17 new Cabinet Ministers were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Colombo, today (18).
They are:
- Dinesh Gunawardena – Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
- Douglas Devananda – Fisheries
- Dr. Ramesh Pathirana – Education, Plantation Industries
- Prasanna Ranatunga – Public Security, Tourism
- Dilum Amunugama – Transport, Industries
- Kanaka Herath – Highways
- Vidura Wickramanayaka– Labour
- Janaka Wakkumbura – Agriculture, Irrigation
- Shehan Semasinghe – Trade, Samurdhi Development
- Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva – Water Supply
- Wimalaweera Dissanayake – Wildlife and Forest Conservation
- Kanchana Wijesekera – Energy, Power
- Thenuka Vidanagamage – Youth Affairs and Sports
- Dr. Nalaka Godahewa – Mass Media
- Professor Channa Jayasumana – Health
- Naseer Ahamed – Environment
- Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon – Ports and Shipping
There was no change in the portfolios held by the President, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris and Finance Minister Ali Sabry.
