H. C. A. C. Thisera

Admiral H. C. A. Cecil Thisera, VSV, USP, ndc SLN was the 14th Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy.

Admiral

H. C. A. Cecil Thisera

VSV, USP, ndc
Born (1947-03-11) March 11, 1947[1]
AllegianceSri Lanka
Service/branchSri Lanka Navy
RankAdmiral
Service numberNRX 0026[1]
Commands heldCommander of the Sri Lankan Navy

Born in Wattala, Tissera joined the Royal Ceylon Navy as an officer cadet in 1966, he received his training at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth and was commissioned as an acting sub lieutenant. He was the first Sri Lankan naval officer to attended the National Defence College, Islamabad.[2]

He became the youngest officer to be promoted to the rank of vice admiral, when he was appointed Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy on 28 January 1997. In December 1997, a suicide truck bomb targeting Thisera, blew up prematurely.[3] He served until his retirement in 31 December 2000, when he was promoted to the rank of admiral and was succeeded by Daya Sandagiri.[4]

References
  1. "Travis Sinniah to have shortest tenure?". srilankamirror.com. Sri Lanka Mirror. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. "CATHOLIC NAMED SRI LANKA NAVY COMMANDER". ucanews. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. "Sri Lankan navy chief almost killed". United Press International. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "Past Commanders". navy.lk. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by
D. A. M. R. Samarasekara		 Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy
1997-2000		 Succeeded by
Daya Sandagiri
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