President Maithripala Sirisena appointed a new cabinet today and swearing ceremony took place at the Presidential Secretariat.
The new cabinet
- Prime Mininser Ranil Wickremesinghe – Minister of Planning and Economic Development
- John Amaratunga – Minister of Law and Order, disaster management and Christian religious affairs
- Joseph Michael Perera – Minister of Home Affairs
- Gamini Jayawickrema Perera – Minister of Food Security
- Mangala Samaraweera – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Karu Jayasuriya – Minister of Buddha Sasana, Public Administration and Democratic Governance
- Lakshman Kiriella – Minister of Plantation
- Ravi Karunanayake – Minister of Finance
- Rauff Hakeem – Minister of Urban Development and Water Supply
- Patali Champika Ranawaka – Minister of Power and Energy
- Rajitha Senaratne – Minister of Health
- Duminda Dissanayake – Minister of Irrigation
- Kabir Hashim –Minister of Highways and Investment Promotions
- M.K.D.S. Gunawardena – Minister of Lands
- Sajith Premadasa – Minister of Housing and Samurdhi
- Wijedasa Rajapaksa – Minister of Justice
- Gayantha Karunathilake – Minister of Media
- Navin Dissanayake – Minister of Tourism
- Arjuna Ranatunga – Minister of Ports
- Rishad Bathiudeen – Minister of Industry and Commerce
- P. Digambaram –
- D.M. Swaminathan –Minister of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs
- Akila Viraj Kariyawasam – Minister of Education
- Thalatha Atukorale – Minister of Foreign Employment
- Ranjith Maddumabandara – Minister of Internal Transport
- P. Harrison – Minister of Social Service and Welfare
- Chandrani Bandara – Women’s Affairs