38 State and Deputy Ministers sworn in

by Staff Writer 27-11-2019 | 11:03 AM

Colombo (News 1st): 3 Deputy Ministers and 35 State Ministers were sworn in before

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (November 27). The event that took place at the Presidential Secretariat also saw the attendance of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and a number of other politicians.

Deputy Ministers

Nimal Lanza - Deputy Minister of Community Empowerment and Estate
Kanchana Wijeysekara - Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Indika Anuruddha - Deputy Minister of State Administration, Internal Affairs, Provincial Council and Local Government

State Ministers

Chamal Rajapaksa - State Minister of Defense
Wasudeva Nanayakkara - State Minister of Water Resources Management
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 State Administration and Internal Affairs
C.B. Rathnayake - State Minister of Railway Services
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene - State Minister of Information and Communication Technology
Susantha Punchinilame - State Minister of SME 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
Duminda Dissanayake - State Minister of Youth Affairs
Mahindananda Aluthgamage - State Minister of Electricity
Rohitha Abeygunawardene - State Minister of Energy
Dayasiri Jayasekara - State Minister of Industry
Lasantha Alagiyawanne - State Minister of State Management and Public Accounts
Keheliya Rambukwella - State Minister of Investment Promotion
Arundika Fernando - State Minister of Tourism Promotion
Thilanga Sumathipala - State Minister of Technology and Innovations
Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva - State Minister of Human Rights and Legal Reforms
Vijitha Berugoda - State Minister of Women’s and Children’s Affairs
Roshan Ranasinghe - State Minister of Mahaweli Development
Janaka Wakumbura - State Minister of Export Agriculture
Vidura Wickramanayake - State Minister of Agriculture
Shehan Semasinghe - State Minister of Development Banks and Loan Schemes
Kanaka Herath - State Minister of Port Development
Dilum Amunugama - State Minister of Transport Services Management
Lohan Rathwatte - State Minister of Road Development
Wimalaweera Dissanayake - State Minister of Wild Life Resources
Jayantha Samaraweera - State Minister of Environment
Sanath Nishantha - State Minister of Fisheries
Tharaka Balasuriya - State Minister of Social Security