Manoj Sirisena has been appointed  the Southern Provincial Council Minister of Sports and Youth affairs, Culture and Arts, Social Welfare, Probationary Care and Child Protection, Women’s Affairs, Housing and Construction and Manpower and Employment.

He was sworn-in today (04) before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat.

The Governor of the Southern Province, Hemakumara Nanayakkara, the Chief Minister of Southern Province, Shan Wijayalal De Silva and others participated on this occasion.