Brigadier Maurice Anthony Jayaweera was a senior Sri Lanka Army officer.

He served as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and the Commander, Task Force Anti Illicit Immigration.

During the 1953 Ceylonese Hartal, Captain Jayaweera led the B Company in suppressing the rioters in Moratuwa.

[1] He succeeded Colonel Richard Udugama as the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Ceylon Light Infantry on 1 January 1962, serving till 4 November 1965.

He succeeded Colonel Sepala Attygalle as commander of the Task Force Anti Illicit Immigration from 1965 to 1966.