Fmr. Minister Sirisena Cooray passes away

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Former Minister Sirisena Cooray passed away today while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo, his family said.

He served as the Mayor of Colombo from 1979 to 1989.

Then, in 1989, he also served as the Housing and Construction Minister in the Government of President Ranasinghe Premadasa.

He also served as the General Secretary of the United National Party for some time.

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Ram Tuesday, 30 November 2021 12:10 PM

Deepest sympathies. He kept away from Politics quite early unlike many others

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G Tuesday, 30 November 2021 02:46 PM

Rest in peace for there wouldn't have been any path if you had not paved the way Thanks for the influence and thanks to the tax payers who funded the pavers.

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Anura Jayantha Tuesday, 30 November 2021 03:58 PM

The leaders who introduced crimes in Sri Lanka

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Era Tuesday, 30 November 2021 08:32 PM

This is not true. Do not comment on hearsay.

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Man Wednesday, 01 December 2021 08:43 AM

Served the UNP and crossed over to the then SLFP with the Karu's leadership to strengthen the hands of Mahinda. His son, too, joined that trail and got stranded. Very unfortunate.

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Gini Awi Saha Ginikeli - 90'sUNP good politics Wednesday, 01 December 2021 08:56 AM

Finally you can join Lalith now...

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Koory Wednesday, 01 December 2021 10:30 AM

Oops! We thought, Sirisena Cooray had passed away long before the year 2015.

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