{"id":84281,"date":"2018-12-20T11:24:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T17:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=84281"},"modified":"2018-12-20T04:13:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T11:13:18","slug":"new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/12\/20\/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cabinet Ministers sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

A new Cabinet consisting of a total of 29 ministers were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, a short while ago.<\/p>\n

New Cabinet:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe: Minister of National Polices, Economic Affairs, Resettlement & Rehabilitation, Northern Province Development, Vocational Training & Skills Development & Youth Affairs<\/p>\n

2. John Amaratunga: Tourism Development, Wildlife and Christian Religious Affairs<\/p>\n

3. Gamini Jayawickrama Perera: Minister of Buddha Sasana and Wayamba Development<\/p>\n

4. Mangala Samaraweera: Minister of Finance and Mass Media<\/p>\n

5. Lakshman Kiriella: Minister of Public Enterprise, Kandyan Heritage & Kandy Development<\/p>\n

6. Rauff Hakeem: Minister of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education<\/p>\n

7. Thilak Janaka Marapana: Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n

8. Rajitha Senaratna: Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine<\/p>\n

9. Ravi Karunanayake: Minister of Power, Energy and Enterprise Development<\/p>\n

10. Vajira Abeywardena: Minister of Internal and Home Affairs and Provincial Councils and Local Government<\/p>\n

11. Abdul Rishad Bathiudeen: Minister of Industry & Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons & Co-operative Development<\/p>\n

12. Patali Champika Ranawaka: Minister of Megapolis & Western Development<\/p>\n

13. Navin Dissanayake : Minister of Plantation Industries<\/p>\n

14. P. Harrison: Minister of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation and Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development<\/p>\n

15. Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Kabir : Minister of Highways, Road Development and Petroleum Resources Development<\/p>\n

16. Ranjith Maddumabandara: Minister of Public Administration & Disaster Management<\/p>\n

17. Gayantha Karunatilake: Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms<\/p>\n

18. Sajith Premadasa: Minister of Housing Construction and Cultural Affairs<\/p>\n

19. Arjuna Ranatunga: Minister of Transport & Civil Aviation<\/p>\n

20. Palani Thigambaram: Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure & Community Development<\/p>\n

21. Chadrani Bandara: Minister of Women & Child Affairs and Dry Zone Development<\/p>\n

22. Thalatha Atukorale: Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms<\/p>\n

23. Akila Viraj Kariyawasam : Minister of Education<\/p>\n

24. Abdul Haleem Mohamed Hasheem: Minister of Postal Services & Muslim Religious Affairs<\/p>\n

25. Sagala Ratnayaka: Minister of Ports & Shipping and Southern Development<\/p>\n

26. Harin Fernando: Minister of Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure, Foreign Employment and Sports<\/p>\n

27. Mano Ganesan: Minister of National Integration, Official Languages, Social Progress and Hindu Religious Affairs.<\/p>\n

28. Daya Gamage: Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations, and Social Empowerment.<\/p>\n

29. Malik Samarawickrama: Minister of Development Strategies, International Trade and Science, Technology and Research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy Adaderana A new Cabinet consisting of a total of 29 ministers were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, a short while ago. New Cabinet: 1. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe: Minister of National Polices, Economic Affairs, Resettlement & Rehabilitation, Northern Province Development, Vocational Training & Skills Development & Youth Affairs 2. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}