It's the wrong tense! It's either a typo or the person who wrote it used incorrect English.
What tense do you think should be used after the word "recently"?
The present perfect!!! This sentence is copied from Cambridge Advanced Grammar in Use, printed in 2003, page 115.
The text is concerned with the articles
Bob Collins recently become _____ minister in the new government, being appointed as _____ Minister for Industry. Mr Collins has had _____ varied career. He was _____ professional footballer in ______ 1960s, some people considering him to be _____ most skillful player of _____ his generation. After _____ serious injury, he became _____ manager of _____ oldest pub in ______ Hague. Five years later, he was offered _____ position of _____ executive director of Arcon, one of _____ biggest supermarkets chains in ______ country. He become ______ Member of _____Parliament in ______1990.