Wijeyadasa, Vasantha, Devananda, Vadivel, Thondaman appointed as new ministers
Oct 29, 2018 (LBO) – Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has been appointed as the Minister of Education and Higher Education while Douglas Devananda has been appointed as the Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development, & Hindu Religious Affairs.
Arumugam Thondaman has been appointed as the Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development while Vasantha Senanayake has been appointed as the Minister of Tourism and Wildlife.
Suresh Vadivel has been appointed as the new State Minister of Plantation Industries and Ananda Aluthgamage has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wildlife.
New Cabinet:
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
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Minister of Power and Renewable Energy
Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe: Minister of Education and Higher Education
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
Suresh Vadivel: State Minister of Plantation Industries
Ananda Aluthgamage: Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wildlife