More new Ministers sworn in

Another group of Parliamentarians were sworn in as Cabinet Ministers, State Ministers and Deputy Ministers before President Maithripala Sirisena today (01).

Accordingly, two (2) Ministers, five (5) State Ministers and six (6) Deputy Ministers were sworn in during a brief ceremony at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo late in the evening.

On October 29, the President had appointed 12 Cabinet Ministers, a State Minister and a Deputy Minister while the following day UNP MP Dunesh Gankanda was sworn in as the Minister of State for Environment.

This brings the total number ministers in the new government to 14 Cabinet Ministers, 7 State Ministers and 7 Deputy Ministers.

MP Duminda Dissanayake was today reappointed as the Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management, the same portfolio previously held by him.

Meanwhile, MP Dayasiri Jayasekara was sworn in as the Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training.

Cabinet Ministers:

Duminda Dissanayake: Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management

Dayasiri Jayasekara: Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training

State Ministers:

Piyasena Gamage: State Minister of Youth, Women and Child Affairs

Lakshman Seneviratne: State Minister of Defence

M. L. A. M. Hizbullah: State Minister of Highways and Road Development

Mohan Lal Grero: State Minister of Education and Higher Education

Sriyani Wijewickrama: State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government, and Sports

Deputy Ministers:

Angajan Ramanathan: Deputy Minister of Agriculture

Nishantha Muthuhettigamage: Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping

Indika Bandaranayake: Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Development

Manusha Nanayakkara: Deputy Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment

Sarathi Dushmantha: Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms

Kader Kader Masthan: Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, and Northern Development