The appointment of the new Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Secretary and Secretaries for 16 Ministries was held at the Presidential Secretariat today (19). The ceremony was officiated by the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.
The list of appointees is as follows:
01. Mr. G.P Saputhanthri – Secretary to the Prime Minister
02. Mr. W.D.M. J Fernando – Secretary to the Cabinet
03. Senior Prof. Kapila C.K. Perera – Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation
04. Mr. K.M.M. Siriwardana – Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
05. Mrs. J.M. Thilaka Jayasundara – Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development
06. Mr. A.M.P.M. B. Atapattu – Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs
07. Mr. B.K. Prabath Chandrakeerthi – Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure
08. Mr. H.S.S. Thuyacontha – Ministry of Defence
09. Mr. D.W.R.B. Seneviratne – Ministry of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
10. Mr. U. G. Ranjith Ariyaratne – Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing
11. Prof. K.T.M. Udayanga Hemapala – Ministry of Energy
12. Mr. S. Aloka Bandara – Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government
13. Mr. S.M. Piyatissa – Ministry of Labour
14. Mr. K.A. Wimalenthirarajah – Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development
15. Mr. D. P. Wickremasinghe – Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
16. Mr. K.M.G.S.N. Kaluwewa – Ministry of Education, Higher education and Vocational education
17. Mr. A.H.M.U. Aruna Bandara – Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
18. Mrs. Aruni Ranaraja – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism
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