MP Basil Rajapaksa was sworn in as the Finance Minister before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and President’s Secretary Dr. P.B.Jayasundera look on. Picture by President’s Media Division.
MP Basil Rajapaksa took oaths as Finance Minister before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday ( 8).
With the reshuffle of ministerial portfolios, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn-in as Economic Policies and Planning Minister.
Basil Rajapaksa joined Parliament for the first time as a National List Member in 2007. He was elected MP representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and was appointed Economic Development Minister in 2010.
Basil Rajapaksa spearheaded a number of government initiatives in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and played a major role as a member of the Committee to Combat COVID-19. He is also the Head of the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Alleviation and the Presidential Task Force on Creating a Green Sri Lanka with Sustainable Solutions to Climate Change.
Minister Namal Rajapaksa, Secretary to the President, Dr.P. B. Jayasundara, Senior Advisor Lalith Weeratunga, Secretary to the Prime Minister, Gamini Senarath and Mrs Pushpa Rajapaksa were also present during the swearing-in ceremony.
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