Maithri Appoints 27 Cabinet Ministers 11 State Ministers & 09 Dep. Ministers

President Maithripala Sirisena today appointed 27 Cabinet Ministers 11 state ministers and 09 deputy ministers.

The list of new Cabinet ministers, state minsters and deputy ministers are as follows;

Prime Mininser Ranil Wickremesinghe - Minister of Planning and Economic Development

John Amaratunga - Minister of Law and Order, disaster management and Christian religious affair

Joseph Michael Perera - Minister of Home Affairs

Gamini Jayawickrema Perera - Minister of Food Security

Mangala Samaraweera - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Karu Jayasuriya – Minister of Buddha Sasana

Lakshman Kiriella – Minister of Plantation

Ravi Karunanayake – Minister of Finance

Rauff Hakeem – Minister of Urban Development and Water Supply

Patali Champika Ranawaka – Minister of Power and Energy

Rajitha Senaratne – Minister of Health

Duminda Dissanayake – Minister of Irrigation

Kabir Hashim –Minister of Highways and Investment Promotions

M.K.D.S. Gunawardena – Minister of Lands

Sajith Premadasa – Minister of Housing and Samurdhi

Wijedasa Rajapaksa – Minister of Justice

Gayantha Karunathilake – Minister of Media

Navin Dissanayake – Minister of Tourism

Arjuna Ranatunga – Minister of Ports

Rishad Bathiudeen – Minister of Industry and Commerce

P. Digambaram –

D.M. Swaminathan –Minister of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs

Akila Viraj Kariyawasam – Minister of Education

Thalatha Atukorale – Minister of Foreign Employment

Ranjith Maddumabandara – Minister of Internal Transport

P. Harrison – Minister of Social Service and Welfare

Chandrani Bandara – Women’s Affairs

State Ministers

Nandimithra Ekanayake –Culture

V. Radhakrishnan –

Faizer Mustapha – Aviation

Palitha Range Bandara – Power and Energy

Dilip Wedaarachchi – Fisheries

Rosy Senanayake – Child Affairs

Rajiva Wijesinha – Higher Education

Ruwan Wijewardena –Defence

K. Vulayudhan –

Niroshan Perera – Youth Affairs

Deputy Ministers

Champika Premadasa – Industry and Commerce

Harsha de Silva – Planning and Economic Development

Eran Wickremaratne – Highways and Investment Promotions

Sujeewa Senasinghe – Justice

Wasantha Senanayake – Tourism

W. Maheswaran –  Women’s Affairs

Ajith P. Perera – Foreign Affairs

Anoma Gamage – Irrigation