The 37 State Ministers of the new government were sworn in before President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the President's Office this morning (08).
Below is the list of newly appointed State Ministers.
01- Hon. Jagath Pushpakumara - Foreign Employment Promotion
02- Hon. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya - Finance
03- Hon. Lasantha Alagiyawanna - Transport
04 -Hon. Dilum Amunugama - Investment Promotions
05- Hon. Kanaka Herat - Technology
06- Hon. Janaka Wakkumbura - Provincial councils and Local Government
07-Hon. Shehan Semasinghe - Finance
08- Hon. Mohan Priyadarshan de Silva - Agriculture
09- Hon. Tenuka Widanagamage - Urban Development and Housing
10- Hon. Pramitha Bandara Thennakoon - Defence
11- Hon. Rohana Dissanayake - Sports and Youth Activities
12- Hon. Arundika Fernando - Urban Development and Housing
13- Hon. Vijitha Berugoda - Piriven Education
14- Hon. Lohan Ratwatte - Plantation industries
15- Hon. Tharaka Balasuriya - Foreign Affairs
16- Hon. Indika Anuruddha - Power and Energy
17- Hon. Sanath Nishantha - Water Supply
18- Hon. Siripala Gamlath -Highways
19- Hon. Shantha Bandara - Mass Media
20- Hon. Anuradha Jayaratne - Justice and Prison Reforms
21- Hon. S. Viyalanderan - Trade
22- Hon. Sisira Jayakody - Indigenous Medicine
23- Hon. Piyal Nishantha de Silva - Fisheries
24- Hon. Prasanna Ranaweera - Small and Medium Enterprise Development
25- Hon. D.V. Chanaka - Conservation of Wildlife and Forest Resources
26- Hon. D.B. Herath - Livestock Development
27- Hon. Shaheendra Rajapaksa - Irrigation
28- Hon. (Dr.) Seetha Arambepola - Health
29- Hon. Kader Masthan - Rural Economy
30- Hon. Ashoka Priyantha - Home Affairs
31- Hon. Aravindh Kumar - Educational
32- Hon. Geetha Kumarasinghe - Women and Children Affairs
33- Hon. Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan - Rural road Development
34- Hon. (Dr.) Suren Raghavan - Higher Education
35- Hon. Diana Gamage - Tourism
36- Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake - Primary Industries
37- Hon. Anupa Pasqual - Social Empowerment