Admiral (Prof.) Jayanath Colombage

Admiral (Prof.) Jayanath Colombage has served the Sri Lanka Navy for a period of 36 years and retired as the Chief of the Navy on 01 July 2014

He is a graduate of Defense Services Staff College in India and Royal College of Defense Studies, UK. He holds a PhD from General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University (Sri Lanka). He also holds MSc on Defense and Strategic Studies from Madras University and MA on International Studies from Kings College, London.

Admiral Colombage is a Guest Professor at Sichuan University in China. Admiral has conducted lectures to National Defense Colleges in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh. He has been a guest lecturer at many universities in Indonesia too.

He has served as the Director General of the Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka, Director at Centre for Indo-Lanka Initiatives at Pathfinder Foundation and Chairman of Sri Lanka Shipping Corporation as well.

Admiral Colombage was the Additional Secretary to The President for International Relations and Secretary to the Foreign Ministry from August 2020 to May 2022. Admiral Colombage has served as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka for Indonesia and ASEAN.