Sarath Fonseka
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Sri Lankan senior army officer
Why Is Sarath Fonseka Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Field Marshal Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka, , commonly known as Sarath Fonseka, is a retired Sri Lankan army officer and politician. He was the eighteenth Commander of Sri Lanka Army, and under his command the Sri Lanka Army ended the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the militant group, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; he thereafter briefly served as the Chief of Defence Staff. After retiring from the Army with the rank of General, he entered politics as the common opposition candidate in the 2010 presidential election contesting against President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
