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{{short description|Sri Lankan naval admiral}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
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| name = Sirimevan Ranasinghe
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[[Admiral]] '''Sirimevan Sarathchandra Ranasinghe''', [[Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya|WWV]], [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]] is a retired Sri Lankan admiral and the former [[Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy]].

==Early life and education==
Ranasinghe received his education from [[St. Joseph's College, Anuradhapura]] and the [[Anuradhapura Central College]]. He holds an [[MPhil]] in Defence and Strategic Studies from the [[University of Madras]] and a [[Master of Science|Msc]] in War Studies and Defence Management from the [[National Defence University, Pakistan]].

==Naval career==
He enlisted in the [[Sri Lanka Navy]] as an [[Officer Cadet]] in its 11th Intake on 15 November 1982, undergoing basic training at the [[Naval and Maritime Academy|Naval and Maritime Academy, Trincomalee]], where he was adjudged the best cadet and selected for an international [[midshipmen]] course at the [[Britannia Royal Naval College|Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]], which he attended between 1984 and 1985. He is an [[anti submarine warfare]] specialist (having trained at [[INS Venduruthy]]), and did his Naval Staff Course in 1999 at the [[Defence Services Staff College]] in [[Wellington, Tamil Nadu|Wellington]], India. Ranasinghe has held the command of various ships and craft during his career in the navy, including [[SLNS Samudura]] (Commissioning Commanding Officer of US Coast Guard Cutter received from the [[United States|United States of America]]), and the [[Fast Attack Flotilla|Fast Attack Squadron]] between 2002 and 2004. He attended the Allied Officers’ War Course at the [[National Defence University, Pakistan|National Defence University]] in [[Islamabad]] in 2007, and a National Defence Course in 2012 at the [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College]], [[New Delhi]].

[[President of Sri Lanka|President]] [[Maithripala Sirisena]] appointed Ranasinghe the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy with effect from 11 July 2015. Prior to this appointment, he served as the 4th Director General of the [[Sri Lanka Coast Guard]] (appointed in August 2016).<ref>{{cite web|title=Rear Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe took over the helm of Sri Lanka Coast Guard|url=http://www.coastguard.gov.lk/index.php?id=191|website=Sri Lanka Coast Guard|publisher=coastguard.gov.lk|access-date=28 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808054122/http://www.coastguard.gov.lk/index.php?id=191|archive-date=8 August 2016|date=8 August 2022}}</ref> Other commands he has held include the Western Naval Command (2013-2014), Southern Naval Command (2012) and Deputy to the Southern Naval Command (2008). Staff commands he has held include those as Commandant of the Naval and Maritime Academy, Director Naval Operations, Director Naval Weapons, Director Marine Special Forces and Director Naval Projects and Plans.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.navy.lk/eventnews/2015/07/18/201507180800/ | title=Rear Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe assumes duties | publisher=Sri Lanka Navy | access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref>

Ranasinghe was appointed Commander of the Navy effective 26 October 2017, replacing [[Travis Sinniah]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rear Admiral Ranasinghe new Navy Chief|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/139150/Rear-Admiral-Ranasinghe-new-Navy-Chief|access-date=25 October 2017|agency=Daily Mirror|publisher=dailymirror.lk|date=25 October 2022}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Admiral]] on 31 December 2018 and retired on 1 January 2019.

==Personal life==
Sirimevan is a keen sportsman, and has received Britannia Royal Naval College Colours for Badminton, and a Triple Crown in Badminton in the Inter-command Navy Tournament 1997.

==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[[Travis Sinniah]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Commander of the Navy (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy]]|years=October 2017- December 2018 }}
{{s-aft| after = [[Piyal De Silva]]}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[Ravindra Wijegunaratne]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Navy|years=July 2015 - October 2022}}
{{s-aft| after = [[Neil Rosayro]]}}
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[[Category:Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:National Defense University alumni]]
[[Category:Sinhalese military personnel]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan admirals]]
[[Category:University of Madras alumni]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:National Defence College, India alumni]]

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