President Maithripala Sirisena today effected a Cabinet reshuffle with a second installment to follow in two weeks.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the Cabinet Minister of Law and Order.
The other changes are as follows:
The other cabinet ministers sworn in are as follows :
Lakshman Kiriella - Minister of Public Enterprises and Kandy Development
Kabir Hashim - Minister of Higher Education and Highways,
Sagala Ratnayake - Minister of Youth Affairs and Southern Development,
Harin Fernando -Minister of Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment
Ravindra Samaraweera -Minister of Wildlife and Sustainable Development
State Ministers:
Piyasena Gamage -State Minister of Youth Affairs and Southern Development,
Ajith P Perera - State Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation and Drug Prevention,
Harsha de Silva - State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs
Deputy Ministers:
J.C. Alawathuwala - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
Expressing his views the President said that in the future subject areas of some Ministries will be changed and will come under the purview of more appropriate institutions.
He also said that the cabinet reshuffle of UPFA Ministers will be done within the next two weeks and further said that necessary changes are to be made in State institutions and Corporations in the future to enhance efficiency.
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