{"id":125662,"date":"2022-05-24T16:15:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T23:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=125662"},"modified":"2022-05-24T16:15:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T23:15:55","slug":"partial-de-militarization-in-the-appointment-of-new-secretaries-to-lankan-ministries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/05\/24\/partial-de-militarization-in-the-appointment-of-new-secretaries-to-lankan-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"Partial de-militarization in the appointment of new Secretaries to Lankan Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Colombo, May 24 (newsin.asia): Three military officers who were Secretaries to ministries in the Mahinda Rajapaksa government have been replaced in the reshuffle carried out by the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the partial de-militarization, Adm.Prof. Jayanath Colombage, Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been replaced by Mrs.Aruni Wijewardena;  Maj.Gen.Sanjeewa Munasinghe, Secretary Health has been replaced by S.J.S.Chandraguptha and Maj.Jagath Alwis has been replaced by S.Hettiarachchi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Adm.Colombage and Maj.Gen.Jagath Alwis had resigned earlier.<\/ins>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two army men, Maj.Gen. Kamal Gunaratne and Gen.Daya Ratnayake retain their ministers which are Defense and Industries respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the reshuffle, some Secretaries have retained their posts, some have been shifted to other ministries and some have been dropped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list of new Secretaries appointed to the Cabinet Ministries is as follows<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

01: Mr. R.W.R. Pemasiri                 \u2013 Transport and Highways Ministry<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n

02: Mr. M.M.P.K. Mayadunne                \u2013 Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

03: Mr. K.D.S. Ruwanchandra                 \u2013 Ports, Shipping and Aviation Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

04: Mr. S.T. Kodikara                      \u2013 Trade, Commerce and Food Security Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

05: Ms. Wasantha Perera              \u2013 Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

06: Mr. S. Hettiarachchi                          \u2013 Public Security Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

07: Mr. M.N. Ranasinghe               \u2013 Education Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

08: Mr. M.P.D.U.K. Mapa Pathirana      \u2013 Power and Energy Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

09: Ms. R.M.I. Ratnayake              \u2013  Ministry of Fisheries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10: Mr. Monti Ranatunga              \u2013  Ministry of Water Supply<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11: Mr. U.D.C. Jayalal                     \u2013  Ministry of Irrigation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12: Mr. Anuradha Wijekoon                   \u2013 Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13: Dr. Anil Jasinghe                       \u2013  Ministry of Environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14: Mr. Anusha Palpita                            \u2013 Ministry of Mass Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15: Mr. M.B.R. Pushpakumara               \u2013 Ministry of Agriculture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16: Mr. Somaratne Vidanapathirana     \u2013 Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17: General (Retired) Daya Ratnayake \u2013 Ministry of Industries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18: Ms. Aruni Wijewardena                    \u2013 Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19: Mr. B.L.A.J. Dharmakeerthi              \u2013 Ministry of Plantation Industries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20: Ms. R.M.C.M. Herath               \u2013 Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21: Mr. S.J.S. Chandragupta                    \u2013 Ministry of Health<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22: Mr. P.H.C. Ratnayake               \u2013 Ministry of Urban Development and Housing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23: Mr. R.P.A. Wimalaweera                  \u2013 Ministry of Labor and Foreign Employment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Military Officers dropped<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colombo, May 24 (newsin.asia): Three military officers who were Secretaries in the Mahinda Rajapaksa government have been replaced in the reshuffle of ministerial Secretaries made by the Sri Lankan President on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the partial de-militarization, Adm.Prof. Jayanath Colombage, Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been replaced by Mrs.Arunit Wijewardena;  Maj.Gen.Sanjeewa Munasinghe, Secretary Health has been replaced by S.J.S.Chandraguptha and Maj.Jagath Alwis has been replaced by S.Hettiarachchi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Adm.Colombage and Maj.Gen.Jagath Alwis had resigned earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two army men, Maj.Gen. Kamal Gunaratne and Gen.Daya Ratnayake retain their ministers which are Defense and Industries respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the reshuffle, some Secretaries have retained their posts, some have been shifted to other ministries and some have been dropped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 24 (newsin.asia): Three military officers who were Secretaries to ministries in the Mahinda Rajapaksa government have been replaced in the reshuffle carried out by the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday. In the partial de-militarization, Adm.Prof. Jayanath Colombage, Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been replaced by Mrs.Aruni […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}