Commander of the Army is the title of the professional head of the Sri Lanka Army. The current Commander of the Army is Lieutenant General Daya Ratnanayake. It is a position comparable to that of Chief of the General Staff of the British Army. In the recent past serving army commanders have been of the rank of Lieutenant General, promoted to the honorary rank of General when retiring or promoted to Chief of Defence Staff, except in the case of General Sarath Fonseka and Jagath Jayasuriya, in which case he was made General when he was still the Commander of the Army.