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
Source: Adaderana