| Ubaya Medawela උභය මැදවල | |
| Birth Place: | Kegalle, Sri Lanka |
| Allegiance: | Sri Lanka |
| Serviceyears: | 1981 - 2016 |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Unit: | Sri Lanka Armoured Corps |
| Commands: | Chief of Staff of the Army (Sri Lanka) Military Adviser to Sri Lanka mission to the United Nations in New York |
| Battles: | Sri Lankan Civil War Insurrection 1987-89 |
| Awards: | Rana Sura Padakkama Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya Uttama Seva Padakkama |
| Laterwork: | Nature Conservation and Wild Life Protection, Cross Culture Communication for Harmony |
Major General Ubaya Medawela RSP, VSV, USP, ndu, psc, MSc was a Sri Lankan army general; he was the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army.[1]
Ubaya received his education from Nalanda College Colombo (where he was a Senior Cadet) alongside peers such as Air Chief Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala, Major General Ajith Wickramasinghe, Udaya Ranawaka and former Sri Lanka test cricketer Sanath Kaluperuma.[2] [3] [4] He is a graduate of the New Zealand Defence College and the University of Madras, holding a MSc in Defence and Strategic Studies with an Instructor Grading.[5]
Ubaya has also been military attaché in the Sri Lankan mission to the United Nations in New York, and the army's Security Force Commander (Central & West) and a military spokesman.[6] [7] [8]