Mahesh Senanayake

General NUMMW Senanayake මහේෂ් සේනානායක RWP, RSP, VSV, USP
Allegiance	Sri Lanka
Service / branch	Sri Lanka Army
Years of service	1983 – 2019
Rank	General
Service number	O/60050
Unit	Special Forces Regiment Sri Lanka Engineers
Commands	Commander of the Army Chief of Staff, Sri Lanka Army Jaffna Security Forces 52 Division Special Forces Brigade 211 Infantry Brigade Regimental Center Commandant, Special Forces Regiment 3rd Special Forces Regiment 1st Special Forces Regiment
Battles / wars	Sri Lankan Civil War Insurrection 1987-89
Awards	Rana Wickrama Padakkama Rana Sura Padakkama Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya Uttama Seva Padakkama

General N.U.M. Mahesh W. Senanayke, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP is a retired Sri Lankan Army senior officer who served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 2017 to 2019. Senanayake had previously been the Commander, Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna, General Officer Commanding, 52 Division and Brigade Commander, Special Forces Brigade. Having started his military career as a military engineer, Senanayake became a special forces officer and is a veteran of all four phases of the Sri Lankan Civil War, he has served in both its Northern and Eastern theaters. Following his retirement, he contested the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election and came fourth after the three candidates of the three major political parties in the island.