Several more Ministers take oaths

09 Nov, 2018

Several more Ministers took oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena today.

S.M. Chandrasena took oaths as the Minister of Plantation Industries,?M.L.A.M Hizbullah as the Minister of Urban Planning and Water Supply, C. B. Ratnayake as the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications,?Johnston Fernando as the Minister of Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Christian Affairs,?Udaya Gammanpila as the Minister of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs, Gamini Lokuge as the Minister of Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources and Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena as the Minister of Industry and Commerce. (Colombo Gazette)

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