New State and Deputy Ministers sworn in before President

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