Parami Kulatunga
| Parami Sugandika Bandara Kulatunga | |
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Lieutenant General Parami Kulatunga
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| Born |
9 October 1951 Lewella, Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 26 June 2006 (aged 54) † Pannipitiya, Colombo |
| Allegiance |
 Sri Lanka
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| Service/branch | Sri Lanka Army |
| Years of service | 35 Years |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Gemunu Watch |
| Commands held | Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army( – August 8, 1992) |
| Battles/wars | Sri Lankan Civil War |
| Awards |
Rana Sura Padakkama, Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, Uttama Seva Padakkama, Desha Putra Sammanaya |
Lieutenant General Parami Sugandika Bandara Kulatunga RSP, VSV, USP, GW (Sinhala:පාරමී කුලතුංග) (9 October 1951 in Kandy – 26 June 2006 †) was Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army, its third highest-ranking officer.
On the morning of 26 June, he was killed by a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber who drove an explosives laden motorbike into his official vehicle as it was driving to a military base at Pannipitiya near Colombo.
A Memorial Dedication service for Lt. Gen. Kulatunga was held at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on October 11, 2006.
Kulatunga was educated at Trinity College, Kandy. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College.
He enlisted in the Sri Lanka Army on July 20, 1971. After his initial military training, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and subsequently posted to the 1st Battalion of the Gemunu Watch on October 14, 1972.
In his military education, he followed the International Military Education & Training Program in the United States and several other courses including the Senior Command Course (India), Advanced Intelligence Course (Singapore), and the Intelligence Staff Officers’ Course (India) and a few other short courses. Apart from that he has also represented Sri Lanka in a number of international symposia, including the Special Operations conference in the US, South Asia Peace Keeping Operations Seminar in Bangladesh, Pacific Armies Management seminar in Malaysia, Senior Military Officers’ Seminar in United Kingdom and United Nations Medal Awarding Parade in Haiti.
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