New Cabinet

gossiplankanews english •October 29, 2018

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New Cabinet

Today the 29th, only a number of 21 ministers took their oaths in the cabinet. Apart from them, a state minister and a deputy minister to has taken their oaths. Some senior ministers who were with Maithri have been chosen for the position of ministers while it is something of special importance to note that Wijedasa Rajapaksha and Wasantha Senanayaka and Suresh Vadivel
among whom various dialogues began to circulate were bestowed posts of ministership.

The new cabinet sworn in are as follows:

1) Mahinda Rajapaksa : Minister of finance and economic affairs

2) Nimal Siripala de Silva : Minister of transport and civil aviation

3) Dr. Sarath Amunugama : Minister of foreign affairs

4) Mahinda Samarasingha : Minister of port and shipping

5) Mahinda Amaraweera : Minister of Agriculture

6) Ranjith Siyambalapitiya : Minister of power and renewable energy

7) Dr. Wijedasa Rajapaksha : Minister of Education and higher education

8) Vjith Wijayamuni Soysa : Minister of fisheries & aquatic development and rural economic affairs

9) Faizer Mustapha : Minister of provincial council, local government and sports

10) Douglas Devananda : Minister of resettlement, rehabilitation, Northern development and Hindu religious affairs

11) Arumugam Thondaman : Minister of hill country new villages, infrastructure and community development