Colombo, Nov 27 (IANS): As many as 35 state Ministers and three deputy Ministers were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on Wednesday.
The development came a week after a 16-member Cabinet was appointed by the Sri Lankan President, The Sunday Times reported.
The new set of ministers will function till the next parliamentary election.
The newly-appointed ministers are as follows:
State Ministers
Chamal Rajapaksa - State Minister of Defence
S.B. Dissanayake - State Minister of Lands and Land Development
John Seneviratne - State Minister of Economic Affairs and Policy Development
Arundika Fernando - State Minister of Tourism
Mahindananda Aluthgamage - State Minister of Power
Susil Premajantha - State Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vasudeva Nanayakkara - State Minister of Water Supply
Gamini Lokuge - State Minister of Urban Development
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena - State Minister of Irrigation and Rural Development
Mahinda Samarasinghe - State Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
C.B. Ratnayake - State Minister of Railways
Dilum Amunugama - State Minister of Transport
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena - State Minister of Information and Communication
Susantha Punchinilame - State Minister of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development
Anura Priyadarshana Yapa - State Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Welfare
Priyankara Jayaratne - State Minister of Indigenous Medicine
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya - State Minister of Education
Duminda Dissanayake - State Minister of Youth Affairs
Rohitha Abeygunawardena - State Minister of Energy
Dayasiri Jayasekara - State Minister of Industries
Lasantha Alagiyawanna - State Minister of Public Administration
Keheliya Rambukwella - State Minister of Investment Promotion
Thilanga Sumathipala - State Minister of Technology and Innovation
Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva - State Minister of Human Rights and Legal Reforms
Vijitha Berugoda - State Minister of Women and Child Affairs
Wimalaweera Dissanayaka - State Minister of Wildlife Resources
Jayantha Samaraweera - State Minister of Environment
Sanath Nishantha Perera - State Minister of Fisheries and Fisheries Industries
Tharaka Balasuriya - State Minister of Community Empowerment
Roshan Ranasinghe - State Minister of Mahaweli Development
Janaka Wakkumbura - State Minister of Export Agriculture
Vidura Wickremanayake - State Minister of Agriculture
Shehan Semasinghe - State Minister of Development Banks and Loans
Kanaka Herath - State Minister of Ports
Lohan Ratwatte - State Minister of Highways
Deputy Ministers
Indika Anuruddha - Deputy Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Nimal Lanza - Deputy Minister of Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development
Kanchana Wijesekera - Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources