Sri Lanka: New state, deputy ministers sworn in

Colombo, Nov 27 (IANS) As many as 35 state Ministers and three deputy Ministers were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on Wednesday.The development came a week after a 16-member Cabinet was appointed by the Sri Lankan President, The Sunday Times reported.The new set of ministers will function till the next parliamentary election.The newly-appointed ministers are as follows: State MinistersChamal Rajapaksa - State Minister of DefenceS.B. Dissanayake - State Minister of Lands and Land DevelopmentJohn Seneviratne - State Minister of Economic Affairs and Policy DevelopmentArundika Fernando - State Minister of TourismMahindananda Aluthgamage - State Minister of PowerSusil Premajantha - State Minister of Foreign AffairsVasudeva Nanayakkara - State Minister of Water SupplyGamini Lokuge - State Minister of Urban Development Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena - State Minister of Irrigation and Rural DevelopmentMahinda Samarasinghe - State Minister of Public Administration and Home AffairsC.B. Ratnayake - State Minister of RailwaysDilum Amunugama - State Minister of TransportLakshman Yapa Abeywardena - State Minister of Information and CommunicationSusantha Punchinilame - State Minister of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises DevelopmentAnura Priyadarshana Yapa - State Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer WelfarePriyankara Jayaratne - State Minister of Indigenous MedicineRanjith Siyambalapitiya - State Minister of Education Duminda Dissanayake - State Minister of Youth AffairsRohitha Abeygunawardena - State Minister of EnergyDayasiri Jayasekara - State Minister of IndustriesLasantha Alagiyawanna - State Minister of Public AdministrationKeheliya Rambukwella - State Minister of Investment PromotionThilanga Sumathipala - State Minister of Technology and InnovationMohan Priyadarshana de Silva - State Minister of Human Rights and Legal ReformsVijitha Berugoda - State Minister of Women and Child Affairs Wimalaweera Dissanayaka - State Minister of Wildlife ResourcesJayantha Samaraweera - State Minister of EnvironmentSanath Nishantha Perera - State Minister of Fisheries and Fisheries IndustriesTharaka Balasuriya - State Minister of Community Empowerment Roshan Ranasinghe - State Minister of Mahaweli DevelopmentJanaka Wakkumbura - State Minister of Export AgricultureVidura Wickremanayake - State Minister of AgricultureShehan Semasinghe - State Minister of Development Banks and LoansKanaka Herath - State Minister of PortsLohan Ratwatte - State Minister of Highways
Deputy MinistersIndika Anuruddha - Deputy Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Nimal Lanza - Deputy Minister of Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure DevelopmentKanchana Wijesekera - Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
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