Harini Amarasuriya new PM; three-member Cabinet appointed

By Ajith Siriwardana  

Parliamentarian Dr. Harini Amarasuriya was sworn in as the new Prime Minister while a three-member Cabinet was appointed yesterday.

Dr. Harini Amarasuriya was sworn in as the new Prime Minister at the Presidential Secretariat in the presence of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.  

A three-member Cabinet was also appointed by the President, which included fifteen Ministries.  

NPP Member Attorney at-law Sunil Watagala told reporters that newly appointed MP Lakshman Nipunaarachchi was not sworn in as a Minister due to a legal issue.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Ministry of Defence, Finance, Economic Development, Policy Formulation, Planning and Tourism, Energy, Agriculture, Land, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya

Minister of Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour, Education, Science and Technology, Women, Child and Youth Affairs and Sports, Trade, Commercial, Food Security, Co-operative Development, Industries and Entrepreneur Development and Health.

MP Vijitha Herath

Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, National Integration, Social Security and Mass Media, Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, Public Security, Foreign Affairs, Environment, Wildlife, Forest Resources, Water Supply, Plantation and Community, Infrastructure and Rural and Urban Development, Housing and Construction.