The new cabinet of ministers sworn in a short while ago today (12).

Monday, 12 January 2015 

The new cabinet of ministers were sworn in a short while ago today (12)

Twenty seven cabinet ministers, 10 state ministers and 09 deputy ministers took their oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat.

The list of ministers are shown below.

Cabinet ministers

Minister of Planning and Economic Development - Ranil Wickremesinghe

Minister of Public Security and Christian Religious Affairs - Joseph michael perera

Minister of Food Security - Gamini Jayawickrema Perera

Minister of External Affairs - Mangala Samaraweera

Minister of Buddha Sasana & Religious Affairs - Karu Jayasuriya

Minister of Plantation Industries - Lakshman Kiriella

Minister of Estate Infrastructure Development - P. Diganbaram

Minister of Finance - Ravi Karunanayake

Minister of Rauff Hakeem - Minister of Urban Development & Water Resources Management

Minister of Power & Energy - Champika Ranawaka

Minister of Health & Indigenous Medicine - Rajitha Senaratne

Minister of Irrigation - Duminda Dissanayake

Minister of Highways & Investment Promotion - Kabir Hashim

Minister of Land and Land Development - M.K.D.S. Gunewardana

Minister of Housing & Samurdhi - Sajith Premadasa

Minister of Justice - Wijayadasa Rajapaksha

Minister of Mass Media - Gayantha Karunatillake

Minister of Tourism - Navin Dissanayake

Minister of Ports & Shipping- Arjuna Ranatunga

Rishard Bathiudeen - Industry & Commerce

Minister of resettlement, reconstruction and Hindu religious affairs - D. M. Swaminathan

Minister of Education - Akila Viraj Kariyawasam

Minister of Foreign Employment - Thalatha Athukorala

Minister of Internal Transport - Ranjith Maddumabandara

Minister of Social Services - P. Harrison

Minister of Women's Affairs - Chandrani Bandara

State ministers

Minister of Culture and the Arts - Nandimithra Ekanayake

State minister of Civil Aviation - Faizer Mustapha

State minister of Power and Energy - Range Bandara

State minister of fisheries- Dileep Wedaarachchi

State minister of children's affairs - Rosy Senanayake

State minister of Higher Education - Rajiva Wijesinghe

State minister of Defence - Ruwan Wijewardana

State minister of Education - V. Radhakrishnan

State minister of Plantation Industries - K. Velayuthan

State minister of Youth Affairs - Niroshan Perera

Deputy ministers

Deputy minister of Industry & Commerce - Champika Premadasa

Deputy minister of Policy and Economic Development - Harsha de Silva

Deputy minister of Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion - Eran Wickramaratna

Deputy minister of Justice - Sujeewa Senasinghe

Deputy Minister of Tourism Development - Wasantha Senanayake

Deputy minister of Women's affairs - Wijakala Maheswaran

Deputy minister of External Affairs - Ajith P. Perera

Deputy minister of irrigation - Anoma Gamage