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Here they are: Cabinet, non cabinet ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers
View(s):A 30-member cabinet, three non-cabinet ministers, 17 state ministers and seven deputy ministers were appointed this week.
Most of the ministers, after being sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday assumed duties the following day. Non cabinet, state and deputy ministers were appointed only on Friday night. Some of the ministers were entrusted with the same subjects they held before October 26, when the Prime Minister was removed, while others have been given additional ministries.
Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka of the former cabinet was not picked for a portfolio while Minister Ravi Karunanayake who resigned earlier, was included in the cabinet.
The President has also re-shuffled ministry secretaries. (please see below
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| Ministry secretaries appointed by the President Hemasiri Fernando – Secretary to the Ministry of Defence; S.M. Mohamed – Secretary to the Ministry of Posts and Muslim Religious Affairs; V. Sivyonasoodhi – Secretary to the Ministry of Industry & Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons & Co-operative Development; Padmasiri Jayamanna – Secretary to the Ministry of Education; R.M.D.B. Meegasmulla – Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Prison reforms; J.J. Ratnasri – Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration & Disaster Management; Prof. B.M.S. Batagoda – Secretary to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Enterprise Development; L.P. Jayampathi – Secretary to the Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation; N. Rupasinghe – Secretary to the Ministry of Megapolis & Western Development; H.T. Kamal Padmasiri – Secretary to the Ministry of Internal and Home Affairs and Provincial Councils and Local Government; J.A. Ranjith – Secretary to the Ministry of Plantation Industries; A.G.G. Kithsiri – Secretary to the Ministry of Buddhasasana & Wayamba Development; Mrs. L.D. Senanayake – Secretary to the Ministry of Women & Child Affairs and Dry Zone Development; D.M.A.R.B. Dissanayake – Secretary to the Ministry of Mahaweli Development; P. Suresh – Secretary to the Ministry of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure & Community Development; H.M. Gamini Seneviratne – Secretary to the Ministry of Labour, Trade Union Relations, and Social Empowerment; K.D.N.R. Asoka – Secretary to the Ministry of Development Strategies, International Trade and Science, Technology and Research; K.D.S. Ruwanchandra – Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation and Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development; W.H. Karunaratne – Secretary to the Ministry of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms; M.Y.S Deshapriya – Secretary to the Ministry of National Integration, Official Languages, Social Progress and Hindu Religious Affairs; K.P. Bernard Wasantha Silva – Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Development; S.T. Kodikara – Secretary to the Ministry of Development Strategies, International Trade and Science, Technology and Research; W.A. Chulananda Perera – Secretary to the Ministry of Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure, Foreign Employment & Sports; Wasantha Perera – Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine; M.M.P.K Mayadunne – Secretary to the Ministry of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education; S. Hettiarachchi – Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media; R. P. Ariyasinghe – Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Parakrama Dissanayake – Secretary to the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Southern Development; Sunil Hettiarachchi – Secretary to the Ministry of Highways, Road Development and Petroleum Resources Development
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