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Colombo: The swearing-in ceremony for the new Sri Lankan cabinet will be held on Monday, the President’s Media Division (PMD) announced on Sunday.

Cabinet ministers will be sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and deputy ministers will also take their oaths, the PMD said.

The president will name a 23-member cabinet, local media reported.

President Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) won 159 seats out of 225 in the parliamentary election held on Nov. 14.

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