President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed 24 State Ministers last evening.

The newly appointed state ministers are as follows: 

1. Professor G.L. Peiris – State Minister of Defense

2. Rohana Dissanayake – State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government

3. Arundhika Fernando – State Minister of Plantations

4. Lohan Ratwatte – State Minister of Urban Development

5. Tharaka Balasuriya – State Minister of External Affairs

6. Indika Anurudhdha – State Minister of Housing

7. Sanath Nishantha – State Minister of Water Supply

8. Siripala Gamlath – State Minister of Mahaweli

9. Anuradha Jayaratne – State Minister of Irrigation

10. Sisira Jayakody – State Minister of Indigenous Medicine

11. Prasanna Ranaweera – State Minister of Industries

12. D.V. Chanaka – State Minister of Tourism and Fisheries

13. D.B. Herath – State Minister of Livestock

14. Kader Masthan – State Minister of Rural Economic Crop Cultivation and Promotion

15. Ashoka Priyantha – State Minister of Trade

16. A. Aravind Kumar – State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure

17. Geetha Kumarasinghe – State Minister of Culture and Performing Arts

18. Gunapala Ratnasekera – State Minister of Cooperative Services, Business Development and Consumer Protection

19. Kapila Nuwan Athukorala – State Minister of Development of Minor Crops Plantation

20. Dr. Gayashan Navananda – State Minister of Health

21. Surendra Raghavan – State Minister of Education Services and Reforms

22. Diana Gamage – State Minister of Transport

23. Dr. Seetha Arambepola –State Minister of Education and Technology

24. Vijitha Berugoda – State Minister of Ports and Shipping

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