Non-cabinet Ministers, State Ministers, Deputy Ministers appointed
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:
- Dr Harsha de Silva – Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution (non-Cabinet)
- Ajith P. Perera – Minister of Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology (non-Cabinet)
- Sujeewa Senasinghe – Minister of Science, Technology and Research (non-Cabinet)
State Ministers:
- Eran Wickramaratne – State Minister of Finance
- Vijayakala Maheswaran – State Minister of Education
- J.C. Alawathuwala – State Minister of Internal and Home Affairs and Local Government and Provincial Councils
- Ranjan Ramanayake – State Minister of Highways and Road Development
- Ali Zahir Moulana – State Minister of Social Empowerment
- Ruwan Wijewardena – State Minister of Defence
- Ranjith Aluwihare – State Minister of Tourism Development
- Wasantha Aluwihare – State Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Economic Affairs
- Lucky Jayawardena – State Minister of Town Planning and Water Supply
- Niroshan Perera – State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs
- Champika Premadasa – State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy
- Ashoka Abeysinghe – State Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation
- Faizal Cassim – Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
- H.M.M. Harees – State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government
- Ameer Ali – State Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Economic Affairs
- Dilip Wedaarachchi – State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development
- Vadivel Suresh – State Minister of Plantation Industries
Deputy Ministers:
- Buddhika Pathirana – Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce
- Nalin Bandara – Deputy Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade
- Anoma Gamage – Deputy Minister of Petroleum Resources Development
- Edward Gunasekara – Deputy Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms
- Ajith Mannapperuma – Deputy Minister of Environment
- Karunaratna Paranavithana – Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training
- Palitha Thewaraperuma – Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment
