(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – President Maithripala Sirisena this morning (02) swore in multiple new Deputy and State Ministers at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.
The Deputy and State Ministers portfolios are newly filled as follows:
Deputy Ministers:
Karunarathna Paranawithana – Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training, and Hill Country Heritage
Ameer Ali Shihabdeen – Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy
Dunesh Gankanda – Deputy Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms
Ranjan Ramanayake – Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment
Sarathie Dushmantha – Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms
Palitha Kumara Thewarapperuma – Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development
Manusha Nanayakkara – Deputy Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment
Muthu Sivalingam – Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development
Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana – Deputy Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages
H.M.M. Harees – Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy Development
State Ministers:
Palitha Range Bandara – State Minister of Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and Disaster Management
Dilip Wedaarachchi – State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy
M.L.A.M. Hizbullah – State Minister of Highways and Road Development
Mohan Lal Grero – State Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs
A.D. Champika Premadasa – State Minister of Plantation Industries
Lakshman Senewiratne – State Minister of Public Administration and Management, and Law and Oder
Sriyani Wijewickrama – State Minister of Sports, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Weerakumara Dissanayake – State Minister of Mahaweli Development
