Piyal Abeysekera

Major General Piyal Abeysekera, USP (also known as E P De Z Abeysekera) was a Sri Lankan army general and the former Deputy Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Army.^[1][2][3]

Major General Piyal Abeysekera; USP
Born	Colombo
Allegiance	Sri Lanka
Branch	Sri Lanka Army
Years of service	1980 – 2014 (34 years)
Rank	Major General
Commands	Sri Lanka Signals Corps
Battles / wars	Sri Lankan Civil War
Awards	USP

Early life and education

Piyal received his education from Nalanda College Colombo. He holds a MSc from General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University in Military Science.^[4]

Military career

Abeysekera joined Sri Lanka Army as an officer cadet in 1980 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Regular Force. Piyal has held key appointments such as Master-General of ordinance branch, Colonel commandant of Sri Lanka Signals Corps, Commander Sri Lanka Light Infantry, Chief Signal Officer, Adjutant General, Director Operations at Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP).^[5][6][7]