(UTV|COLOMBO) – UPDATE: The Cabinet was reshuffled this morning (01) by President Maithripala Sirisena, with several Ministerial portfolios changing.
The following are the newly appointed Ministers of the Cabinet:
- Duminda Dissanayake – Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and Disaster Management
- Mahinda Amaraweera – Minister of Agriculture
- S. B Navinna – Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development
- Sarath Amunugama – Minister of Science, Technology and Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training, and Hill Country Heritage
- Lakshman Kiriella – Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy Development
- P. Harrison – Minister of Social Empowerment
- Kabir Hashim – Minister of Highways and Road Development
- Ranjith Madduma Bandara – Minister of Public Administration and Management; Minister of Law and Order
- Thalatha Athukorala – Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms
- Faiszer Musthapha – Minister of Sports; Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government
- Vijith Vijayamuni Zoysaa – Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy
- D. M. Swaminathan – Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs
- Mano Ganesan – Minister of National Co-existence, Reconciliation and Official Languages
- Sagala Ratnayake – Minister of Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development
- Daya Gamage – Minister of Social Welfare and Primary Industries
- Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka – Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development
- Wijedasa Rajapakshe – Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs
- Ravindra Samaraweera – Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations
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(UTV|COLOMBO) – The proposed Cabinet reshuffle is to take place at the Presidential Secretariat today (01) and all Ministers are informed to be present by 9.30 AM.
President Maithripala Sirisena changed the portfolios of several United National Party (UNP) Ministers on 25 February, including six Cabinet Ministers, three State Ministers, and one Deputy Minister.
Earlier sixteen Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Parliamentarians, among them six are Ministers resigned from their Ministerial portfolios and informed the President that they refuse to work with UNP in the National Government.
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