(UTV | COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Member of Parliament Dilum Amunugama has been sworn in as the new Cabinet Minister of Transport, the President’s Media Division (PMD) announced.
He took oaths before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (March 04) at the Presidential Secretariat.
The new appointment came after Pavithra Wanniarachchi, who was serving as the Transport Minister was appointed the new Minister of Power last evening (March 03) following the sacking of Udaya Gammanpila.
Amunugama previously served as the State Minister of Vehicle Regulation, Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments and Motor Car Industry and State Minister of Community Police Services.
Meanwhile, C.B Ratnayake was sworn in as the Cabinet Minister of Wildlife Protection & Forest Resources Development.
Further, Fernando was sworn in again as the State Minister of Coconut, Kithul, and Palmyra Cultivation Promotion, Related Industrial Product Manufacturing & Export Diversification.
According to the PMD, SLPP MP Wimalaweera Dissanayake has taken oaths today as the new State Minister of Disaster Management.
The reshuffling of several key ministerial portfolios first came yesterday after Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila were removed as the Minister of Industries and Minister of Power, respectively.
Gamini Lokuge took oaths yesterday as the Minister of Energy while SLPP MP S.B. Dissanayake was sworn in as the new Minister of Industries, replacing Weerawansa.