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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is the professional head of the Sri Lanka Police. They are the most senior police officer in Sri Lanka and oversees all police personnel throughout the country. The IGP reports to the Minister of Law and Order, when the Police Service is under the Ministry of Law and Order as it is currently.
Weerasooriya was serving as the senior deputy inspector general in charge of the North Central Province before he was appointed as acting inspector general of police on 26 September 2024 by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. [5] He replaces Deshabandu Tennakoon, who was suspended from the position on 24 July 2024. [6] [7]
Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Wanshalankara Deshabandu Tennakoon (born 7 March 1971), known as Deshabandu Tennakoon (Sinhala: දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන්), is a controversial Sri Lankan police officer. He was the first de facto Inspector General of the Sri Lankan Police. The Supreme Court suspended him on 24 July 2024.
This is a list of people who have held the post of Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka) of the Sri Lanka Police. Pages in category "Sri Lankan Inspectors General of Police" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
Wickramaratne was a Senior Deputy Inspector General, when he was appointed to the role of acting Inspector-General of Police, when the incumbent, Jayasundara, was suspended following the 2019 Easter bombings. [5] On 13 May 2019, C. D. Wickramaratne was approved to work as acting IGP by the Constitutional Council.
This date is considered as the beginning of the Sri Lanka Police Service. 1867: The Chief of Police was designated as the Inspector General of Police. William Robert Campbell became the first Inspector General of Police. The Police Headquarters was founded at Maradana, in the City of Colombo.
He worked as a Senior Deputy Inspector General of Sri Lanka Police prior to his appointment as the IGP. [2] He served as a police officer for 35 years until his retirement in 2020. [3] Jayasundara was appointed on 20 April 2016, recommended by the newly appointed Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka. He was chosen from among three Senior Deputy ...
Thangarajah Edward Anandaraja was Sri Lanka's 27th Inspector-General of Police and a former Commissioner, Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.. After graduating from the Peradeniya University in 1966, he joined the police service and served as Assistant Superintendent, Superintendent and Senior Superintendent in Police Districts and Divisions in Elpitiya, Monaragala, Jaffna, Kelaniya, Colombo ...