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The General Secretary of United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and former cabinet minister Professor Vishwa Warnapala passed away yesterday. He was 79.

Prof. Warnapala, a longstanding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) entered Parliament in 1994 as a National List MP. He also served as the Minister of Higher Education in the Cabinet of then President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge.

He also served as Parliamentary Affairs Minister under former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

He was appointed UPFA General Secretary after President Maithripala Sirisena was elected to office in January 2015.

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