Sri Lanka President appoints seven new cabinet ministers
Friday November 9, 2018
23:28
ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena appointed seven new cabinet ministers Friday evening, hours before dissolving parliament.
Johnston Fernando was named Trade, Consumer Affairs, Co-operative and Christian Religious Affairs Minister.
C. B. Ratnayake was appointed Post and Telecommunication Minister, while Udaya Gammanpila was anmed Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs Minister, S. M. Chandrasena Plantation Industries Minister and M. L. A. M Hizbullah City Planning and Water Supply Ministry
Gamini Lokuge took oaths as Labour, Foreign Employment & Petroleum Resources Minister and Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhena as Industry and Commerce Minister.
The full list of Ministers is as follows:
Cabinet Ministers:
- Mahinda Rajapaksa- Finance and Economic Affairs
- Nimal Siripala de Silva- Transport and Civil Aviation
- Sarath Amunugama- Foreign Affairs
- Mahinda Samarasinghe- Ports and Shipping
- Mahinda Amaraweera- Agriculture
- Ranjith Siyambalapitiya- Power and Renewable Energy
- Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe- Education and Higher Education
- Wihith Wijayamuni Zoysa- Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs
- Faiszer Musthapha- Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports
- Douglas Devananda- Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs
- Arumugam Thondaman- Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development
- Vasantha Senanayake- Tourism and Wildlife
- Dinesh Gunawardena- Megapolis and Western Development
- Wasudeva Nanayakkara- National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages
- S. B Nawinne- Cultural Affairs, Internal Affairs and Regiona Development
- Duminda Dissanayake- Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management
- Dayasiri Jayasekara- Skills Development and Vocational Training
- Chamal Rajapaksa- Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
- S. B. Dissanayake- Highways and Road Development
- Susil Premajayantha- Public Administration, Home Affairs and Justice
- Bandula Gunawardena- International Trade and Investment Promotion
- C. B. Ratnayake – Post and Telecommunication
- S. M. Chandrasena – Plantation Industries
- M. L. A. M Hizbullah – City Planning and Water Supply
- Udaya Gammanpila – Budda Sasana and Religious Affairs
- Johnston Fernando – Trade, Consumer Affairs, Co-operative and Christian Affairs
- Gamini Lokuge – Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources
- Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhena – Industry and Commerce
State Ministers:
- Suresh Vadivel- Plantation Industries
- Keheliya Rambukwella- Mass Media and Digital Infrastructure
- A. H. M. Fowzie- National Unity, Co-existence and Muslim Religious Affairs
- Piyasena Gamage- Youth, Women and Child Affairs
- Lakshman Senewiratne- Defence
- Mohan Lal Grero- Education and Higher Education
- Sriyani Wijewickrama- Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports
- Pavithra Wanniarachchi- Petroleum Resource Development
- Anura Priyadarshana Yapa- Finance
- Salinda Dissanayake- Indigenous Medicine
- Lakshman Wasantha Perera- International Trade
Deputy Ministers:
- Ananda Aluthgamage- Tourism and Wildlife
- Ashoka Priyantha- Cultural, Internal Affairs and Regional Development (North Western)
- S. Viyalendiran- Regional Development (Eastern)
- Angajan Ramanathan- Agriculture
- Indika Bandaranayake- Housing and Urban Devlopment
- Sarathi Dushmantha- Justice and Prison Reforms
- Nishantha Muthuhettigamage- Ports and Shipping
- Kader Kader Masthan- Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Northern Development