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