New Secretaries appointed to Cabinet Ministries

Letters of appointment to the new Secretaries appointed to the Cabinet Ministries were handed over by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Colombo yesterday.

The list of new Secretaries appointed to the Cabinet Ministries is as follows.

1. R.W.R. Pemasiri – Transport and Highways Ministry

2. M.M.P.K. Mayadunne – Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry

3. K.D.S. Ruwanchandra – Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation 

4. S.T. Kodikara – Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Food Security 

5. Wasantha Perera – Ministry of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms 

6. S. Hettiarachchi – Ministry of Public Security 

7. M.N. Ranasinghe – Ministry of Education 

8. M.P.D.U.K. Mapa Pathirana – Ministry of Power and Energy 

9. R.M.I. Ratnayake – Ministry of Fisheries

10. Monti Ranatunga – Ministry of Water Supply

11. U.D.C. Jayalal – Ministry of Irrigation

12. Anuradha Wijekoon – Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs 

13. Dr. Anil Jasinghe – Ministry of Environment

14. Anusha Palpita – Ministry of Mass Media

15. M.B.R. Pushpakumara – Ministry of Agriculture

16. Somaratne Vidanapathirana – Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs 

17. General (Retired) Daya Ratnayake – Ministry of Industries

18. Aruni Wijewardena – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

19. B.L.A.J. Dharmakeerthi – Ministry of Plantation Industries

20. R.M.C.M. Herath – Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation 

21. S.J.S. Chandragupta – Ministry of Health

22. P.H.C. Ratnayake – Ministry of Urban Development and Housing

23. R.P.A. Wimalaweera – Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment