Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has exercised his executive powers by appointing 26 new members to the cabinet.
Mr Sirisena appointed 11 new cabinet members and 15 deputy ministers the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) at a swearing in ceremony on Sunday.
"This is a national government, and this is a (SLFP) party decision. We want to do all the reforms and then go to the elections," government spokesman Rajitha Senaratne told Reuters.
Mr Sirisena was appointed chairman of the SLFP after he defeated former party leader Mahinda Rajapaksa in presidential elections in January.
See a list of the newly appointed members below.
Cabinet Ministers
1. A.H.M.Fowzie - Minister of Disaster Management 2. S.B.Nawinna - Minister of Labour 3. Piyasena Gamage - Minister of Skill Development and Vocational Training 4. Dr. Sarath Amunugama - Minister of Higher Education and Research 5. S.B.Dissanayake - Minister of Rural Economic Affairs 6. Janaka Bandara Thennakoon - Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Development 7. Felix Perera - Minister of Special Projects 8. Mahainda Yapa Abewardene - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 9. Reginald Cooray - Minister of Aviation Services 10. Vijith Wijeyamuni Soysa - Minister of Irrigation 11. Mahinda Amaraweera - Minister of Fisheries
State Ministers
1.Pavitradevi Wanniarachchi - State Minister of Environment 2.Jeewan Kumaratunga - State Minister of Labour 3.Mahinda Samarasinghe - State Minister of Finance 4.C.B.Ratanayake - State Minister of Public Administration and Democratic Rule 5.Dilan Perera - State Minister of Housing and Samurdhi
Deputy Ministers
1. Tissa Karaliyedda - Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana and Democratic Rule 2. DayashrithaTissera - Deputy Minister of Fisheries 3. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs 4. Laxman Seneviratne - Deputy Minister of Disaster Management 5. Laxman Yapa Abewardene - Deputy Minister of Aviation Services 6. Lalith Dissayanake - Deputy Minister of Irrigation 7. Jagath Pushpakumara - Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries 8. Lasantha Alagiyawanna - Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs 9. Sudarshani Fernandopulle - Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Research 10. Shantha Bandara - Deputy Minister of Media
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