Cabinet reshuffle...

February 25, 2018  

A Cabinet reshuffle took place at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this morning (25) with changes to several Cabinet, state and deputy ministerial portfolios held by the UNP.

New portfolios:

Ranil Wickemasinghe is the new Cabinet Minister of Law and Order

Laxman Kiriella is the new Cabinet Minister of State Enterprise and Kandy Development

Kabir Hashim is the new Cabinet Minister of Higher Education and Highways

Piyasena Gamage is the new State Minister Youth Affairs and Southern Development

Ravindra Samaraweera is the new Cabinet Minister of Wildlife & Sustainable Development

Harin Fernando is the new Cabinet Minister of Digital Infrastructure & Foreign Employment

Sagala Ratnayake the new Cabinet Minister of Youth Affairs and Southern Development

Ajith P. Perera is the new State Minister of Prisons and Rehabilitation

J. C. Alawathuwala is the new Deputy Minister of Home Affairs

Dr Harsha de Silva is the new State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs

Cabinet reshuffle...
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