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Non-cabinet Ministers, State Ministers, Deputy Ministers appointed

21 Dec 2018

President Maithripala Sirisena today appointed non-cabinet Ministers, State Ministers and Deputy Ministers at the Presidential Secretariat. Three non-cabinet ministers, 17 State Ministers and 7 Deputy Ministers took oaths. Non-Cabinet Ministers:
  1. Dr Harsha de Silva - Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution (non-Cabinet)
  2. Ajith P. Perera - Minister of Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology (non-Cabinet)
  3. Sujeewa Senasinghe - Minister of Science, Technology and Research (non-Cabinet)
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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