New Non-Cabinet, Deputy, and State Ministers take oaths

(UTV|COLOMBO) – The new Non-Cabinet, Deputy, and State Ministers are being sworn-in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

The new appointments are as follows;

Non-Cabinet Ministers

1. Dr. Harsha de Silva – Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution
2. Ajith P. Perera – Minister of Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology
3. Sujeewa Senasinghe – Minister of Science, Technology and Research

State Ministers

1. Eran Wickramaratne – State Minister of Finance
2. Vijayakala Maheswaran – State Minister of Education
3. J. C. Alawathuwala – State Minister of Internal and Home Affairs, and Local Government and Provincial Councils
4. Ranjan Ramanayake – State Minister of Highways and Road Development
5. Ali Zahir Moulana – State Minister of Social Empowerment
6. Ruwan Wijewardena – State Minister of Defence
7. Ranjith Aluwihare – State Minister of Tourism Development
8. Wasantha Aluwihare – State Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Rural Economic Affairs
9. Lucky Jayawardena – State Minister of Town Planning, and Water Supply
10. Niroshan Perera – State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs
11. Champika Premadasa – State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy
12. Ashoka Abeysinghe – State Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation
13. Faizal Cassim – Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
14. H. M. M. Harees – State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government
15. Ameer Ali – State Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Rural Economic Affairs
16. Dilip Wedaarachchi – State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development
17. Vadivel Suresh – State Minister of Plantation Industries

Deputy Ministers

1. Buddhika Pathirana – Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce
2. Nalin Bandara – Deputy Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade
3. Anoma Gamage – Deputy Minister of Petroleum Resources Development
4. Edward Gunasekara – Deputy Minister of Lands, and Parliamentary Reforms
5. Ajith Mannapperuma – Deputy Minister of Environment
6. Karunaratna Paranavithana – Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training
7. Palitha Thewaraperuma – Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment

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