President appoints 17 new Cabinet Ministers

A total of 17 new cabinet ministers were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Colombo a short while ago.

However, the President’s Media Division stated there were no changes in the portfolios held by the President, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris and Finance Minister Ali Sabry.

See the full list of new ministers below:

1. Dinesh Gunawardena – Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
2. Douglas Devananda – Minister of Fisheries
3. Dr. Ramesh Pathirana – Minister of Education and Plantation Industries
4. Prasanna Ranatunga – Minister of Public Security and Tourism
5. Dilum Amunugama – Minister of Transport and Industries
6. Kanaka Herath – Minister of Highways
7. Vidura Vickramanayake – Minister of Labour
8. Janaka Wakkumbura – Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
9. Shehan Semasinghe – Minister of Trade and Samurdhi Development
10. Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva – Minister of Water Supplies
11. Wimalaweera Dissanayake – Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation
12. Kanchana Wijesekara – Minister of Power and Energy
13. Thenuka Vidanagamage – Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
14. Dr. Nalaka Godahewa – Minister of Mass Media
15. Prof. Channa Jayasumana – Minister of Health
16. Naseer Ahamed – Minister of Environment
17. Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon – Minister of Ports and Shipping

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