(UTV|COLOMBO) – Two new State Ministers and five Deputy Ministers were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat today (12).
The names and Ministries are as follows:
State Ministers
- Ranjith Aluwihare – Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs
- Lucky Jayawardena – Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development
Deputy Ministers
- Ajith Mannapperuma – Deputy Minister of Environment
- Angajan Ramanathan – Deputy Minister of Agriculture
- Cader Mastan – Deputy Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs
- Edward Gunasekara – Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development
- Nalin Bandara Jayamaha – Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Management and Law and Order
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