(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed new Secretaries to 23 ministries, President’s Media Division said.
Accordingly, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa handed over the letters of appointment to the new Secretaries to the Cabinet Ministries at the President’s House yesterday afternoon (24).
The list of new Cabinet Secretaries is as follows.
01- R.W.R. Pemasiri – Ministry of Transport and Highways
02- M.M.P.K. Mayadunne – Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Ministry of Provincial Councils & Local Government
03- K.D.S. Ruwanchandra – Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation
04- ST Kodikara – Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Food Security
05- Mrs. Wasantha Perera – Ministry of Judiciary, Prisons and Constitutional Reforms
06. S. Hettiarachchi – Ministry of Public Security
07- M.N. Ranasinghe – Ministry of Education
08- MPDUK Mapa Pathirana – Ministry of Power and Energy
09- RMI Ratnayake – Ministry of Fisheries
10- Monty Ranatunga – Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage
11- U.D.C. Jayalal – Ministry of Irrigation
12- Anuradha Wijekoon – Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs
13- Dr. Anil Jasinghe – Ministry of Environment
14- Anusha Pelpita – Ministry of Mass Media
15- MBR. Pushpakumara – Ministry of Agriculture
16- Somaratne Vidanapathirana – Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs
17- General (Retired) Daya Ratnayake – Ministry of Industries
18- Mrs. Aruni Wijewardena – Ministry of External Affairs
19- B.L.A.J. Dharmakeerthi – Ministry of Plantation Industries
20- Mrs. R.M.C.M. Herath – Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation
21- S.J.S. Chandragupta – Ministry of Health
22- P.H.C. Ratnayake – Ministry of Urban Development and Housing
23- R.P.A. Wimalaweera – Ministry of Labor and Foreign Employment