Former Minister of Highways and Road Development and Chief Government Whip Jeyaraj Fernandopulle will be laid to rest in Katana with full state honor today (April 10).

Minister Fernandopulle was assassinated in an LTTE suicide attack bomb explosion in Weliweriya on April 6.

Minister Fernandopulle entered into politics in 1983 and represented Gampaha district in five consecutive elections. A lawyer by profession, the late Minister was a fluent speaker in Sinhalese, Tamil and English.

During his career, he held many ministerial portfolios including, the Minster of Catholic Affairs, Minister of Ethnic Concession and National Unity, Minister of Port and Aviation.

His last ministerial portfolio was Ministry Highways and Road Development under President Rajapaksa’s government.