Twenty four new State Ministers were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Colombo, today (18).
- Prof. G.L. Peiris – State Minister of Defence
- Rohana Dissanayake – State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government
- Arundika Fernando – State Minister of Plantation
- Lohan Ratwatte – State Minister of Urban Development
- Tharaka Balasuriya – State Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Indika Anuruddha – State Minister of Housing
- Sanath Nishantha – State Minister of Water Supply
- Siripala Gamalath – State Minister of Mahaweli
- Anuradha Jayaratne – State Minister of Irrigation
- Sisira Jayakody – State Minister of Indigenous Medicine
- Prasanna Ranaweera – State Minister of Industries
- D.V. Chanaka – State Minister of Tourism and State Minister of Fisheries
- D.B. Herath – State Minister of Livestock
- Kader Masthan – State Minister of Rural Economic Crop Cultivation & Promotion
- Ashoka Priyantha – State Minister of Trade
- A. Aravind Kumar – State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure
- Geetha Kumarasinghe – State Minister of Cultural and Performing Arts
- Gunapala Rathnasekara – State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection
- Kapila Nuwan Athukorala – State Minister of Minor Export Crops Development
- Dr. Gayashan Nawananda – State Minister of Health
- Dr. Suren Raghavan – State Minister of Education Services & Reforms
- Diana Gamage – State Minister of Transport
- Dr. Seetha Arambepola – State Minister of Education and Technology
- Vijitha Berugoda – State Minister of Ports and Shipping
State Ministers Piyal Nishantha and Piyankara Jayarathne continue to hold their portfolios.
