Parami Kulatunga


Parami Kulatunga  

Parami Kulatunga, as a Maj. Gen.
Born(1951-10-09)9 October 1951[1]
Lewella, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Died26 June 2006(2006-06-26) (aged 54)
Pannipitiya, Colombo
Allegiance Sri Lanka
Service / branch Sri Lanka Army
Years of service1971–2006
Rank Lieutenant general (posthumously awarded)
UnitGemunu Watch
CommandsDeputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army
Battles / warsSri Lankan Civil War
Awards Rana Sura Padakkama
Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya
Uttama Seva Padakkama
Desha Putra Sammanaya

Lieutenant General Parami Sudammika Bandara Kulatunga, RSP, VSV, USP (Sinhala:පාරමී කුලතුංග) (9 October 1951 in Kandy – 26 June 2006 ) was a Sri Lanka Army general. He was serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and its third highest-ranking officer at the time of his assassination. On the morning of 26 June, he was killed by a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber who drove an explosives-laden motorbike into his staff car as it was driving to a military base at Pannipitiya near Colombo.