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
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