FORMER CM HEMANANDA BISWAL PASSES AWAY AT 83

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(The Quiver): Former Odisha CM Hemananda Biswal passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar while undergoing treatment on Friday, informed his daughter Sunita Biswal. He was 83.

Biswal served as the Chief Minister of Odisha twice- from December 7, 1989, to March 5, 1990, and from December 6, 1999, to March 5, 2000.

He was the first tribal Chief Minister of Odisha. He was elected to the Assembly for the first time in 1974 and continued till 1977. Later he become an MLA in 1980 and held the post till 2004 from Laikera Assembly segment.Biswal started his career from panchayat politics after a brief stint as a school teacher in Jharsugudda district.