(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Two new Cabinet Ministers, Five State Ministers and Six Deputy Ministers were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, yesterday (01).
Following are the Ministers and their portfolios:
Cabinet Ministers
Hon. Duminda Dissanayake – Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara – Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training
State Ministers
Hon. Piyasena Gamage – State Minister of Youth, Women and Child Affairs
Hon. Lakshman Senewiratne -State Minister of Defence
Hon. M. L. A. M. Hizbullah- State Minister of Highways and Road Development
Hon. Mohan Lal Grero – State Minister of Education and Higher Education
Hon. Sriyani Wijewickrama- State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government, and Sports
Deputy Ministers
Hon. Angajan Ramanathan- Deputy Minister of Agriculture
Hon. Manusha Nanayakkara- Deputy Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment
Hon. Indika Bandaranayake- Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Development
Hon. Sarathi Dushmantha- Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms
Hon. Nishantha Muthuhettigamage- Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping
Hon. Kader Masthan – Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, and Northern Development.
