Amarsuriya has been given the charge of Justice, Education, Labour, Industry, Science and Technology, Health and Investment Ministries. He will replace Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardene, who resigned from his post after the presidential election.
Harini Amarasuriya was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Along with this, she became the second woman leader after Srimava Bandaranaike in 2000. The 54-year-old National People’s Power (NPP) leader Amarasuriya was administered the oath by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Dissanayake has appointed a cabinet of four members including himself. Amarsuriya has been given the charge of Justice, Education, Labour, Industry, Science and Technology, Health and Investment Ministries. He will replace Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardene, who resigned from his post after the presidential election.
NPP MPs – Vijitha Herath and Laxman Napurnachi were sworn in as Cabinet Ministers. He will serve as caretaker cabinet minister after the dissolution of parliament. Officials said parliamentary elections could be held in late November. Dissanayake, 56, was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s ninth president on Sunday after winning the presidential election.
Who is Harini Amarsurya?
Harini Amarasuriya, born 6 March 1970, is an NPP MP and the 16th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. She is the third woman to reach this position. Srimava Bandaranaike and Chandrika Kumaratunga have become Prime Ministers before him. After nearly 25 years, Amarsuriya became the first woman Prime Minister of the country. Bandaranaike’s third and final term was from November 1994 to August 2000. Amarasuriya became Member of Parliament through NPP in 2020.
She has been a university professor and an activist by profession. His educational qualifications include BA (Hons) in Sociology, Masters in Anthropology and Development Studies and PhD in Social Anthropology. are He has a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh. The Parliament of Sri Lanka website shows that in the Ninth Parliament (2020-2024) he was present for 269 days and absent for 120 days. stay Amarasuriya is the first educationist to become the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
