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37 new State Ministers sworn in

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The swearing-in of new State Ministers was held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe this morning (Sep 08).

Accordingly, a total of 37 parliamentarians took oaths in their new state ministerial portfolios.

1. Jagath Pushpakumara – State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion

2. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya – State Minister of Finance

3. Lasantha Alagiyawanna – State Minister of Transport

4. Janaka Wakkumbura – State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government

5. Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva – State Minister of Agriculture

6. Rohana Dissanayake – State Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs

7. Lohan Ratwatte – State Minister of Plantation Industries

8. Indika Anuruddha – State Minister of Power and Energy

9. Sanath Nishantha – State Minister of Water Supply

10. Dilum Amunugama – State Minister of Investment Promotion

11. Vijitha Berugoda – State Minister of Piriven Education

12. Siripala Gamlath – State Minister of Highways

13. Shantha Bandara – State Minister of Mass Media

14. Kanaka Herath – State Minister of Technology

15. Shehan Semasinghe – State Minister of Finance

16. Thenuka Vidanagamage – State Minister of Economic Development and Housing

17. Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon – State Minister of Defence

18. Arundika Fernando – State Minister of Urban Development and Housing

19. Tharaka Balasuriya – State Minister of Foreign Affairs

20. Anuradha Jayaratne – State Minister of Justice and Prisons Reforms

21. Sathasivam Viyalanderan – State Minister of Trade

22. Sisira Jayakody – State Minister of Indigenous Medicine

23. Piyal Nishantha de Silva – State Minister of Fisheries

24. Prasanna Ranaweera – State Minister of Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprise Development

25. D.V. Chanaka – State Minister of Conservation of Wildlife and Forest Reserves

26. D.B. Herath – State Minister of Livestock Development

27. Shasheendra Rajapaksa – State Minister of Irrigation

28. Dr. Seetha Arambepola – State Minister of Health

29. Kader Masthan – State Minister of Rural Economy

30. Ashoka Priyantha – State Minister of Home Affairs

31. Aravindh Kumar – State Minister of Education

32. Geetha Kumarasinghe – State Minister of Women and Child Affairs

33. Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan – State Minister of Rural Road Development

34. Suren Raghavan – State Minister of Higher Education

35. Diana Gamage – State Minister of Tourism

36. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake – State Minister of Primary Industries

37. Anupa Pasqual – State Minister of Social Empowerment

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