Colombo, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) As many as 35 state Ministers and three deputy Ministers were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on Wednesday.
The development came a week after a 16-member Cabinet was appointed by the Sri Lankan President, The Sunday Times reported.
The new set of ministers will function till the next parliamentary election.
The newly-appointed ministers are as follows:
State Ministers
Chamal Rajapaksa - State Minister of Defence
S.B. Dissanayake - State Minister of Lands and Land Development
John Seneviratne - State Minister of Economic Affairs and Policy Development
Arundika Fernando - State Minister of Tourism
Mahindananda Aluthgamage - State Minister of Power
Susil Premajantha - State Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vasudeva Nanayakkara - State Minister of Water Supply
Gamini Lokuge - State Minister of Urban Development
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena - State Minister of Irrigation and Rural Development
Mahinda Samarasinghe - State Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
C.B. Ratnayake - State Minister of Railways
Dilum Amunugama - State Minister of Transport
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena - State Minister of Information and Communication
Susantha Punchinilame - State Minister of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development
Anura Priyadarshana Yapa - State Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Welfare
Priyankara Jayaratne - State Minister of Indigenous Medicine
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya - State Minister of Education
Duminda Dissanayake - State Minister of Youth Affairs
Rohitha Abeygunawardena - State Minister of Energy
Dayasiri Jayasekara - State Minister of Industries
Lasantha Alagiyawanna - State Minister of Public Administration
Keheliya Rambukwella - State Minister of Investment Promotion
Thilanga Sumathipala - State Minister of Technology and Innovation
Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva - State Minister of Human Rights and Legal Reforms
Vijitha Berugoda - State Minister of Women and Child Affairs
Wimalaweera Dissanayaka - State Minister of Wildlife Resources
Jayantha Samaraweera - State Minister of Environment
Sanath Nishantha Perera - State Minister of Fisheries and Fisheries Industries
Tharaka Balasuriya - State Minister of Community Empowerment
Roshan Ranasinghe - State Minister of Mahaweli Development
Janaka Wakkumbura - State Minister of Export Agriculture
Vidura Wickremanayake - State Minister of Agriculture
Shehan Semasinghe - State Minister of Development Banks and Loans
Kanaka Herath - State Minister of Ports
Lohan Ratwatte - State Minister of Highways
Deputy Ministers
Indika Anuruddha - Deputy Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Nimal Lanza - Deputy Minister of Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development
Kanchana Wijesekera - Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz