New secretaries have been appointed to 23 ministries, the President’s Media Division (PMD) says. The new officials received their letters of appointment from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Colombo this evening (May 24). 1. R.W.R. Pemasiri - Ministry of Transport and Highways 2. M.M.P.K. Mayadunne - Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government 3. K.D.S. Ruwanchandra - Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation 4. S.T. Kodikara - Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Food Security 5. Wasantha Perera - Ministry of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms 6. S. Hettiarachchi - Ministry of Public Security 7. M.N. Ranasinghe - Ministry of Education 8. M.P.D.U.K. Mapa Pathirana - Ministry of Power and Energy 9. R.M.I. Ratnayake - Ministry of Fisheries 10. Monty Ranatunga - Ministry of Water Supply 11. U.D.C. Jayalal - Ministry of Irrigation 12. Anuradha Wijekoon - Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs 13. Dr. Anil Jasinghe - Ministry of Environment 14. Anusha Pelpita - Ministry of Mass Media 15. M.B.R. Pushpakumara - Ministry of Agriculture 16. Somaratna Vidanapathirana - Ministry of Buddhashasana, Religious Affairs and Cultural Affairs 17. General (Rtd.) Daya Ratnayake - Ministry of Industries 18. Aruni Wijewardhane - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19. B.L.A.J. Dharmakeerthi - Ministry of Plantations 20. R.M.C.M. Herath - Ministry of Forest Resources and Wildlife 21. S.J.S. Chandragupta - Ministry of Health 22. P.H.C. Ratnayake - Ministry of Urban Development and Housing 23. R.P.A. Wimalaweera - Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment