Published November 18,2024
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Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday picked a 21-member Cabinet after successful a two-thirds majority within the parliamentary elections final week.
Dissanayake will maintain ministerial portfolios of finance, protection, and digital, whereas educationist Harini Amarasuriya once more took oath because the prime minister of the island nation.
Dissanayake received presidential elections in September and ran the federal government with a three-member Cabinet till final week’s basic polls the place his National People’s Power received 159 seats in a parliament of 225 members.
The swearing-in ceremony of the Cabinet, which was telecast reside, happened on the Presidential Secretariat within the capital Colombo.
Prime Minister Amarasuriya may also maintain the ministry of schooling, increased schooling in addition to vocational schooling.
Vijitha Herath has been appointed overseas minister.
Ananda Wijepala is the brand new public safety and parliamentary affairs minister whereas Bimal Rathnayake has been tapped as transport, highways, ports and civil aviation minister.
Dissanayake is more likely to choose deputy ministers within the coming weeks.
Sri Lanka has been present process a monetary program by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following a default in 2022.
An IMF delegation led by Peter Breuer is on a week-long journey to the island nation to carry talks with the brand new authorities in addition to conduct a 3rd overview of Sri Lanka’s financial reform program of $2.9 billion.
Source: www.anews.com.tr