Sam Wijesinghe passes away
August 31, 2014 07:58 pm
Former Secretary General of the Sri Lanka Parliament and Ombudsman, Sam Wijesinghe, has passed away at the age of 93. Family members said that he passed away this evening at his residence.
Mr Wijesinghe was also the chairman of the Human Task Force and the Chancellor of the Open University of Sri Lanka.
He joined the Ceylon Law College and did his London degree and also sat for the C. C. S. in 1945.
In 1972 under the new constitution he was appointed secretary to the National State Assembly, and thereafter appointed Secretary General of Parliament.
He retired in the year 1981 and just six weeks later, was appointed as the first Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsmen). He served in this capacity for ten years and retired for the second time in the year 1991 at the age of 70 years.
He was later appointed Chairman of Dispute Resolution Committee of the Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka.
