Forty One New Deputy and State Ministers of the government have been sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisene short while ago at a function held at Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.The 22 new deputy ministers and 19 state ministers were selected from the governing United National Party and United Peoples Freedom Alliance.
The List of the new deputy and state ministers -
Deputy Ministers
1. Sumedha G. Jayasena - Sustainable Development & Wildlife
2. Susantha Punchinilame – Public Administration and Management
3. Ameer Ali – Rural Economic Affairs
4. Lasantha Alagiyawanna – Megapolice and Western Development
5. Indika Bandaranaike – Housing and Construction
6. Dulip Wijesekara – Postal Services and Muslim Affairs
7. Lakshaman Wasantha Perera – Plantation Industries
8. Nishantha Muthuhettigama – Ports and Shipping
9. Faizal Kasim – Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
10. Dunesh Gankanda – Disaster Management
11. Dr. Harsha de Silva – Foreign Affairs
12. Ashoka Abeysinghe – Transport
13. Arundika Fernando – Home Affairs
14. Ranjan Ramanayake – Social Empowerment & Welfare
15. Ajith P. Perera – Power and Renewable Energy
16. Nimal Lansa – Tourism Promotion and Christian Affairs
17. Anoma gamage – Petroleum and Petroleum Gas
18. Eran Wickramaratne – State Enterprise Development
19. Tharanath Basnayake – Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure
20. Karunarathna Paranawithana - Local Government and Provincial Councils
21. Mohamed Haris - Sports
22. Siripala Gamalath - Foreign Employment
State Ministers
1. A. H. M. Fowzie – National Integration and Reconciliation
2. Dilan Perera – Highways
3. T. B. Ekanayake – Lands
4. Priyankara Jayaratne – Law and Order & Prison Reforms
5. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena – Finance
6. Ravindra Samaraweera – Labour and Trade Union Relations
7. V. Radhakrishnan – Education
8. Palitha Range Bandara – Skills Development & Vocational Training
9. Dilip Wedaarachchi – Fisheries & Aquatic Resources
10. Niroshan Perera – National Policy and Economic Affairs
11. Ruwan Wijewardene – Defence
12. M.L.A.M. Hizbullah – Rehabilitation and Resettlement
13. Mohan Lal Grero – University Education
14. Sujeewa Senasinghe – Development Strategy and International Trade
15. Wasantha Senanayake – Irrigation and Water Management
16. Vijayakala Maheswaran – Child Affairs
17. Wasantha Aluwihare – Agriculture
18. Sudarshani Fernandopulle – City Planning and Water Supply
19. Champika Premadasa – Industries and Commerce
