Denis Perera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Denis Perera

Sri Lankan general and diplomat

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1930

Place of Birth: Gampaha, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 11-Aug-2013

Profession: engineer, diplomat

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Libra

General Deshamanya Joseph Everard Denis Perera, VSV, FCMI, ndc, psc, SLE (10 October 1930 – 11 August 2013) was a Sri Lankan General, military engineer and a diplomat who served as Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 1977 to 1981.
He was also the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia, Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission and the Ceylon Tobacco Company and Chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.
He envisioned for a women's corps in the army which resulted in the creation of the Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps in 1979.