Several new State Ministers have been sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President’s Media Division confirmed. 

Accordingly, a total of twenty-one state ministers have been appointed by the President today.

Meanwhile seventeen Cabinet Ministers had been appointed by the President this morning (18). 

Full list of new state ministers:

1. Prof. G.L. Peiris – State Minister of Defence
2. Rohana Dissanayake – State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government
3. Arundika Fernando – State Minister of Plantation Industries 
4. Lohan Ratwatte – State Minister of Urban Development 
5. Tharaka Balasuriya – State Minister of Foreign Affairs 
6. Indika Anuruddha – State Minister of Housing
7. Sanath Nishantha – State Minister of Water Supply
8. Siripala Gamlath – State Minister of Mahaweli
9. Anuradha Jayaratne – State Minister of Irrigation 
10. Sisira Jayakody – State Minister of Indigenous Medicine 
11. Prasanna Ranaweera – State Minister of Industries 
12. D.V. Chanaka – State Minister of Tourism / State Minister of Tourism
13. D.B. Herath – State Minister of Livestock 
14. Kader Masthan – State Minister of Rural Economic Crop Cultivation & Promotion
15. Ashoka Priyantha – State Minister of Trade
16. A. Aravind Kumar – State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure 
17. Geetha Kumarasinghe – State Minister of Culture and Performing Arts 
18. Gunapala Ratnasekara – State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection 
19. Kapila Nuwan Athukorala – State Minister of Minor Export Crop Development 
20. Dr. Gayashan Nawananda – State Minister of Health 
21. Surendra Ragawan – State Minister of Education Services & Reforms

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