H.R. Amaraweera

H.R. Amaraweera
Allegiance	Sri Lanka
Service/branch	Sri Lanka Navy
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	former Director Operations Sri Lanka Navy
Battles/wars	Sri Lankan Civil War
Awards	Uttama Seva Padakkama, Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya
Other work	Coordinating Director for Trincomalee of the Ministry of Resettlement and Disaster Relief

Rear Admiral H.R. Amaraweera (also known as Handunnetti Rannulu Amaraweera) is a former Director Operations Sri Lanka Navy.

Amaraweera was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo. He was a keen cricketer and played for the Nalanda first XI team. Few of his team mates are Lalith Kaluperuma and Eastman Narangoda. Amaraweera's brothers former Minister H. R. Piyasiri and former Member of parliament H. R. Wimalasiri too played cricket for Nalanda.

After completing education at Nalanda, Amaraweera joined Sri Lanka Navy as a cadet officer and later was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant. During his Naval career, Amaraweera had held some key appoinments such as Commander of the Southern Naval area, commander of the Western Naval area. After retirement at present, Rear Admiral H.R. Amaraweera is the Managing Director of Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation (LRDC) Security Services.

During Operation Balavegaya the then Captain Amaraweera commanded flotilla from SLNS Edithara.

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