Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - 11:14
On the heels of yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle, the President this morning swore in multiple new deputy and state ministers.
The roles are newly filled as follows:
- Palitha Range Bandara - State Minister of Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and Disaster Management
- Dilip Wedaarachchi - State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy
- Ameer Ali Shihabdeen - Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy
- M.L.A.M. Hizbullah - State Minister of Highways and Road Development
- Mohan Lal Grero - State Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs
- A.D. Champika Premadasa - State Minister of Plantation Industries
- Lakshman Senewiratne - State Minister of Science, Technology and Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training, and Hill Country Heritage
- Sriyani Wijewickrama - State Minister of Sports, Provincial Councils and Local Government
- Weerakumara Dissanayake - State Minister of Mahaweli Development
- Dunesh Gankanda - Deputy Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms
- Ranjan Ramanayake - Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment
- Karunarathna Paranawithana - Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training, and Hill Country Heritage
- Sarathie Dushmantha - Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms
- Palitha Kumara Thewarapperuma - Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development
- Manusha Nanayakkara - Deputy Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment
- Muthu Sivalingam - Deputy Minister of Social Welfare and Primary Industries
- Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana - Deputy Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages
- H. M. M. Harees - Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy Development
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