Sri Lanka’s new Cabinet of Ministers sworn in

The new Cabinet of Ministers of the National People’s Power (NPP) government were sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a short while ago.

The swearing-in ceremony was held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this morning (18).

The new Cabinet of Ministers comprises of 21 Ministers including the Prime Minister while the new Deputy Ministers will reportedly be appointed later on.

Accordingly, the new Cabinet will be limited to 21 Ministers, whereas President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will retain the ministerial portfolios of Defence, Finance, Planning, Economic Development and Digital Economy, according to the President’s Media Division (PMD).

The Cabinet Ministers of the new government are as follows:

1. PM Dr. Harini Amarasuriya – Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
2. Vijitha Herath – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism
3. Prof. Chandana Abeyrathna - Minister of State Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government
4. Harshana Nanayakkara - Minister of Justice and National Integration
5. Saroja Savithri Paulraj - Minister of Women and Child Affairs
6. K.D. Lalkantha - Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
7. Anura Karunathilake - Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing
8. Ramalingam Chandrasekar - Minister of Fisheries
9. Upali Pannilage - Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment
10. Sunil Hadunnetti - Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development
11. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
12. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation
13. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi - Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs
14. Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media
15. Samantha Vidyarathna - Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure
16. Sunil Kumara Gamage - Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
17. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development
18. Prof. Chrishantha Abeysena - Minister of Science and Technology
19. Prof. Anil Jayantha Fernando - Minister of Labour
20. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy
21. Dr. Dammika Patabendi - Minister of Environment