(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Nine Cabinet Ministers and a State Minister took oaths in their new portfolios at the Presidential Secretariat before President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The New Cabinet Portfolios:
- Mangala Samaraweera – Minister of Finance and Mass Media
- Ravi Karunanayake – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Tilak Marapana – Minister of Special Development
- Mahinda Amaraweera – State Minister of Mahaweli Development (In addition to existing portfolio)
- Gayantha Karunathilaka – Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms
- Arjuna Ranatunga – Minister of Petroleum Resources Development
- Chandima Weerakkody – Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training
- S. B. Dissanayake – Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare, and Upcountry Heritage
- Mahinda Samarasinghe – Minister of Ports and Shipping
- W. D. J. Seneviratne – Minister of Labour, and Trade Union Relations, and Sabaragamuwa Development
