Naseer Ahamed among new Cabinet ministers in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: The new Cabinet Ministers have sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Colombo.

Accordingly, the President has appointed a 17-member new Cabinet.

See the full list of new ministers below:

1 Dinesh Gunawardena – Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provicnial Councils and Local Government

2 Douglas Devananda – Minister of Fisheries

3 Dr. Ramesh Pathirana – Minister of Education and Plantation Industries

4 Prasanna Ranatunga – Minister of Public Security and Tourism

5 Dilum Amunugama – Minister of Transport and Industries

6 Kanaka Herath – Minister of Highways

7 Vidura Vickramanayake – Minister of Labour

8 Janaka Wakkumbura – Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation

9 Shehan Semasinghe – Minister of Trade and Samurdhi Development

10 Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva – Minister of Water Supplies

11 Wimalaweera Dissanayake – Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation

12 Kanchana Wijesekara – Minister of Power and Energy

13 Thenuka Vidanagamage – Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs

14 Dr. Nalaka Godahewa – Minister of Mass Media

15 Prof. Channa Jayasumana – Minister of Health

16 Naseer Ahamed – Minister of Environment

17 Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon – Minister of Ports and Shipping