Harini Amarasuriya was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister on Tuesday (September 24, 2204), changing into the primary girl chief since Sirimavo Bandaranaike within the yr 2000 to carry the put up.
The 54-year-old Nationwide Individuals’s Energy (NPP) chief was sworn in by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who appointed his Cupboard of 4, together with himself.
She has been assigned the portfolios of the Minister of Justice, Training, Labour, Industries, Science & Tech, Well being, and Funding.
She has changed Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, who resigned from his put up following the presidential election.
A rights activist and college lecturer, Amarasuriya is the primary girl Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the reason that late Sirimavo Bandaranaike took up workplace in 1994 and the third feminine Prime Minister within the nation’s historical past.
NPP parliamentarians Vijitha Herath and Laxman Nipunarachchi have been sworn in as Cupboard Ministers.
They’d function the caretaker Cupboard with the approaching dissolution of parliament to name for a snap parliamentary election.
The election may occur in late November, officers stated.
Mr. Dissanayake, 56, was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s ninth President on Sunday following his victory within the presidential election.
Revealed – September 24, 2024 03:56 pm IST
