PRESIDENT APPOINTS SECRETARIES TO 20 MINISTRIES

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed secretaries to 20 ministries and handed over the letters of appointment yesterday at the Presidential Secretariat.

THE APPOINTEES ARE;

1. Ms. S.M. Mohammad: Tourism and Aviation Services

2. Mr. R.W.R. Pemasiri: Road and Highways

3. Mr. J.J. Rathnasiri: Justice, Human Rights and Legal Reforms

4. Mr. Ravindra Hewavitharana: Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture

5. Mr. J.A. Ranjith: Industries and Supply Management

6. Mr. D.M.A.R.B. Dissanayake: Higher Education, Technology and Innovation

7. Mr. H.M. Gamini Senevirathna: Public Transport Management

8. Mr. W.A. Chulananda Perera: Information and Communication Technology

9. Ms. Wasantha Perera:

Power and Energy

10. Mr. M.M.P.K. Mayadunne: Ports and Naval Affairs

11. Mr. H. Hettiarachchi: Public Administration, Internal Affairs, Provincial and Local Government

12. Mr. R.P. Aryasinghe: Foreign Affairs

13. Ms. A.S.M.S. Mahanama: Women and Child Affairs, Social Security

14. Ms. J.M.C. Jayanthi Wijethunga: Environment, Wildlife Resources

15. Mr. R.A.A.K. Ranawaka: Land and Land Development

16. Mr. M.P.D.U.K. Mapa Pathirana: Industrial Export and Investment Promotion

17. Ms. R.M.I. Rathnayake: Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

18. Mr. P.S.M. Charles: Health, Indigenous Medicine

19. Mr. N.B. M. Ranathunga: Small and Medium Scale Enterprises and Entrepreneur Development

20. Mr. Priyath Bandu Wickrama: Urban Development, Water Supply and Housing Facilities