Sri Lanka appoints 21 new State Ministers

COLOMBO (News 1st); 21 new State Ministers took oaths in the presence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday (18).

1. Professor G. L. Peiris - State Minister of Defense

2. Rohana Dissanayake - State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government

3. Arundhika Fernando - State Minister of Plantations

4. Lohan Ratwatte - State Minister of Urban Development

5. Tharaka Balasuriya - State Minister of External Affairs

6. Indika Anurudhdha - State Minister of Housing

7. Sanath Nishantha - State Minister of Water Supply

8. Siripala Gamlath - State Minister of Mahaweli

9. Anuradha Jayaratne - State Minister of Irrigation

10. Sisira Jayakody - State Minister of Indigenous Medicine

11. Prasanna Ranaweera - State Minister of Industries

12. D. V. Chanaka - State Minister of Tourism & Fisheries

13. D. B. Herath - State Minister of Livestock

14. Kader Masthan - State Minister of Rural Economic Crop Cultivation & Promotion

15. Ashoka Priyantha - State Minister of Trade

16. A. Aravind Kumar - State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure

17. Geetha Kumarasinghe - State Minister of Culture & Performing Arts

18. Gunapala Ratnasekera - State Minister of Cooperative Services, Business Development , and Consumer Protection

19. Kapila Nuwan Athukorala - State Minister of Development of Minor Crops Plantation

20. Dr. Gayashan Navananda - State Minister of Health

21. Surendra Raghavan - State Minister of Education Services and Reforms