S.M. Chandrasena sworn in as Minister of Special Projects
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S.M. Chandrasena took oaths as Cabinet Minister of Special Projects before President Rajapaksa in Anuradhapura today (23), the President’s Media Division said.
Chandrasena assumed duties as a Deputy Minister to the Economic Development Ministry on February 06, 2013. He was one of four Economic Development Deputy Ministers.
A former Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife, Chandrasena had resigned from his ministerial portfolio in September 2012 to facilitate the Chief Ministerial post in the North Central Province for his brother S.M. Ranjith.
He later took oaths as the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife in October 2012.
(Courtesy: Ada Derana)
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