The new Cabinet of Ministers was sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, yesterday. Hon Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs. Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva: Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation. Hon. Dr. Sarath Amunugama: Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe: Minister of Ports and Shipping Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera: Minister of Agriculture Hon. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Minister of Power and Renewable Energy Hon. Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe: Minister of Education and Higher Education. Hon. Wijith Wijayamuni Zoysa: Minister of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs Hon. Faiszer Musthapha: Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government, and Sports Hon. Douglas Devananda: Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development, & Hindu Religious Affairs Hon. Arumugam Thondaman: Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development. Hon. Vasantha Senanayake: Minister of Tourism and Wildlife State Minister: Hon.Suresh Vadivel: State Minister of Plantation Industries Deputy Minister: Hon.Ananda Aluthgamage: Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wildlife