Newly appointed 35 State Ministers and three Deputy Ministers were sworn-in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s Office today (27).
They were:
State Ministers
Mr. Chamal Rajapaksa – State Minister of Defence
Mr.Vasudeva Nanayakkara – State Minister of Water Supply Facilities
Mr.Gamini Lokuge – State Minister of Urban Development
Mr.Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene – State Minister of Irrigation and Rural Development
Mr .S.B. Dissanayake – State Minister of Land & Land Development
Mr.John Seneviratne – State Minister of Economic and Policy Development
Mr.Mahinda Samarasinghe – State Minister of Public Administration and Internal Affairs
Mr.C.B. Ratnayake – State Minister of Railway Services
Mr.Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene – State Minister of Information and Communication Technology
Mr.Susantha Punchinilame – State Minister of Small and Medium Entrepreneur Development
Mr.Anura Priyadarshana Yapa – State Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Welfare
Mr.Susil Premajayantha – State Minister of International Cooperation
Mr.Piyankara Jayaratne – State Minister of Indigenous Medicine
Mr.Ranjith Siyambalapitiya – State Minister of Education Service
Mr.Mahindananda Aluthgamage – State Minister of Power
Mr.Duminda Dissanayake – State Minister of Youth Affairs
Mr.Rohitha Abeygunawardene – State Minister of Energy
Mr.Dayasiri Jayasekara – State Minister of Industries
Mr.Lasantha Alagiyawanna – State Minister of Public Management and Accounting
Mr.Keheliya Rambukwella – State Minister of Investment Promotion
Mr. Arundika Fernando – State Minister of Tourism Promotion
Mr. Thilanga Sumathipala – State Minister of Technology & Innovations
Mr. Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva – State Minister of Human Rights & Legal Reforms
Mr. Vijitha Berugoda – State Minister of Women and Child Affairs
Mr. Roshan Ranasinghe – State Minister of Mahaweli Development
Mr. Janaka Wakkumbura – State Minister of Export Agriculture
Mr. Vidura Wickremenayake – State Minister of Agriculture
Mr. Shehan Semasinghe – State Minister of Development Banks and Loan Schemes
Mr. Kanaka Herath – State Minister of Ports Development
Mr. Dilum Amunugama – State Minister of Transport Services Management
Mr. Lohan Ratwatte – State Minister of Roads Development
Mr. Wimalaweera Dissanayake – State Minister of Wildlife Resources
Mr. Jayantha Samaraweera – State Minister of Environment
Mr. Sanath Nishantha Perera – State Minister of Fisheries & Freshwater Fishing Industry
Mr. Tharaka Balasuriya – State Minister of Social Security
Deputy Ministers
Mr. Nimal Lanza – Deputy Minister of Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development
Mr. Kanchana Wijesekara – Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Mr. Indika Anuruddha – Deputy Minister of Public Management, Internal Affairs, Provincial Council and Local Government
