NPP’s New Cabinet Sworn In, with Dr. Harini Amarasuriya as Prime Minister

Ceylon News Factory

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 and Economic Development, Defence and Digital Economy
  2. Prime Minister 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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