18 November 2024 11:55 am Views - 7984
Colombo, Nov 18 (Daily Mirror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has retained the Ministries of Defence, Finance and Economic Development and the Digital Economy.
The new cabinet of 22 ministers was sworn in this morning at the Presidential Secretariat.
1. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Minister of Defence, Finance and Economic Development and Digital Economy
2. PM Dr. Harini Amarasuriya – Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
3. Vijitha Herath – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism
4. Prof. Chandana Abeyrathna - Minister of State Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government
5. Harshana Nanayakkara - Minister of Justice and National Integration
6. Saroja Savithri Paulraj - Minister of Women and Child Affairs
7. K.D. Lalkantha - Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
8. Anura Karunathilake - Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing
9. Ramalingam Chandrasekar - Minister of Fisheries
10. Upali Pannilage - Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment
11. Sunil Hadunnetti - Minister of Industries 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. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi - Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs
15. Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media
16. Samantha Vidyarathna - 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. Chrishantha Abeysena - Minister of Science and Technology
20. Prof. Anil Jayantha Fernando - Minister of Labour
21. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy
22. Dr. Dammika Patabendi - Minister of Environment