13 August, 2020
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa handed over letters of appointment to new Secretaries to 25 Cabinet Ministries at the Presidential Secretariat today (13) , stated the President's Media Division.
They are:
- Cabinet Secretary - W.M.D.J. Fernando
- Ministry of Highways - R.W.R. Pemasiri
- Ministry of Finance - S.R. Attygalle
- Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government - J.J. Rathnasiri
- Ministry of Mass Media - Jagath P. Wijeweera
- Ministry of Plantation - Ravindra Hewawitharana
- Ministry of Irrigation - D.M. Anura Dissanayake
- Ministry of Industries - W.A. Chulananda Perera
- Ministry of Power - Ms. Wasantha Perera
- Ministry of Tourism - S. Hettiarachchi
- Ministry of Lands - R.A.A.K. Ranawaka
- Ministry of Labour - M.P.D.U.K. Mapa Pathirana
- Ministry of Fisheries - Ms. R.M.I. Rathnayake
- Ministry of Defence - Major General (Retd.) Kamal Gunaratne
- Ministry of Defence - M. K.B. Harischandra
- Ministry of Transport - N.B. Monti Ranatunga
- Ministry of Water Supply - Dr. Priyath Bandu Wickrama
- Ministry of Trade - Ms. J.M.B. Jayawardene
- Ministry of Health - Major General Sanjeewa Munasinghe
- Ministry of Agriculture - Major General (Retd.) A.K. Sumedha Perera
- Ministry of Youth and Sports - Anuradha Wijekoon
- Ministry of Energy - Ms. K.D.R. Olga
- Ministry of Environment - Dr. Anil Jasinghe
- Ministry of Education - Prof. Kapila Perera
- Ministry of Urban Development and Housing - Sirinimal Perera