Trade unionist, former Minister and Ceylon Workers Congress Chairman Muthu Sivalingam has passed away at the age of 79.
Parliamentarian V. Radhakrishnan announced the former Minister’s death in Parliament a short while ago.
The late MP, who represented Nuwaraeliya district in Parliament, held several ministerial posts. He was the Minister of Estate Housing Infrastructure and Community Development from 2007 to 2010. He also held posts such as the Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Deputy Minister of Primary Industries, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock.
The Government is finalising a list of names to be posted as heads of Sri Lanka’s missions abroad with ex-Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya assuming the position of Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
Kandiah (Ken) Balendra, a veteran corporate leader and the first Sri Lankan chairman of John Keells Holdings (JKH) has passed away at the age of 85.
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