S. A. Dissanayake

S.A. "Jingle" Dissanayaka (16 September 1913 - 11 March 1982) was a former Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police. He played a major role as Director of the Criminal Investigation Department in stopping the attempted military coup of 1962. Later in 1971 during the 1971 JVP Insurrection he was appointed as Additional Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence and coordinated military and police operations that crushed the insurrection in two months.

Educated at the Royal College, Colombo where he played rugby union at the Bradby Shield Encounter, he went to study at the University College, Colombo. He was the younger brother of Cyril Dissanayake and his son was Surgeon Commodore Lakdasa Dissanayake.

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Police appointments
Preceded by M. W. F. Abeykoon	Inspector General of Police 1963–1966	Succeeded by John Attygalla

Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)

Campbell Saunders Campbell Knollys De Wilton Longden David Dowbiggin Banks Halland Bacon Aluwihare De Silva Abeykoon Dissanayake Attygalla Abeygoonawardene Senanayake Seneviratne Rajasingham Weerasinghe Herath Perera de Silva Rajaguru Kodituwakku Anandaraja De Silva Fernando Perera Wickramaratne Balasooriya Illangakoon Jayasundara

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