Sep 09, 2015 (LBO) – The swearing in ceremony of the new State and Deputy Ministers of the government held today at the Presidential Secretariat.
New State and Deputy Ministers who took oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena are as follows.
| State Ministers |
| 01 |
T.B. Ekanayake |
State Minister of Land |
| 02 |
A.H.M. Fauzi |
State Minister of National Integration |
| 03 |
Priyankara Jayaratne |
State Minister of Law and Order |
| 04 |
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardane |
State Minister of Finance |
| 05 |
Dilan Perera |
State Minister of Highways |
| 06 |
Ravindra Samaraweera |
State Minister of Labour and Trade Union |
| 07 |
Dilip Wedaarachchi |
State Minister of Fisheries |
| 08 |
Niroshan Perera |
State Minister of National Policy and Economic Development |
| 09 |
Palitha Range Bandara |
State Minister of Vocational Training |
| 10 |
Ruwan Wijeyawardene |
State Minister of Defence |
| 11 |
Mohan Lal Grero |
State Minister of University Education |
| 12 |
Champilka Premadasa |
State Minister of Industries and Commerce |
| 13 |
Vijayakala Maheswaran |
State Minister of Child Affairs |
| 14 |
Wasantha Senanayake |
State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources |
| 15 |
Sujeewa Senasinghe |
State Minister of International Trade |
| 16 |
Wasantha Aluvihare |
State Minister of Agriculture |
| 17 |
Sudarshani Fernandopulle |
State Minister of Water Supply |
| 18 |
V. Radhakrishnan |
State Minister of Education |
| 19 |
A. L.M. Hizbullah |
State Minister of Rehabilitation and Reconciliation |
| Deputy Ministers |
| 01 |
Sumeda G. Jayasena |
Deputy Minister of Wildlife |
| 02 |
Susantha Punchinilame |
Deputy Minister of Public Administration |
| 03 |
Ameer Ali |
Deputy Minister of Rural Economy |
| 04 |
Lasantha Alagiyawanna |
Deputy Minister of Megapolis |
| 05 |
Indika Bandaranayake |
Duputy Minister of Housing |
| 06 |
Faisal Cassim |
Deputy Minister of Health |
| 07 |
Dunesh Gankanda |
Deputy Minister of Disaster Management |
| 08 |
Dulip Wijesekara |
Deputy Minister of Postal and Muslim affairs |
| 09 |
Lakshman Wasantha Perera |
Deputy Minister of Plantation |
| 10 |
Nishantha Muthuhettigama |
Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping |
| 11 |
Anoma Gamage |
Deputy Minister of Petroleum |
| 12 |
Harsha De Silva |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 13 |
Ranjan Ramanayake |
Deputy Minister of Social Services |
| 14 |
Ajith P. Perera |
Deputy Minister of Power and Energy |
| 15 |
Eran Wickramaratne |
Deputy Minister of State entrepreneurship |
| 16 |
Ashoka Abeysinha |
Deputy Minister of Transport |
| 17 |
Arundika Fernando |
Deputy Minister of Tourism & Christian Affairs |
| 18 |
Tharanath Basnayake |
Deputy Minister of Telecommunications & Digital Infrastructure |
| 19 |
H.M. Haris |
Deputy Minister of Sports |
| 20 |
Karu Paranavithana |
Deputy Minister of Provincial Council & Local Government |
| 21 |
Nimal Lansa |
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs |
| 22 |
Siripala Gamlath |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment |
Why Harsha has been sidelined? This is stupid.
Finance is a vast subject and the govt. must be planning a ministry in the finance ministry for Harsha as no right thinking PM will ignore such an educated guy, well versed in financial matter unless the PM things that Harsha is smarter than him.
Sure he must a minister already under a different name, as he is known to us only
as Harsha.
There is no way he can be sidelined.
Why are the discards and the Riff Raff here. This is despicable.
Does anyone know the difference between state & deputy minister?
also what is the hierarchy now that there are 3 kinds of ministers?
88 member cabinet is smaller than last one BUT seriously what will all these jokers do???
for comparison Australia – which is over 100 times bigger in land mass than sri lanka but has a similar sized population – has a cabinet of 20. even that is looked as an excess by the people, simply because the cabinet is spread all over auzzy and they travel to Canberra by air for meetings and stay at Canberra Hyatt Hotel at very high rates. (Hyatt is a stones throw from the parliament).
now just imagine urself on the roads with all these donkeys and monkeys with their backup vehicles running red lights and taking over the fast lane!!! well done voters – u deserve ur rulers DUH.