Deputy, State Ministers take oaths before President

A new set of Deputy and State Ministers were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this morning.

These appointments came a week after a 16-member caretaker cabinet was appointed by the President.

They will function until the general election.

The newly appointed Deputy and State Ministers are as follows :

Deputy Ministers 

Nimal Lanza - Deputy Minister of Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development

Kanchana Wijesekera - Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Indika Anuruddha - Deputy Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government

State Ministers

Chamal Rajapaksa - State Minister of Defence

Arundika Fernando - State Minister of Tourism

Mahindananda Aluthgamage - State Minister of Power

Susil Premajantha - State Minister of Foreign Affairs

Vasudeva Nanayakkara - State Minister of Water Supply

Gamini Lokuge - State Minister of Urban Development 

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena -  State Minister of Irrigation and Rural Development

S.B. Dissanayake - State Minister of Lands and Land Development

John Seneviratne - State Minister of Economic Affairs and Policy Development

Mahinda Samarasinghe - State Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs

C.B. Ratnayake - State Minister of Railways

Dilum Amunugama - State Minister of Transport

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena - State Minister of Information and Communication

Susantha Punchinilame - State Minister of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development

Anura Priyadarshana Yapa - State Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Welfare

Priyankara Jayaratne - State Minister of Indigenous Medicine

Ranjith Siyambalapitiya - State Minister of Education 

Duminda Dissanayake - State Minister of Youth Affairs

Rohitha Abeygunawardena - State Minister of Energy

Dayasiri Jayasekara - State Minister of Industries

Lasantha Alagiyawanna - State Minister of Public Administration

Keheliya Rambukwella - State Minister of Investment Promotion

Thilanga Sumathipala - State Minister of Technology and Innovation

Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva - State Minister of Human Rights and Legal Reforms

Vijitha Berugoda - State Minister of Women and Child Affairs 

Roshan Ranasinghe - State Minister of Mahaweli Development

Janaka Wakkumbura - State Minister of Export Agriculture

Vidura Wickremanayake - State Minister of Agriculture

Shehan Semasinghe - State Minister of Development Banks and Loans

Kanaka Herath - State Minister of Ports

Lohan Ratwatte - State Minister of Highways

Wimalaweera Dissanayaka - State Minister of Wildlife Resources

Jayantha Samaraweera - State Minister of Environment

Sanath Nishantha Perera - State Minister of Fisheries and Fisheries Industries

Tharaka Balasuriya - State Minister of Community Empowerment 

(By Indika Handuwala)