Commandant of the Volunteer Force
Commandant Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force has been the title of the head of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force. The post is held by a regular officer of the rank of major general and is the fourth senior position in the army. Commandant is in charge of the Volunteer Force Headquarters and is assisted by a deputy commandant.History
Established in 1956 as the Commandant Ceylon Volunteer Force, it was head by the second-ranking member of the General Staff from 1956 to 1966. Since 1966, it became the third-ranking after that of Commander of the Army and Chief of Staff. In the early 1990s with the creation of the post of Deputy Chief of Staff it became the fourth-ranking position in the army and has become a two-star since the early 1980s.- Colonel H. W. G. Wijeyekoon
- Colonel Maurice De Mel
- Colonel Bertram Heyn
- Colonel S. D. Ratwatte, ED
- Brigadier Tissa Weerathunga, VSV, jssc
- Major General Henry Athukorale, VSV, psc
- Brigadier Nalin Seneviratne, VSV, ndc
- Brigadier E. G. Thevanayagam, VSV
- Brigadier Hamilton Wanasinghe, VSV, ndc
- Brigadier B. K. V. J. E. Rodrigo, VSV
- Major General G. H. De Silva, RSP, ndc
- Major General Y. Balaretnarajah, USP, ndc
- Major General Sarath Fonseka, RWP, USP, rcds, psc
- Major General Parami Kulatunga, RSP, USP
- Major General Sharman Kulatunga, RSP, USP, ndc, psc
- Major General Somadasa Hapuaratchi
- Major General Lawrence Fernando
- Major General Sumith Balasuriya, USP, ndc, IG
- Major General Jagath Gunawardena
