New Cabinet of Ministers Sworn In

The new Cabinet of Ministers were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, Monday, 29 October 2018.

Accordingly, 12 new Cabinet Ministers, a State Minister and a Deputy Minister were sworn in before the President.

Following are the Ministers and their portfolios:

1. Hon Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs

2. Nimal Siripala de Silva: Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation

3. Dr. Sarath Amunugama: Minister of Foreign Affairs

4. Mahinda Samarasinghe: Minister of Ports and Shipping

5. Mahinda Amaraweera: Minister of Agriculture

6. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Minister of Power and Renewable Energy

7. Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe: Minister of Education and Higher Education.

8. Wijith Wijayamuni Zoysa: Minister of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs

9. Faiszer Musthapha: Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government, and Sports

10. Douglas Devananda: Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development, & Hindu Religious Affairs

11. Arumugam Thondaman: Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development.

12. Vasantha Senanayake: Minister of Tourism and Wildlife

State Ministers

1. Suresh Vadivel: State Minister of Plantation Industries

Deputy Ministers 

1. Ananda Aluthgamage: Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wildlife.

Secretaries were appointed to twelve Ministries at the Presidential Secretariat on 30 October 2018 :

1. Hemasiri Fernando – Secretary to the Ministry of Defence

2. M.R.B. Dissanayake – Secretary to the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment

3. P. Ariyasinghe – Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

4. P. Jayampathi – Secretary to the Ministry of Ports and Shipping

5. D.S. Ruwanchandra – Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture

6. M.S. Batagoda – Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy

7. PadmasiriJayamanna – Secretary to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education

8. T. Kamal Padmasiri – Secretary to the Ministry of Provincial Councils, Local Government, and Sports

9. Sivagnanasothy – Secretary to the Ministry of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs

10. M.P.K. Mayadunne – Secretary to the Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources and Rural Economic Affairs

11. M. Mohomad – Secretary to the Ministry of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure, and Community Development

12. Hettiarachchi – Secretary to the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife