Ministry secretaries appointed by President ; see full list

The secretaries to the ministries took oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat earlier today (Dec 21)

The appointments are as follows :

• 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 Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Southern Development
• Sunil Hettiarachchi - Secretary to the Ministry of Highways, Road Development and Petroleum Resources Development