New Cabinet Ministers- Dip Ministers -States Ministers

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The Swearing-in Ceremony is currently taking place before President Maithreepala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat .

The new cabinet Ministers are as follows:

* Ranil Wickremesinghe – Prime Minister and  Minister of Economic Development and Policy making

* John Amaratunga – Minister of Civil Peace and Christian Affairs 

* Joseph Michael Perera – Minister of Home Affairs

* Gamini Jayawickrama Perera – Minister of Food and Hygiene

* Mangala Samaraweera – Minister of External Affairs

* Karu Jayasuriya – Minister of Buddha Sasana

* Lakhman Kiriella – Minister of Plantation Industries

* Ravi Karunanayake – Minister of Finance

* Rauf Hakeem – Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage

* Patali Champika Ranawaka – Minister of Power and Energy

* Rajitha Senaratne -  Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine

* Duminda Dissanayake – Minister of Irrigation

* Kabeer Hashim – Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion

* M.K.D.S. Gunawardena – Minister of lands

* Sajith Premadasa – Minist of Housing and Samurdhi

* Wijedasa Rajapaksha – Minister of Justice

* Gayantha Karunathilake – Minister of Media

* Naveen Dissanayake – Minister of Tourism

* Arjuna Ranatunga – Minister of Ports and Shipping

* Rishard Badiudeen – Minister of Industry and Commerce

* P. Digambaran – Minister of Estate infrastructure

* Swami Nadan – Minister of Resettle, Rehabilitation and Hindu Affairs

* Akila Viraj – Minister of Education

* Thalatha Athukorala – Minister of Foreign Employment

* Ranjith Madduma Bandara – Minister of Internal Transport

* P. Harison – Minister of Social Services and Welfare

* Chandrani Bandara – Minister of Women’s Affairs

State Ministers

    Nandimithra Ekanayake – Minister of Culture and the Arts
    V. Radhakrishnan – Minister of Education
    Mohammed Faizer Musthapha – Minister of Aviation
    Palitha Rangebandara – Minister of Power and Energy
    Dileep Wedaarachchi – Minister of Fisheries
    Rosy Senanayake – Minister of Children’s Affairs
    Rajeev Wijesinghe – Minister of Higher Education
    Ruwan Wijewardena – Minister of Defence
    K. Velayudan – Minister of Plantation Industries
    Niroshan Perera – Minister of Youth Affairs

Deputy Ministers

    Champika Premadasa – Deputy Minister of Industries and Commerce
    Harsha de Silva – D. Minister of Policy Making and Economy
    Eran Wickramaratne – D. Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion
    Sujeewa Senasinghe – D. Minister of Justice
    Wasantha Senanayake – D. Minister of Tourism
    Wijayakala Maheswaran – D. Minister of Women’s Affairs
    Ajith P. Perera – D. Minister of External Affairs
    Anoma Gamage – D. Minister of Irrigation