Former Deputy Defence Minister Anuruddha Ratawatte passes away

November 24, 2011 at 12:30 pm · Close Watch

Former Deputy Defence Minister Anuruddha RatwatteFormer Deputy Defence Minister Anuruddha Ratawatte has passed away at the Kandy hospital today(24), family sources said. He was 73.  Mr. Ratwatte provided the political leadership when the Security Forces liberated Jaffna Peninsula from the Tiger terrorists in 1995 from the ‘Riviresa’ operation. He also held the portfolio of Power and Irrigation in the Peoples’ Alliance government headed by former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge.

(JNW)

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