New ministerial appointments President Maithripala Sirisena appointed 12 CABINET MINISTERS Ministers on October 29, 2018 with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Finance and Economic Affairs Minister. The complete list of appointees of Cabinet Ministers, State Ministers and Deputy Ministers are Mahinda Rajapaksa Nimal Siripala de Silva Dr. Sarath Amunugama Mahinda Samarasinghe Mahinda Amaraweera Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe as follows: Minister of Finance and Minister of Transport and Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Ports and Minister of Agriculture Minister of Power and Minister of Education and Economic Affairs Civil Aviation Shipping Renewable Energy Higher Education Faiszer Musthapha Douglas Devananda Arumugam Thondaman Wasantha Senanayake Duminda Dissanayake Dayasiri Jayasekara Wijith Wijayamuni Zoysa S. B. Nawinna Minister of Provincial Minister of Resettlement, Minister of Hill Country New Minister of Tourism and Minister of Irrigation, Water Minister of Skills Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Minister of Cultural Affairs, Councils, Local Government Rehabilitation, Northern Villages, Infrastructure and Wildlife Resources and Disaster Development and Vocational Resources Development and Internal Affairs and Regional and Sports Development and Hindu Community Development Management Training Rural Economic Affairs Development Religious Affairs STATE MINISTERS Piyasena Gamage Lakshman Seneviratne M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Mohan Lal Grero Sriyani Wijewickrama Suresh Vadivel Dunesh Gankanda A.H.M. Fowzie State Minister of Youth, State Minister of Defence State Minister of Highways State Minister of Education State Minister of Provincial State Minister of Plantation State Minister for State Minister of National Women and Child Affairs and Road Development and Higher Education Councils, Local Government Industries Environment Integration, and Sports Reconciliation and Muslim Religious Affairs DEPUTY MINISTERS Angajan Ramanathan Manusha Nanayakkara Indika Bandaranayake Sarathie Dushmantha Nishantha Muthuhettigamage Kader Masthan Ananda Aluthgamage S. Viyalendiran Deputy Minister of Deputy Minister of Labour Deputy Minister of Housing Deputy Minister of Justice Deputy Minister of Ports Deputy Minister of Deputy Minister of Tourism Deputy Minister of Regional Agriculture and Foreign Employment and Urban Development and Prison Reforms and Shipping Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Wildlife Development (East) and Northern Development.