Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president swore in a 21-member Cabinet on Monday after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority in last week's election.
The margin of victory will allow President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to make sweeping reforms, including a campaign promise of a new constitution, without needing support from other parties.
Sri Lanka is struggling to emerge from the worst economic crisis in its history, having declared bankruptcy after defaulting on its external debt in 2022.
Dissanayake's National People's Power Party won 159 of the 225 seats in Thursday's vote.
He kept a pledge to have fewer than 25 Cabinet members, and a majority of the new ministers are first-time lawmakers.
