President Maithripala Sirisena today appointed 27 Cabinet Ministers 11 state ministers and 09 deputy ministers.
The list of new Cabinet ministers, state minsters and deputy ministers are as follows;
- Prime Mininser Ranil Wickremesinghe - Minister of Planning and Economic Development
- John Amaratunga - Minister of Law and Order, disaster management and Christian religious affairs
- Joseph Michael Perera - Minister of Home Affairs
- Gamini Jayawickrema Perera - Minister of Food Security
- Mangala Samaraweera - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Karu Jayasuriya – Minister of Buddha Sasana, Public Administration and Democratic Governance
- Lakshman Kiriella – Minister of Plantation
- Ravi Karunanayake – Minister of Finance
- Rauff Hakeem – Minister of Urban Development and Water Supply
- Patali Champika Ranawaka – Minister of Power and Energy
- Rajitha Senaratne – Minister of Health
- Duminda Dissanayake – Minister of Irrigation
- Kabir Hashim –Minister of Highways and Investment Promotions
- M.K.D.S. Gunawardena – Minister of Lands
- Sajith Premadasa – Minister of Housing and Samurdhi
- Wijedasa Rajapaksa – Minister of Justice
- Gayantha Karunathilake – Minister of Media
- Navin Dissanayake – Minister of Tourism
- Arjuna Ranatunga – Minister of Ports
- Rishad Bathiudeen – Minister of Industry and Commerce
- P. Digambaram –
- D.M. Swaminathan –Minister of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs
- Akila Viraj Kariyawasam – Minister of Education
- Thalatha Atukorale – Minister of Foreign Employment
- Ranjith Maddumabandara – Minister of Internal Transport
- P. Harrison – Minister of Social Service and Welfare
- Chandrani Bandara – Women’s Affairs
State Ministers
- Nandimithra Ekanayake –Culture
- V. Radhakrishnan – Education
- Faizer Mustapha – Aviation
- Palitha Range Bandara – Power and Energy
- Dilip Wedaarachchi – Fisheries
- Rosy Senanayake – Child Affairs
- Rajiva Wijesinha – Higher Education
- Ruwan Wijewardena –Defence
- K. Vulayudhan – Plantation Industries
- Niroshan Perera – Youth Affairs
Deputy Ministers
- Champika Premadasa – Industry and Commerce
- Harsha de Silva – Planning and Economic Development
- Eran Wickremaratne – Highways and Investment Promotions
- Sujeewa Senasinghe – Justice
- Wasantha Senanayake – Tourism
- W. Maheswaran – Women’s Affairs
- Ajith P. Perera – Foreign Affairs
- Anoma Gamage – Irrigation
