Former UNP
General Secretary Tissa Atttanayake took oaths as the Ministry of Health before
President Mahinda Rajapaksa a short while ago.
The swearing
in ceremony took place at the President’s Residence in Kandy, which is also the
hometown of Attanayake.
The position
was previously held by Maithripala Sirisena who crossed over to the common
opposition to be its presidential candidate at the presidential election.
Lalith
Dissanayake served as the Acting Health Minister since Maithripala Sirisena’s
defection from the government.
A large
number of ruling party members , Ministers and senior officials took part in
the swearing in ceremony of Tissa Attanayake.
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