Duminda made Housing Development Authority Chairman

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Duminda Silva

Duminda Silva, who was released from his death sentence under a Presidential Pardon last month, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA).

The appointment was by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as communicated to State Ministry of Rural Housing, Construction and Building Materials Industrial Promotion Secretary Eng. Keerthi Abeysiriwardhana by President’s Secretary Dr. P. B. Jayasundera.

State Minister is Indika Anuruddha and the NDHA comes under the purview of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who holds the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing.

Silva, a former MP, in October 2018 was sentenced to death for the murder of former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra in October 2011 and was released on 24 June 2021 under a pardon by President Rajapaksa.

Duminda succeeds Renuka Dushyantha Perera, who resigned as NHDA Chairman in April. Renuka is the Administrative Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).

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