Several new Cabinet Ministers and State Ministers have been sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena today (08) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.
Accordingly, newly appointed ministers are as follows: Cabinet Ministers
- Susil Premajayantha: Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Justice
- Bandula Gunawardena: Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion
State Ministers
- M. Chandrasena: State Minister of Social Empowerment
- Lakshman Wasantha Perera: State Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion
- Salinda Dissanayake: State Minister of Indigenous Medicine
- C B Rathnayake: State Minister of Transport
- Anura Priyadarshana Yapa: State Minister of Finance
