President appoints 17 new Cabinet ministers

The new Cabinet Ministers have sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Colombo this morning (18).  

Accordingly, the President has appointed 17 new cabinet ministers.

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.

Meanwhile the PMD said that the President’s address to the new Cabinet will be telecast at 7.30 pm today (18) on all television and radio channels.

See the full list of new ministers below: 

1. Dinesh Gunawardena – Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provicnial 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