The new president Maithripala Sirisena appointed his cabinet ministers on Monday, who took oath at the Presidential Secretariat.
The full list of cabinet minisiters, state ministers and deputy ministers have been published below.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and JVP had already stated that they would not be accepting ministerial positions within the cabinet.
Cabinet Ministers1. Ranil Wickramasinhe- Reconciliation Policy development and Economic Affairs
2. John Amaratunga – Public security and Christian Affairs
3. Gamini Jayawickrama Perera - Food Security
4. Karu Jayasuriya -Buddha Sasana
5. Rajitha Senaratne - Minister of Health and Indeginious medicine
6. Joseph Michael Perera - Home affairs
7. Mangala Samaraweera - External affairs
8. Lakshman Kiriella- Plantation Industries
9. Rauf Hakeem - Urban Development, Water supply and resources
10. Champika Ranawaka - Power and Energy
11. Duminda Dissanayaka - Irrigation
12. Kabir Hasim - Highways and Investment Promotion
13. M.K.D.S. Gunawardana - Lands
14. Sajith Premadasa - Housing and Samurdhi
15. Gayantha Karunatileke - Media
16. Navin Dissanayaka - Tourism
17. Ravi Karunanayake - Finance
18. Wijedasa Rajapaksa - Justice
19. Arjuna Ranatunga - Ports and shipping
20. D.M Swamynathan - Resettlement, reconstruction and Hindu affairs
21. Thalatha Athukorala - Foreign Employment
22. Ranjith Maddumabandara - Transport
23. P. Harison - Social Services
24. Chandrani Bandara - Womens'affairs
25. Rishard Bathiudeen – Industry and Commerce
26. Akila Viraj Kariyawasa – Education
27. P. Digambaran – Estate InfrastructureState Ministers
1. Nandimithra Ekanayaka - Culture and Arts
2. P. Radakrishnan - Education
3. Fizer Musthafa - State minister of Aviation
4. Range Bandara - Power and Energy
5. Dilip Wedaarachchi - Fisheries
6. Rosy Senanayake - Childrens' Affairs
7. Rajiva Wijesinghe - Higher Education
8. Ruwan Wijewardene - Defence
9. K. Welayuthan - Plantation Industries
10. Niroshan Perera - Youth AffairsDeputy Ministers
1. Champika Premadasa - Commerce and industries
2. Harsha de Silva - Policy Planning and Economic Affairs
3. Eran Wickramaratne - Highways and investment promotions
4. Sujeewa Senasinghe - Justice
5. Wasantha Senanayaka - Tourism
6. Wijeyakala Maheshwaran - Womens' Affairs
7. Ajith P. Perera - Foreign affairs
8. Anoma Gamage - Irrigation
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