VIDEO: 59 Cabinet Ministers sworn in

59 Cabinet Ministers were sworn in before the President a short while ago. New faces in the Cabinet include; Rauff Hakeem, Sarath Amunugama, Mahindananda Aluthgama, Dilan Perera, Mervyn Silva, Lakshman Senevirathne, Mahinda Amaraweera.


The 59 strong cabinet is composed of 10 senior minister and 49 ministers.

1.    Nimal Siripala De Silva
2.    Maithripala Sirisena
3.    Susil Premajayantha
4.    Arumugam Thondaman
5.    Dinesh Gunawardena
6.    Douglas Devananda
7.    A.L.M. Athaulla
8.    Rishad Bathiudeen
9.    Patali Champika Ranawaka
10.    Wimal Weerawansa
11.    Rauff Hakeem
12.    Basil Rajapaksa
13.    Wasudeva Nanayakkara
14.    S.B. Dissanayaka
15.     G.L. Peiris
16.    W.D.J. Senevirathne
17.    Sumedha Jayasena
18.    Jeevan Kumarathunga
19.    Pavithra Wanniarachchi
20.    Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
21.    Thissa Karaliyadda
22.    Gamini Lokuge
23.    Bandula Gunawardena
24.    Mahinda Samarasinghe
25.    Rajitha Senarathne
26.    Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
27.    Felix Perera
28.    C.B. Rathnayaka
29.    Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
30.    Keheliya Rambukwella
31.     Kumara Welgama
32.    Doulas Alahapperuma
33.    Johnston Fernando
34.    Chandrasiri Gajadeera
35.    Salinda Dissanayaka
36.    Reginold Cooray
37.    Dilan Perera
38.    Jagath Pushpakumara
39.    T.B. Ekanayake
40.    Mahindananda Amaraweera
41.    S.M. Chandrasena
42.    Gunarathna Weerakone
43.    Mervyn Silva
44.    Mahindananda Aluthgama
45.    Dayashritha Thisera
46.    Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
47.    Jagath Balasuriya
48.    Lakshman Senevirathne
49.    Naveen Dissanayaka