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New State Ministers sworn in
Sep 08, 202210:13 AM
New State Ministers sworn in

The swearing-in of new State Ministers was held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe this morning (Sep 08).

 

Accordingly, a total of 37 parliamentarians took oaths in their new state ministerial portfolios.

 

1. Jagath Pushpakumara - State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion

 

2. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya - State Minister of Finance

 

3. Lasantha Alagiyawanna - State Minister of Transport

 

4. Janaka Wakkumbura - State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government

 

5. Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva - State Minister of Agriculture

 

6. Rohana Dissanayake - State Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs

 

7. Lohan Ratwatte - State Minister of Plantation Industries

 

8. Indika Anuruddha - State Minister of Power and Energy

 

9. Sanath Nishantha - State Minister of Water Supply

 

10. Dilum Amunugama - State Minister of Investment Promotion

 

11. Vijitha Berugoda - State Minister of Piriven Education

 

12. Siripala Gamlath - State Minister of Highways

 

13. Shantha Bandara - State Minister of Mass Media

 

14. Kanaka Herath - State Minister of Technology

 

15. Shehan Semasinghe - State Minister of Finance

 

16. Thenuka Vidanagamage - State Minister of Economic Development and Housing

 

17. Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon - State Minister of Defence

 

18. Arundika Fernando - State Minister of Urban Development and Housing

 

19. Tharaka Balasuriya - State Minister of Foreign Affairs

 

20. Anuradha Jayaratne - State Minister of Justice and Prisons Reforms

 

21. Sathasivam Viyalanderan - State Minister of Trade

 

22. Sisira Jayakody - State Minister of Indigenous Medicine

 

23. Piyal Nishantha de Silva - State Minister of Fisheries

 

24. Prasanna Ranaweera - State Minister of Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprise Development

 

25. D.V. Chanaka - State Minister of Conservation of Wildlife and Forest Reserves

 

26. D.B. Herath - State Minister of Livestock Development

 

27. Shasheendra Rajapaksa - State Minister of Irrigation

 

28. Dr. Seetha Arambepola - State Minister of Health

 

29. Kader Masthan - State Minister of Rural Economy

 

30. Ashoka Priyantha - State Minister of Home Affairs

 

31. Aravindh Kumar - State Minister of Education

 

32. Geetha Kumarasinghe - State Minister of Women and Child Affairs

 

33. Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan - State Minister of Rural Road Development

 

34. Suren Raghavan - State Minister of Higher Education

 

35. Diana Gamage - State Minister of Tourism

 

36. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake - State Minister of Primary Industries

 

37. Anupa Pasqual - State Minister of Social Empowerment

 

 

 

 

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