Swearing in of Ministers, Deputy and State Ministers gets underway

The swearing in of non-cabinet ministers along with deputy and state ministers took oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena a short while ago. The new appointments are as follows: 

Non-Cabinet Ministers

Harsha de Silva - Minister of Economic Reform and Public Distribution 

Ajith P Perera - Minister of Digital Infastructure and Information Technology 

Sujeewa Senasinghe - Minister of Science,Technology & Research

Deputy Minister

Buddika Pathirana - Deputy Minister Industry and Commerce

Nalin Bandara - Deputy Minister of International Trade

Anoma Gamage - Deputy Minister ofPetroleum Resources Development

Ajith Mannapperuma - Deputy Minister ofEnviornment

Karunaratne Paranavitana - Deputy Minister ofMinistry of Skills Development and Vocational Training

Palitha Thewarapperuma - Deputy Minister ofSocial Empowerment

Edward Gunasekara - Deputy Minister of Lands and Parliamentary reforms

State Ministers

Ranjan Ramanayake - State Minister for Highways & Road Development

JC Alawathuwala - State Minister for Home Affairs & Provincial Councils

Vijayakala Maheshwaran - State Minister for Education 

Ruwan Wijeywardena - State Minister of Defence

Eran Wickremaratne - State Minister of Finance

Ali Zahir Moulana - State Minister of Social Empowerment

Niroshan Perera - State Minister of National Policies & Economic Affairs

Champika Premadasa - State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy

Ranjith Aluvihare - State Minister of Tourism Development

Wasantha Aluvihare - State Minister of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, and Livestock Development

Lucky Jayawardena - State Minister of Ministry of City Planning and Water Supply 

Ashoka Abeysinghe - State Minister of Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation

Faizal Cassim -  State Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine

H.M.M. Harris -  State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government

Dilip Wedaarachchi - State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development

Vadivel Suresh - State Minister of Plantation Industries

Ameer Ali - State Minister of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, and Livestock Development

Z.M. Zaid - State Minister of Social Empowerment