Olympic Athlete Sugath Thilakaratne has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs in Sri Lanka.
Thilakaratne was sworn-in before the President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on 21St November evening at the President’s Secretariat in Colombo.
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He became a Member of Parliament after being listed in the National List of the National People’s Power following the landslide victory in the Parliamentary Elections held on the 14th of November.
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Former Sri Lankan athlete who participated in several Olympic Games, managed to claim Gold Medals in 400m event at the Asian Games and Asian Championship while winning a Bronze Medal in Commonwealth Games.
