President appoints 17 new Cabinet Ministers
Posted by Editor on April 18, 2022 - 10:50 am
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:
- Dinesh Gunawardena – Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
- Douglas Devananda – Minister of Fisheries
- Dr. Ramesh Pathirana – Minister of Education and Plantation Industries
- Prasanna Ranatunga – Minister of Public Security and Tourism
- Dilum Amunugama – Minister of Transport and Industries
- Kanaka Herath – Minister of Highways
- Vidura Vickramanayake – Minister of Labour
- Janaka Wakkumbura – Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
- Shehan Semasinghe – Minister of Trade and Samurdhi Development
- Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva – Minister of Water Supplies
- Wimalaweera Dissanayake – Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation
- Kanchana Wijesekara – Minister of Power and Energy
- Thenuka Vidanagamage – Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
- Dr. Nalaka Godahewa – Minister of Mass Media
- Prof. Channa Jayasumana – Minister of Health
- Naseer Ahamed – Minister of Environment
- Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon – Minister of Ports and Shipping
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Blogging from Gota-go-gama.
Why doesn’t President Nandasena understand mass public sentiment?
How can a person not only continue holding a high office but live in a Country when he is being openly called ‘pissa’, hora’ etc.
This person is hameless.
The nation rejects the 17 bottom-lickers who have been appointed to ‘Cabinet’.
Go home Gota.