New State and Deputy Ministers sworn in
Wednesday November 27, 2019 12:08
New State Ministers and Deputy Ministers of the interim government were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago.
The new State Ministers and their portfolios are as follows:
- Chamal Rajapaksa – State Minister of Defence
- Vasudeva Nanayakkara – State Minister of Water Supply Facilities
- Gamini Lokuge – State Minister of Urban Development
- Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene – State Minister of irrigation and Rural Development
- S.B. Dissanayake – State Minister of Land and Land Development
- John Seneviratne – State Minister of Economic Policy Development
- Mahinda Samarasinghe – State Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
- C.B. Rathnayake – State Minister of Railway Services
- Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene – State Minister of Information Communications Technology
- Susantha Punchinilame – State Minister of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development
- Anura Priyadarshana Yapa – State Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Welfare
- Susil Premajayantha – State Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Priyankara Jayaratne – State Minister of Indigenous Medicine
- Ranjith Siymabalapitiya – State Minister of Education Services
- Mahindananda Aluthgamage – State Minister of Power
- Duminda Dissanayake – State Minister of Youth Affairs
- Rohitha Abeygunawardene – Stare Minister of Energy
- Dayasiri Jayasekara – State Minister of Industries
- Lasantha Alagiyawanne – State Minister of Public Management and Accounts
- Keheliya Rambukwella – State Minister of Investment Promotions
- Arundika Fernando – State Minister for Tourism Promotion
- Thilanga Sumathipala – State Minister of Technology and Innovations
- Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva – State Minister of Hunan Rights and Legal Reforms
- Vijitha Berugoda – State Minister of Women and Child Affairs
- 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 Banking and Loan Schemes
- Kanaka Herath – State Minister of Port Development
- Dilum Amunugama – State Minister of Transport Services Management
- Lohan Ratwatte – State Minister of Highways Development
- Wimalaweera Dissanayake – State Minister of Wildlife
- Jayantha Samaraweera – State Minister of Environment
- Sanath Nishantha – State Minister of Fisheries and Inland Fishing
- Tharaka Balasooriya – State Minister of Social Protection
The new Deputy Ministers and their portfolios are:
- Nimal Lanza – Deputy Minister of Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development
- Kanchana Wijeysekara – Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
- Indika Anuruddha – Deputy Minister of State Administration, Internal Affairs, Provincial Council and Local Government