Four acting ministers appointed during President’s UN visit

Colombo, Sept. 23 (Daily Mirror) - Four Acting Ministers have been appointed to key ministries following the departure of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

President Dissanayake left the country last evening on a Dubai-bound flight, accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath.

The appointments, announced by the President’s Media Division (PMD), are as follows:

Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando, Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, as Acting Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.

Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, as Acting Minister of Digital Economy.

Aruna Jayasekara, Deputy Minister of Defence, as Acting Minister of Defence.

Arun Hemachandra, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment, as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism.

The temporary appointments will remain in effect until the President’s return from the United States.