New Deputy Media Minister

Chaminda Perera

Former Labour Relations and Manpower Minister Mervyn Silva took oaths as Mass Media and Information Deputy Minister before President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday.

Silva who contested the Kelaniya electorate under the UPFA secured the third place in terms of preferential votes in the Gampaha district by obtaining 151,085 votes.

Born on March 25, 1944, Silva received his primary education at Kahawatte Methodist College and secondary education at Beliatta Maha Vidyalaya and Vidyathunga Pirivena in Weligama. He became a National List MP from the People's Alliance in 2000. Hewa Koparage Mervyn Silva was one time Cooperative Wholesale Establishment SLFP Trade Union Chairman.