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Pictorial : New Cabinet Ministers and Deputy Ministers DN SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010 PICTORIAL New Cabinet Ministers Prime Minister and Buddhasasana and Religious State Management Irrigation and Water Disaster Relief Minister Health Minister - Petroleum Industries Water Supply and Traditional Industries Affairs Minister - D. M. Jayaratne. Reforms Minister - Rat- Resources Management - A. H. M. Fowzie. Maithripala Sirisena. Minister - Susil Prema- Drainage Minister - and Small Enterprise nasiri Wickramanayaka. Minister - Nimal Siripala jayantha. Dinesh Gunawardena. Development Minister de Silva. - Douglas Devananda. Local Government and Rehabilitation and Industries and Com- Construction Engi- Power and Energy Economic Develop- State Resources and External Affairs Minis- Public Administration Parliamentary Affairs Provincial Councils Prison Reforms Minis- merce Minister - neering Services, Minister - Patali ment Minister - Basil Enterprise Develop- ter - Prof. G. L. Peiris. and Home Affairs Min- Minister - Sumedha Minister - A. L. M. ter - D. E. W. Gunasek- Risath Bathiyutheen. Housing and Common Champika Ranawaka. Rajapaksa. ment Minister ister - John Senevi- G. Jayasena. Athaulla. era. Amenities Minister - - P. Dayaratne. ratne. Wimal Weerawansa. Resettlement Minis- Posts and Telecom- National Heritage and Environment Minister Child Development Justice Minister - Labour Relations and Education Minister - Plantation Minister - Fisheries and Aquatic ter - Milroy Fernando. munications Minister Cultural Affairs Minis- - Anura Priyadhar- and Women’s Affairs Athauda Seneviratne. Productivity Promo- Bandula Gunawarde- Mahinda Samaras- Resources Develop- - Jeevan Kumaratun- ter - Pavithra Wan- shana Yapa. Minister - Tissa Kar- tion Minister - Gamini na. inghe. ment Minister - Dr. ga. niarachchi. aliyadda. Lokuge. Rajitha Senaratne. Pictures by Chaminda Hittetiye Indigenous Medicine National Languages Lands and Land Devel- Social Services Minis- Sports Minister - C. B. Agriculture Minister - Transport Minister - Youth Affairs and Co-operatives and Minister - Piyasena and Social Integration opment Minister - ter - Felix Perera. Ratnayake. Mahinda Yapa Abey- Kumara Welgama. Employment Minister Internal Trade Minis- Gamage. Minister - S. B. Nawin- Janaka Bandara Ten- wardena. - Dullas Alahapperu- ter - Johnston Fernan- na. nakoon. ma. do. Deputy Ministers Plantation Industries Deputy Minister-Salinda Public Administration Fisheries and Aquatic Economic Develop- Finance and Planning Agriculture Deputy Education Deputy Health Deputy Minis- Ports and Aviation Dissanayake and Home Affairs Resources Develop- ment Deputy Minister Deputy Minister- Minister-Jagath Push- Minister- T. B. ter- Mahinda Deputy Minister- Deputy Minister - ment Deputy Minister- -Lakshman Yapa Abey- Chandrasiri Gajadeera pakumara Ekanayake Amaraweera Rohitha Abeygu- Dilan Perera Susantha Punchinilame wardena nawardena Irrigation and Water National Heritage and Mass Media and Infor- Indigenous Medicine Industry and Com- Ports and Aviation Post and Telecommu- Economic Develop- Construction, Engineer- Transport Deputy Resources Manage- Cultural Affairs mation Deputy Minis- Deputy Minister- merce Deputy Minis- Deputy Minister- nication Deputy Min- ment Deputy Minister- ing Services, Housing Minister-Rohana ment Deputy Minister- Deputy Minister - ter-Mervyn Silva Pandu Bandaranayake ter-Jayaratne Herath Dayashritha Tissera ister-Duminda Dis- Ranjith Siyambalapi- and Common Amenities Dissanayake S. M. Chandrasena Gunaratne Weerakoon sanayake tiya Deputy Minister-Lasan- tha Alagiyawanne Livestock Develop- Highways Deputy Min- Power and Energy External Affairs Resettlement Deputy Local Government and Economic Develop- Lands and Land Devel- Disaster Management Social Services ment Deputy Minister- ister-Nirmala Kotha- Deputy Minister-Pre- Deputy Minister- Minister-Vinayag- Provincial Councils ment Deputy Minister- opment Deputy Minis- Deputy Minister-W. B. Deputy Minister- H. R. Mithrapala lawala malal Jayasekera Geethanjana amoorthy Muralitha- Deputy Minister-Indi- Muthu Sivalingam ter-Siripala Gamlath Ekanayake Chandrasiri Suri- Gunawardena ran ka Bandaranayake yarachchi Co-operatives and State Resources and Higher Education Water Supply and Technology and Petroleum Industries Justice Deputy Minis- Rehabilitation and Child Development Traditional Industries and Internal Trade Deputy Enterprise Develop- Deputy Minister- Drainage Deputy Min- Research Deputy Min- Deputy Minister ter-Reginald Cooray Prison Reforms and Women’s Affairs SmallEnterprises Devel- Minister-Neomal Per- ment Deputy Minister Nandimithra ister-Nirupama ister -Lalith Dis- -Sarana Gunawardena Deputy Minister- Deputy Minister -M. L. opment Deputy Minister- era -Sarath Gunaratne Ekanayake Rajapaksa sanayake Vijithamuni Zoysa A. M. Hisbullah Weerakumara Dis- sanayake =.
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