Rohan Amarasinghe
| Rear Admiral AR Amarasinghe | |
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| Born | 17 November 1959 |
| Allegiance | Sri Lanka |
| Service/branch |
 Sri Lanka Navy
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| Years of service | 1980-2014 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held | Commander Eastern Naval Area, Commander Western Naval Area, Commandant Volunteer Naval Force, Commander North Central Naval Area, Director General Personnel and Training, Commander Southern Naval Area, Director Naval Operations, Director Naval Rapid Action Boat Squadron, Director Naval Intelligence, Director Naval Land Operations, Director Naval Weapons, Commanding Officer SLNS Sayura, Naval Media Spokesman |
| Battles/wars | Sri Lankan Civil War |
| Awards | Rana Sura Padakkama, Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, Uttama Seva Padakkama |
Rear Admiral Anthony Rohan Amarasinghe, RSP, VSV, USP, psc, MNI, SLN was a distinguished Sri Lankan admiral and a Commissioned Naval Officer. He served as the Director of Naval Rapid Action Boat Squadron, Director Naval Operations, Commander Southern Naval Area(ComSouth), Director General Personnel and Training, Commander North Central Naval Area(ComNorCen), Commander Western Naval Area(ComWest) and Commander Eastern Naval Area(ComEast). He retired from the active service in 2014 upon reaching a mandatory retirement age of 55 for Sri Lankan Armed Forces Personnel. At the time of his retirement, he was the third most senior executive officer behind Commander of the Navy and the Chief of Staff.
Rear Admiral Anthony Rohan Amarasinghe joined the Sri Lanka Navy on 1 November 1980 as an Officer Cadet of the 9th Intake at the Naval & Maritime Academy Trincomalee. He followed his basic training at Naval & Maritime Academy Trincomalee from 1980 to 1983 and Sub Lieutenant Technical course in India in 1983/84 with outstanding performances in Academics as well as in sports. Rear Admiral Rohan Amarasinghe is a specialized gunner, graduated from gunnery school of INS Dronacharya at Kochi (1989), India securing higher place in order of merit. He followed International Principal Warfare Officer (IPWO) Course at the School of Maritime Operations, HMS Dryad in United Kingdom (1988). He successfully completed the Naval Intelligence International Officer Practical Course at the Fleet Intelligence Training Center Pacific (FITPAC)and International Combat Information Officer Course at the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific(EWTGPAC), San Diego in United States of America in 2002. He has been conferred with two diplomas in International Relations and Conflict resolution from the Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute.He represented the Commander of the Navy at the RAN Seapower Conference 2013 & International Fleet Review in Sydney organized by the Royal Australian Navy and was a guest speaker at the Offshore Patrol Vessels conference (2014) in Dublin, organized by the Defence Forces of Ireland. He is also an alumnus of Near East Asia Center for Strategic Studies and of Army War College, Mhow.
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