New Cabinet of Ministers

Sri Lanka's president reshuffled his Cabinet on Sunday, bringing in 10 new ministers from the main opposition party and cementing his majority in Parliament.

In total, 19 members of the opposition United National Party crossed over to Rajapakse's government on Sunday.Only 10 were sworn into Rajapakse's newly announced 52-member Cabinet, he said.

Another 6 members of the opposition Sri Lanka Muslim Congress also joined Rajapakse's administration, increasing its seats in Parliament to 113 — a clear majority in the country's 225-member legislature.

1. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake - Prime Minister & Minister of Internal Administration,

2. Anura Bandaranaike - Minister of National Heritage

3. D. M. Jayaratne - Minister of Plantation Industries

4. Nimal Siripala de Silva - Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition

5. Mangala Samaraweera - Minister of Ports & Aviation

6. A. H. M. Fowzie - Minister of Petroleum & Petroleum Resources Development

7. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle - Minister of Highways & Road Development

8. Maithripala Sirisena - Minister of Agricultural Development & Agrarian Services Development

9. Susil Premajayatha - Minister of Education

10. Karu Jayasuriya - Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs

11. Arumugam Thondaman - Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio Economic Development

12. Rauff Hakeem - Minister of Posts & Telecommunication

13. Dinesh Gunawardena - Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development

14. Douglas Devananda - Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare

15. (Mrs.) Ferial Ashraff - Minister of Housing and Common Amenities

16. P.Chandrasekeran - Minister of Community Development and Social Inequity Eradication

17. A. L. M. Athaullah - Minister of Water Supply and Drainage

18. (Prof) Tissa Vitharana - Minister of Science and Technology

19. D. E. W. Gunasekera - Minister of Constitutional Affairs & National Integration

20. Abdul Risath Bathiyutheen - Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services

21. P. Dayaratne - Minister of Plan Implementation

22. R. M. Dharmadasa Banda - Minister of Supplementary Crops Development

23. M.H. Mohomed - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

24. (Prof) G. L. Peiris - Minister of Export Development & International Trade

25. John Seneviratne -Minister of Power & Energy

26. (Mrs.) Sumedha Jayasena - Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs

27. (Dr.) Sarath Amunugama - Minister of Enterprise Development & Investment Promotion

28. Milroy Fernando - Minister of Public Estate Management & Development

29. Jeewan Kumaranatunga - Minister of Land and Land Development

30. Pavithra Wanniarachchi - Minister of Youth Affairs

31. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa - Minister of Media and Information

32. Tissa Karaliyadde - Minister of Indigenous Medicine

33. Athauda Seneviratne - Minister of Labour and Manpower

34. Gamini Lokuge - Minister of Sports and Public Recreation

35. Bandula Gunawardena -Minister of Trade, Marketing Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs

36. Mahinda Samarasinghe - Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights

37. Rajitha Senaratne - Minister of Construction and Engineering Services

38. Mahinda Wijesekera - Minister of Special Projects

39. Milinda Moragoda - Minister of Tourism

40. Keheliya Rambukwelle - Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare

41. Piyasena Gamage - Minister of Vocational and Technical Training

42. R. M. S. B. Navinne - Minister of Rural Industries & Self-Employment Promotion

43. Janaka Bandara Tennekoon - Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils

44. Felix Perera - Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

45. R. M. C. B. Rathnayake - Minister of Livestock Development

46. Rohitha Bogollagama - Minister of Foreign Affairs

47. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena - Minister of Cultural Affairs

48. (Prof) Wiswa Warnapala - Minister of Higher Education

49. Chamal Rajapaksa - Minister of Irrigation and Water Management

50. Kumara Welgama - Minister of Industrial Development

51. Dullas Alahaperuma - Minister of Transport

Newly sworn in Non-Cabinet Ministers

1. Salinda Dissanayake - Minister of Coconut Development

2. Dilan Perera - Minister of Justice

3. Hemakumara Nanayakkara - Minister of Agriculture

4. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena - Minister of Media & Foreign
Employment

5. M. N. Abdul Majeed - Minister of Cooperatives

6. Ameer Ali Sihabdeen - Minister of Disaster Relief Services

7. A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara - Minister of Nation Building'

8. R. A. Jayatissa - Minister of Textile Industries

9. Chandrasiri Gajadeera - Minister of Home Affairs

10. T. B. Ekanayake - Minister of Highways

11. Mahinda Amaraweera - Minister of Water Supply

12. Rohitha Abeygunawardana- Minister of Nation Building

13. Anwar Ismail - Minister of Irrigation

14. S. M. Chandrasena - Minister of Water Supply

15. Bandula Basnayake - Minister of Sports

16. Gunaratna Weerakoon - Minister of Nation Building

17. Sripathi Suriyarachchi - Minister of Port Development

18. D. M. Dassanayake - Minister of Nation Building

19. Pandu Bandaranaike - Minister for Religious Affairs

20. Mahindananda Aluthgamage - Minister of Power

21. (Dr.) Mervyn Silva - Minister of Labour

22. Naveen Dissanayake - Minister of Investment Promotion

23. Jayaratna Herath - Minister of Health Promotion & Disease Prevention

24. Dayashiritha Tissera - Minister of Skills Development

25. Duminda Dissanayake - Minister of Petroleum Resources

26. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya - Minister of State Revenue and Finance

27. Lasantha Alagiyawanna - Minister of Road Passenger Transport

28. Rohana Kumara Dissasnayake - Urban Development

29. Nirmala Kothalawala - Minister of Education Services

30. Cegu Isadeen - Minister of Export Development

31. H. R. Mithrapala - Minister of Consumer Affairs

32. Basheer Cegu Dawood - Minister of Local Government

33. Mano Wijeratna - Minister of Enterprise Development

Newly sworn in Deputy Ministers

1. Sangaralingam Sellasamy - Posts

2. Muttu Sivanlingam - Estate Infrastructure

3. G. V. Susantha Punchinilame - Public Estate Management and
Development

4. Siripala Gamlath - Agrarian Services

5. Hussein Bhaila - Foreign Affairs

6. Faizer Mustapha - Tourism

7. Murugan Satchithanandan - Education

8. P. H. Lionel Premasiri - Social Services & Social Welfare

9. W. B. Ekanayake - Highways

10. Suresh Vadivel - Health

11. Chandrasiri Suriarachchi - Land and Land Development

12. M. M. Musthapha - Higher Education

13. Shanmugam Jegathgeeswaran - National Integration

14. Edward Gunasekera - Railways

15. Naomal Perera - Fisheries

16. Sarath Kumara Gunarathna - Aviation

17. M. T. Hassan Ali - Supplementary Crops Development

18. K. Abdul Baiz - Provincial Councils

19. M. C. Mohamed Faisal - Scientific Affairs