The swearing in of the new cabinet has concluded at the Presidential Secretariat with the rest of the portfolios to be revealed at a later date. See below list of Ministers who were sworn in today (Oct 29).
Mahinda Rajapaksa - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
Nimal Siripala de Silva - Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation.
Dr. Sarath Amunugama: Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mahinda Samarasinghe: Minister of Ports and Shipping
Mahinda Amaraweera: Minister of Agriculture
Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe: Minister of Education and Higher Education.
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Minister of Power and Renewable Energy
Wijith Wijayamuni Zoysa: Minister of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs
Faiszer Musthapha: Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government, and Sports
Douglas Devananda: Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development, & Hindu Religious Affairs
Arumugam Thondaman: Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development.
Vasantha Senanayake: Minister of Tourism and Wildlife
State Ministers
Suresh Vadivel: State Minister of Plantation Industries
Deptuy Ministers
Ananda Aluthgamage: Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wildlife
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