, Colombo District. After that he joined the Sri Lanka Army as an Officer Cadet on 16 March 1987 under the Intake 27. As an officer, he completed his Master of Science in management (Defence) from the Kotalawala Defence University, Sri Lanka and then again gained Master of Science in Strategic Military Studies from National Defence University of Beijing in China.