He had earlier served as Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion.
But Amunugama was shifted to public administration in a minor cabinet reshuffle by President Rajapaksa recently.
Sri Lanka gets new deputy finance minister
Jan 17, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed public administration and home affairs minister Sarath Amunugama as deputy minister of finance and planning, the president's office said in a statement. Amunugama had been finance minister under previous administration and has also been a public servant before he took to politics. Amunugama retains his public administration portfolio, it said.