24 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
22. Diana Gamage – State Minister of Transport
23. Seetha Arambepola – State Minister of Education & Technology