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Sarath Fonseka is a Sri Lankan politician and former General in the Sri Lanka Army. He was the former Commander of Sri Lanka Army, when he played an integral role in ending the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and briefly served as the Chief of Defence Staff.
After retiring he entered politics as the common opposition candidate in the 2010 Presidential election contesting against President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Following his controversial defeat in the presidential election he was elected to Parliament in the general election that followed. He lost his parliamentary seat after he was sentenced to serve a three year prison sentence by a military court which convicted him of irregularities in army procurements.
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