President retains Defence, Finance and Digital Economy Ministries

Colombo, Nov 18 (Daily Mirror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has retained the Ministries of Defence, Finance and Economic Development and the Digital Economy.

The new cabinet of 22 ministers was sworn in this morning at the Presidential Secretariat.

1. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Minister of Defence, Finance and Economic Development and Digital Economy  
2. PM Dr. Harini Amarasuriya – Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education  
3. Vijitha Herath – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism  
4. Prof. Chandana Abeyrathna - Minister of State Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government  
5. Harshana Nanayakkara - Minister of Justice and National Integration  
6. Saroja Savithri Paulraj - Minister of Women and Child Affairs  
7. K.D. Lalkantha - Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation  
8. Anura Karunathilake - Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing  
9. Ramalingam Chandrasekar - Minister of Fisheries  
10. Upali Pannilage - Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment  
11. Sunil Hadunnetti - Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development  
12. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs  
13. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation  
14. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi - Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs  
15. Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media  
16. Samantha Vidyarathna - Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure  
17. Sunil Kumara Gamage - Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs  
18. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development  
19. Prof. Chrishantha Abeysena - Minister of Science and Technology  
20. Prof. Anil Jayantha Fernando - Minister of Labour  
21. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy  
22. Dr. Dammika Patabendi - Minister of Environment