New cabinet sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

A new caretaker cabinet was sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago. The cabinet will function until the parliamentary election.

The ministers who were sworn in are as follows ;

1) Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa

• Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Policy Development
• Minister of Buddha Sasana, Buddhist Religious and Cultural Affairs
• Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Housing Facilities

2) Nimal Siripala de Silva

• Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Legal Reforms

3) Arumugam Thondaman

• Minister of Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development

4) Dinesh Gunawardena

• Minister of Foreign Relations
• Minister of Skills Development, Employment, and Labour Relations

5) Douglas Devananda

• Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

6) Pavithra Wanniarachchi

• Minister of Women and Child Affairs and Social Security
• Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine

7) Bandula Gunawardena

• Minister of Information and Communication
• Minister of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation

8) Janaka Bandara Tennakoon

• Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government

9) Chamal Rajapaksa

• Minister of Mahaweli, Agriculture Development and Rural Development
• Minister of Internal Trade, Food Security, and Consumer Welfare

10) Dullas Alahapperuma

• Minister of Education
• Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs

11) Johnston Fernando

• Minister of Roads, Highways
• MInister of Ports and Shipping

12) Wimal Weerawansa

• Minister of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, and Entrepreneurship Development
• Minister of Industries and Logistics Management,

13) Mahinda Amaraweera

• Minister of Passenger Transport
• Minister of Power and Energy

14) S.M Chandrasena

• Minister of Environment and Wildlife Resources
• Minister of Lands and Land Development

15) Ramesh Pathirana

• Minister of Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture

16) Prasanna Ranatunga

• Minister of Industrial Exports and Investment Promotion
• Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation