RIP sir
Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan dies
Posted: 27 September 2010 1038 hrs
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SINGAPORE: Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan died early Monday morning.
Dr Sadasivan was 55 years old.
The former neurosurgeon entered politics in 2001 and was among seven new promising new candidates slated for office soon after being elected.
Late in 2008, Dr Sadasivan had surgery to have a cancerous tumour removed from his colon.
His friend and former MP Chandra Das said Dr Sadasivan had not been well since, but continued working till about a week ago.
Dr Sadasivan was married, with two children.