43 State Ministers and Deputy Ministers appointed

43 State Ministers and Deputy Ministers appointed

This afternoon, 40 State Ministers and Deputy

Ministers took their oaths at the Presidential Secretariat. As such, all appointed total upto 43.

The State Ministers and Deputy Ministers who were sworn-in are as follows:

State Ministers
A.H.M. Fauzi -- State Minister of National Integration
Dilan Perera -- State Minister of Highways

T.B. Ekanayaka -- Lands
Priyankara Jayaratne -- Law and Order
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena -- Finance
Ravindra Samaraweera -- Labour and Trade Union
P. Radhakrishnon -- Education
Palitha Range Bandara -- Vocational Training
Dulip Wedaarachchi -- Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Niroshan Perera -- National Policy and Economic Development
Ruwan Wijeywardena -- Security
Mohan Lal Grero -- University Education
Champika Premadasa -- Industries
Vijayakala Maheswaran -- Child Affairs
Sujeewa Senasingha -- Internal Trade
Vasantha Senanayaka -- Irrigation and Water Resources
Wasantha Aluvihare -- Agriculture
Sudarshani Fernandopulle -- Town Planning and Water Supply


Deputy Ministers
Sumedha G. Jayasena -- Wild Life
Susantha Punchinilame -- Public Administration
Amir Ali -- Rural Economy
Lasantha Alagiyawanna -- Megapolis
Indika Bandaranayaka -- Housing and Construction
Mohammed Faisal Cassim -- Health and Indigenous Medicine
Duleep Bandula Wijeysekera -- Post and Muslim Affairs
Lakshman Wasantha Perera -- Plantation
Nishantha Muthuhettigama -- Ports and Shipping
Dunesh Gankanda -- Disaster Management
Anoma Gamage -- Petroleum
Harsha de Silva -- Foreign Affairs
Ajith P. Perera -- Power and Energy
Iran Wickremaratna -- State Entrepreneurship
Ranjan Ramanayaka -- Social Services
Ashoka Abeysingha -- Transport
Arundika Fernando -- Home Affairs
Tharanath Basnayaka -- Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure
Mohammed Haleel -- Sports
Karunaratna Paranavithana -- Provincial Council and Local Government
Nimal Lansa -- Tourism and Christian Affairs

Deputy Ministers who were not present today
Siripala Gamlath -- Foreign Employment
Anuradha Jayaratna -- Mahaweli Development
S. Dushmantha -- Judicial