4 Sri Lankan ministers, 6 deputy ministers take oaths
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 05 May 2010, 09:32 GMT]
Four new Sri Lankan ministers and six deputy ministers were sworn in before
SL President Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday morning. Keheliya Rambukwella
has been appointed Information and Media Minister, S.B.Dissanayake as
High Education Minister, Arumugan Thondaman as Livestock Development
Minister and Tissa Vitarana as Technology and Research Minister,
presidential media unit said.
Sarath Amunugama has been appointed Deputy Minister of Finance and
Planning, Mahindananda Aluthgamage Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs,
Faizer Mustapha Deputy Minister of Environment, M.K.D.S Gunawardena
Deputy Minister of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs and Jagath
Balasuriya, Deputy Minister of Labor and Productivity Development.
Mervin Silva has been appointed Deputy Minister of Highways. Mervin Silva has resigned from the post of Deputy Minister of Media
and accepted the new post, another report said. The President's media
office confirmed that Mervin Silva had handed over his resignation
Wednesday morning and had sought a new ministry. New Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella also confirmed the resignation
of Mervin Silva from the post of Deputy Media Minister. Silva has been
appointed as the new Deputy Minister of Highways. Silva's sudden
resignation was due to a difference of opinion between the new Media
Minister and him, political sources said.
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