Colombo (News 1st) –   5 Deputy ministers and 2 state ministers were sworn in today before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat. The new appointments are as follows,

State Ministers

• Ranjith Aluwihare – State Minister of Tourism, Development and Christian Religious Affairs
• Lucky Jayawardene – State Minister of Hill country new villages, infrastructure and community development

Deputy Ministers

• Nalin Bandara – Deputy Minister of Public Administration, Management and Law & Order
• Ajith Manapperuma – Deputy Minister of Environment
• Edward Gunasekara – Deputy Minister of Internal affairs and Wayamba development
• Angajan Ramanayake – Deputy Minister of Agriculture
• Kader Masthan – Deputy Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement, and Hindu  Religious affairs