North Central Province gets new Chief Minister

Thursday, 29 January 2015 01:42 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) member of the North Central Provincial Council Peshala Jayaratne was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of the Province before the new Governor P.B. Dissanayake yesterday.

He was the former Provincial Council Minister of Food, Cooperative, Industries and Rural Development. Jayaratne was earlier removed from his ministerial portfolios by former Chief Minister S.M. Ranjith following his decision to support President Maithripala Sirisena during the Presidential election campaign.