Sri Lanka: New State, deputy ministers sworn in at Presidential Secretariat

Colombo: 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. (IANS)

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