President appoints 17 new Cabinet ministers

A new Cabinet was sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa a short while ago.

Accordingly, the following appointments were made:

• Minister of Plantations, Minister of Education - Ramesh Pathirana

• Minister of Transport, Minister of Industries - Dilum Amunugama

• Minister of Tourism, Minister of Public Security - Prasanna Ranatunga

• Minister of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government - Dinesh Gunawardena

• Minister of Health - Channa Jayasumana

• Minister of Fisheries - Douglas Devananda

• Minister of Highways - Kanaka Herath

• Minster of Labour - Vidura Wickramanayke

• Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Irrigation - Janaka Wakkumbura

• Minister of Trade, Minister of Samurdhi Development - Shehan Semasinghe

• Minister of Water Supply - Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva

• Minister of Ports and Shipping - Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon

• Minister of Forest and Wildlife Conservation - Wimalaweera Dissanayake

• Minister of Power, Minister of Energy - Kanchana Wijesekara

• Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports - Thenuka Vidanagamage

• Minister of Mass Media - Nalaka Godahewa
• Minister of Environment - Naseer Ahamed