New Cabinet sworn in

23 April 2010 08:27 am

The new cabinet took oaths in front of President Mahinda Rajapakse at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo a short while ago. Apart from the 37 member cabinet, 39 deputy ministers also took oaths. The ministries allocated were also announced.



Ministries:


1.Prime Minister D.M.Jayaratne- Bhuddhasasana and Religious Affairs Minister

2.Ratnasiri Wickremanayake- State Management and Reforms Minister

3.Nimal Siripala de Silva- Irrigation Minister

4.A.H.M.Fowzie- Disaster Management

5.Maithripala Sirisena- Health Minister

6.Susil Premjayantha- Petroleum Minister

7.Dinesh Gunawardena- National Water Supply and Drainage Minister

8.Douglas Devananda- Traditional Industry and Small Entrepreneur Development Minister

9.A.L.M.Athaullah- Public Administration and Local Government Minister

10.D.E.W.Gunasekara- Rehabilitation and Prisons Minister

11.Rishard Bathirudeen- Industrial Development Minister

12.Wimal Weerawansa- Construction, Engineering, Housing and Public Utilities Minister

13.Basil Rajapaksa- Economic Development Minister

14.Champika Ranawaka- Power and Energy Minister

15.P.Dayaratna- State Resources Minister

16.G.L.Peiris- Foreign Affairs Minister

17.John Seneviratne- Public Administration Minister

18.Sumedha Jayasena- Parliamentary Affairs Minister

19.Milroy Fernando- Resettlement Minister

20.Jeewan Kumaratunga- Posts Minister

21.Pavithra Wanniarachchi- National heritage and cultural affairs

22.Anura Priyadharshana Yapa- Environment Minister

23. Tissa Karaliyadda- Women’s Affairs Minister

24.Athauda Seneviratne- Justice Minister

25. Gamini Lokuge- Labour relations and productivity promotion

26. Bandula Gunawardena- Education Minister

27. Mahinda Samarasinghe- Plantation Industries Minister

28.Dr. Rajitha Senaratne- Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister

29. Piyasena Gamage- Indigenous Medicines Minister

30. S.B.Nawinna- National languages and Social integration Minister

31. Janaka Bandara Tennakoon- Lands Minister

32.Felix Perera- Social Services Minister

33. C.B.Ratnayaka- Sports Minister

34.Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena- Agricultural Minister

35.Kumara Welgama- Transport Minister

36.Dullas Allahapperuma- Youth and Employment Minister

37.Johnston Fernando- Co-operatives and Internal Trade