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Thalatha Athukorala country’s first ever female Minister of Justice
View(s):Minister of Foreign Employment, Thalatha Athukorala was sworn in as the new Justice Minister before President Maithripala Sirisena, on Friday (25). She becomes the country’s first ever female Minister of Justice. Minister of Sustainable Development & Wildlife, Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, meanwhile, took oaths as the new Minister of Buddha Sasana that same day.
The newly appointed Ministers fill the vacancies left by Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, who was sacked from his post last Wednesday (23) by President Maithripala Sirisena, following a request by the United National Party (UNP), of which he is an MP. Ministers Atukorala and Jayawickrama Perera continue to also hold the Ministerial Portfolios they held prior to their new appointments this week.