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About Janaka Perera
- Major General Janaka Perera, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, VSP, rcds, psc, CR (1 February 1946 – 6 October 2008) was a Sri Lankan General and politician.
- He served as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and is considered one of the most distinguished generals in Sri Lankan history.
- After retiring from the army he served as a Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia and Ambassador to Indonesia.
- He was the opposition leader of the North Central Provincial Council until he and his wife were killed on 6 October 2008 by a suicide bomber.
- The LTTE have been blamed for the bombing by Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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