Aleric Abeygunawardena

Aleric Lanty Abeygunawardena (1905-1998) was a Sri Lankan Inspector General Police (IGP) (1967–1970).

Aleric Abeygunawardene
17th Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)
In office
8 July 1967 – 13 September 1970
Preceded byJohn Attygalle
Succeeded byStanley Senanayake
Personal details
Born
Aleric Lanty Abeygunawardena
Died1998
SpouseKate née de Fonseka
ChildrenManolal, Nelum, Kumar, Anoja
ProfessionPolice officer

Abeygunawardena was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia and joined the Ceylon Police Force on 28 September 1931 as a Sub-Inspector of Police. In May 1950 he was promoted to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and served as ASP Galle and ASP Kalutara.[1]

On 8 July 1967 he was appointed as the Inspector General Police, succeeding John Attygalle following his retirement, and served in that position until 13 September 1970.[2]

Abeygunawardena then served as an Additional Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence during the 1971 JVP Insurrection, leading the investigation into the insurrection.[3][4]

He married Kate de Fonseka and they had four daughters.[5]

References
  1. Ceylon Civil List 1955. Ceylon: Government of Ceylon Press. 1955.
  2. Gunawardena, Gamini (18 December 2010). "Stanley Senanayake Saga in the Police: Some Random Sketches of events in Contemporary history". The Island. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. Jayakody, Priyantha (2 April 2017). "Golden Era of Police Athletics". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. Gunawardena, Edward (21 July 2019). "The National Security Council and Police Intelligence". The Island. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  5. "Charles David De Fonseka". De Fonseka family name website. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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