Major General Priyanka Fernando, RWP, USP, is a former senior Sri Lanka Army officer.

Fernando was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and served as the commanding officer of the 11th Battalion, Gemunu Watch, from October 2007 until December 2008.

[3] He was attached to the 59 Division and which was commanded by Major General Nandana Udawatta during the Sri Lankan Civil War.

Brigadier Fernando was appointed as Minister Counsellor (Defence) to the High Commission of Sri Lanka, London, on 5 August 2017 and served until 28 February 2018.

During his tenure as the Minister Counsellor (Defence) of the High Commission of Sri Lanka in London, Fernando gained media attention for making throat-slitting gestures towards LTTE protesters outside the Sri Lankan High Commission in London on 4 February 2018 (Sri Lanka's independence Day), for which he was fined £2,400 by the Westminster Magistrates' Court, which ruled Fernando "is not protected by diplomatic immunity".

[16][17][18][19][20][21][22] In March 2020, the Westminster Magistrates’ Court ruling was overturned on appeal by Fernando to the High Court of Justice, which quashed his conviction, upholding his diplomatic immunity as per the Vienna Convention, to which Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom are parties.