Sri Lanka’s new Cabinet of Ministers sworn in | Full details!

The new Cabinet of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government was sworn in at the Presidential Secretariat this morning.

The swearing-in ceremony commenced with Dr. Harini Amarasuriya taking oaths as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

A Cabinet consisting of 22 Ministers has been appointed under the new government. 

The newly appointed Cabinet of Ministers is as follows; 

  1. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake – Minister of Finance, Defence and Digital
  2. PM Harini Amarasuriya – Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education 
  3. Vijitha Herath – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism
  4. Prof Chandana Abeyratne – Minister of Public Administration, Provincial & Local Councils
  5. Attorney-at-Law Harshana Nanayakkara – Minister of Justice and National Integration 
  6. Saroja Savithri Paulraj – Minister of Women and Child Affairs
  7. K.D. Lalkantha – Minister of Irrigation, Livestock, Agriculture, and Lands
  8. Anura Karunathilake – Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing 
  9. Ramalingam Chandrasekar – Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources
  10. Prof. Upali Pannilage – Minister of Rural Development, Social Security, and Community Empowerment
  11. Sunil Handunneththi – Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development 
  12. Ananda Wijepala – Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
  13. Bimal Rathnayake – Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation
  14. Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi – Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs
  15. Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa – Minister of Health and Media 
  16. Samantha Widyaratne – Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure
  17. Sunil Kumara Gamage – Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
  18. Wasantha Samarasinghe – Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development
  19. Prof. Krishantha Abeysena – Minister of Science and Technology 
  20. Prof. Anil Jayantha Fernando – Minister of Labour 
  21. Eng. Kumara Jayakody – Minister of Energy 
  22. Dr. Dhammika Patabendi – Minister of Environment

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