New State Ministers sworn in before the President

April 18, 2022 04:48 pm

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:

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