NEW CABINET

Seated (L to R): Anuruddha Ratwatte, Nimal Siripala De Silva, Richard Pathirana, D M Jayaratne, Ratnasiri Wickramanayake (Prime Minister), President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Ronnie De Mel, Mahinda Rajapaksha, Amarasiri Dodangoda, Mangala Samaraweera, A H M Fowzie. Standing (L to R): Athauda Seneviratne, Dinesh Gunawardena, Batty Weerakoon, Indika Gunawardena, Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sarath Amunugama, Douglas Devananda, Ferial Ashraff, Maithripala Sirisena.

New ministers take oaths
[September 14, 2001 - 12:15 GMT]

Nineteen Ministers and nineteen Deputy Ministers took oaths before President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at President’s House in Colombo Friday morning.

Ratnasiri Wickramanayake
Prime Minister, Buddha Sasana, Cultural and Religious Affairs and Plantation Industries

Richard Pathirana
Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development

Ronnie De Mel
Trade, Industrial Development and Rural Industries

D M Jayaratne
Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Cooperative Development

Mahinda Rajapaksha
Ports, Shipping and Fisheries

Amarasiri Dodangoda
Human Resources Development, Technical and Vocational Education

Nimal Siripala De Silva
Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services

Mangala Samaraweera
Urban Development, Public Utilities, Housing and Sports

Anuruddha Ratwatte
Lands, Irrigation and Power

Indika Gunawardena
Ports and Telecommunication

A H M Fowzie
Highways and Muslim Religious Affairs

Lakshman Kadirgamar
Foreign Affairs

Maithripala Sirisena
Mahaweli Development and Parliamentary Affairs

Batty Weerakoon
Justice, Ethnic Affairs and National Integration

Sarath Amunugama
Education and Higher Education

Dinesh Gunawardena
Transport and Environment Protection

Ferial Ashraff
Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the East, Rural Housing Development and Women’s Affairs

Douglas Devananda
Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the North and Tamil Affairs, North and East

Athauda Seneviratne
Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development

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Last Updated Date: September 14, 2001  - 12.15 GMT.