Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed as the Minister of Law and Order during the unity government’s second cabinet reshuffle today.
The Prime Minister will also function as the Minister of National Policy and Economic Affairs.
Minister Sagala Ratnayake who was the Law and Order Minister before has been appointed as the Minister of Youth Affairs and Southern Development.
Minister Harin Fernando was given the ministerial portfolio of Foreign Employment in addition to his Digital Infrastructure Ministry.
Handing out the new appointments President Maithripala Sirisena expressed hope that the changes will serve the people better.
“I congratulate the newly appointed Cabinet, State and Deputy Ministers. These changes as well as those soon to be made on the UPFA side of the government will strengthen us to better serve our people,” he said in a Twitter post.
Following are some of the new cabinet assignments:
- Ravindra Samaraweera- Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife
- Sagala Ratnayake – Minister of Youth Affairs and Southern Development
- Lakshman Kiriella – State Enterprise and Kandurata Development
- Kabir Hashim – Minister of Higher Education and Highways
- Harin Fernando – Minister of Digital Infrastructure and Minister of Foreign Employment
- Ajith P. Perera – Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister
- Piyasena Gamage – State Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development
- J. C. Alawathuwala- Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
- Dr. Harsha de Silva – State Minister of National Policy and Economic Affairs
