{"id":37608,"date":"2015-01-21T22:13:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T03:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=37608"},"modified":"2015-01-21T22:14:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T03:14:13","slug":"four-new-deputy-ministers-a-state-minister-and-a-cabinet-minister-are-appointed-by-president-sirisena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=37608","title":{"rendered":"Number of Ministry Posts Increase to 51 After Four new Deputy Ministers, a State Minister and a Cabinet Minister are Appointed by President Sirisena."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Their term may be limited to three months but there has been more clamour for ministerial posts judging by six new appointments made yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The Government announced the appointment of a new Cabinet Minister, a State Minister and four Deputy Ministers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Abdul Halim Mohammed Hazim was named Muslim Religious Affairs Minister, Mohamed Thumbi Hassan Ali State Minister of Health and Ranjan Ramanayake Deputy Minister of Social Services Welfare and Livestock Development.<\/p>\n<p>Other deputy ministers were Wasantha Aluwihare as Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment, Amir Ali Sahabdeen as Deputy Minister of Housing and Samurdhi Development and Mohammad Shariff Thoufeek as Deputy Minister of Internal Transport.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nFollowing is the full updated list of Ministers, State Ministers and Deputy Ministers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Maithripala Sirisena, Minister of Defence and Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment<br \/>\n2.    Ranil Wickremesinghe \u2013 Minister of Policy Planning, Economic Affairs, Child, Youth &#038; Cultural Affairs<br \/>\n3.    John Amaratunga \u2013 Minister of Public Order, Disaster Management &#038; Christian Affairs<br \/>\n4.    Gamini Jayawickrama Perera \u2013 Food Security<br \/>\n5.    Karu Jayasuriya \u2013 Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance and Buddha Sasana<br \/>\n6.    Rajitha Senaratne \u2013 Health and Indigenous Medicine<br \/>\n7.    Joseph Michael Perera \u2013 Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries<br \/>\n8.    Mangala Samaraweera \u2013 Foreign Affairs<br \/>\n9.    Lakshman Kiriella \u2013 Plantation Industries<br \/>\n10.  Rauf Hakeem \u2013 Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage<br \/>\n11.  Champika Ranawaka \u2013 Power and Energy<br \/>\n12.   Duminda Dissanayaka \u2013 Irrigation and Agriculture<br \/>\n13.   Mohamed Kabir Hasim \u2013 Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion<br \/>\n14.   M.K.D.S. Gunawardana \u2013 Lands<br \/>\n15.   Sajith Premadasa \u2013 Housing and Samurdhi<br \/>\n16.   Gayantha Karunatilleke \u2013 Minister of Mass Media and Parliamentary Affairs<br \/>\n17.   Navin Dissanayaka \u2013 Minister of Tourism and Sports<br \/>\n18.   Ravi Karunanayake \u2013 Finance<br \/>\n19.   Wijedasa Rajapakshe \u2013 Minister of Justice and Labour Relations<br \/>\n20.   Arjuna Ranatunga \u2013 Ports, Shipping &#038; Aviation<br \/>\n21.   D.M. Swaminathan \u2013 Minister of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs<br \/>\n22.   Thalatha Athukorala \u2013 Foreign Employment<br \/>\n23.   Ranjith Maddumabandara \u2013 Internal Transport<br \/>\n24.   P. Harrison \u2013 Minister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development<br \/>\n25.   Chandrani Bandara \u2013 Women\u2019s Affairs<br \/>\n26.   Rishad Bathiudeen \u2013 Industry and Commerce<br \/>\n27.   Akila Viraj Kariyawasam \u2013 Education<br \/>\n28.   P. Digambaram \u2013 Estate Infrastructure Development<br \/>\n29. A.H.M. Haleem \u2013 Minister of Muslim Religious Affairs and Posts<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nState Ministers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>30 Nandimitra Ekanayake \u2013 Culture and The Arts<br \/>\n31 Faizar Mustapha \u2013 Aviation<br \/>\n32 Palitha Rangebandara \u2013 Power and Energy<br \/>\n33 Rosy Senanayake \u2013 Children\u2019s Affairs<br \/>\n34 Ruwan Wijewardane \u2013 Defence<br \/>\n35 S.S. Radhakrishan \u2013 Education<br \/>\n36 Rajiva Wijesinha \u2013 Higher Education<br \/>\n37 Niroshan Perera \u2013 Youth Affairs<br \/>\n38 Dilip Wedaarachchi- Fisheries<br \/>\n39 MT Hasen Ali \u2013 Health<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deputy Ministers<\/strong><br \/>\n40 Champika Premadasa \u2013 Industry and Commerce<br \/>\n41 Harsha De Silva \u2013 Policy Development and Economic Affairs<br \/>\n42 Eran Wickramaratne \u2013 Highways and Investment Promotions<br \/>\n43 Sujeewa Seasinghe \u2013 Justice<br \/>\n44 Wasantha Senanayake \u2013 Tourism<br \/>\n45 Vijayakala Maheswaran \u2013 Women\u2019s Affairs<br \/>\n46 Ajith P Perera \u2013 Foreign Affairs<br \/>\n47 Ranjan Ramanayaka \u2013 Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development<br \/>\n48 Anoma Gamage \u2013 Irrigation<br \/>\n49 Wasantha Aluvihara \u2013 Mahaweli and Environment<br \/>\n50 Ameer Ali \u2013 Housing and Samurdi<br \/>\n51 S.Thowfeek \u2013 Internal Transport<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:DailyFT<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Comments<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to leave a comment<\/p>\n<p>Name (required)<\/p>\n<p>Email Address (required)<\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton37608\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D37608&amp;text=Number%20of%20Ministry%20Posts%20Increase%20to%2051%20After%20Four%20new%20Deputy%20Ministers%2C%20a%20State%20Minister%20and%20a%20Cabinet...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Their term may be limited to three months but there has been more clamour for ministerial posts judging by six new appointments made yesterday. 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