Sri Lanka’s new three-member Cabinet of Ministers was sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo earlier today.
Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, who was recently appointed as Prime Minister, took oath as the Minister of Justice, Education, Labour, Industries, Science and Technology, Health, and Food Security.
President Dissanayake has retained several key ministerial portfolios, including:
- Defence and Finance
- Economic Development, Policy Formulation, Planning, and Tourism
- Energy
- Agriculture, Land, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries, and Aquatic Resources
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has been entrusted with:
- Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government, and Labour
- Education, Science, and Technology
- Women, Child and Youth Affairs, and Sports
- Trade, Commerce, Food Security, Cooperative Development, Industries, and Entrepreneur Development
- Health
Vijitha Herath will oversee:
- Buddhasasana, 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
- Rural and Urban Development, Housing, and Construction
Other key figures present at the ceremony included MP Lakshman Nipunaarachchi, former MPs Sunil Handunnetti, Bimal Ratnayake, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, Wasantha Samarasinghe, Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, and H.S. Sampath Thuyacontha.
