Thirty seven new state ministers appointed

Thirty seven new state ministers appointed

The swearing-in of 37 State Minister was held before President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat this morning.

Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentarians Jagath Pushpakumara, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Chamara Sampath Dasanayake and Lasantha Alagiyawanna have taken oaths as State Ministers before the President.

Sworn in State Ministers were;

Jagath Pushpakumara – State Minister Foreign Employment
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya – State Minister of Finance
Lasantha Alagiyawanna – State Minister of Transport
Dilum Amunugama – State Minister of Investment Promotion
Kanaka Herath – State Minister of Technology
Janaka Wakkumbura – State Minister of Provincial Councils, and Local Government
Shehan Semasinghe – State Minister of Finance
Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva – State Minister of Agriculture
Thenuka Vidanagamage – State Minister of Urban Development and Housing
Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon – State Minister of Security
Rohana Dissanayake – State Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
Arundhika Fernando – State Minister of Urban Development and Housing
Vijitha Berugoda – State Minister of Piriven Education
Lohan Ratwatte – State Minister of Plantation Industries
Tharaka Balasuriya – State Minister of External Affairs
Sanath Nishantha- State Minister of Water Supply
Indika Anurudhdha – State Minister of Power and Energy
Siripala Gamlath – State Minister of Highways
Shantha Bandara – State Minister of Media
Anuradha Jayaratne  – State Minister of Justice and Prisons Affairs
S. Viyalendran – State Minister of Trade
Sisira Jayakody – State Minister of Indigenous Medicine
Piyal Nishantha De Silva – State Minister of Fisheries
Prasanna Ranaweera – State Minister of  Small and Medium Scale Industries Development
D. V. Chanaka – State Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation
D. B. Herath – State Minister of Livestock Development
Shasheendra Rajapaksa – State Minister of Irrigation
Dr. Seetha Arambepola – State Minister of Health
Cader Masthan – State Minister of Rural Affairs
Ashoka Priyantha – State Minister of Home Affairs
Aravind Kumar – State Minister of Education
Geetha Kumarasinghe – State Minister of Women and Child Affairs
Sivanesathurai Santhirakanthan – State Minister of Rural Roads Development
Dr. Suren Raghavan – State Minister of Higher Education
Diana Gamage – State Minister of Tourism
Chamara Sampath Dassanayake – State Minister of Primary Industries
Anura Paquel – State Minister of Social Empowerment.

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