The newly appointed Secretaries to the Ministries received their appointment letters from President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat .
The list of Secretaries to the Ministries as follows:
01. Hemasiri Fernando – Ministry of Defense
02. Mrs. SM Mohamed – Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs Ministry
03- V. Sivagnanasothy – National Policy, Economic Affairs, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Northern Province Development, Vocational Training, Skills Development and Youth Affairs
04. Padmasiri Jayamanna – Ministry of Education
05. RMDB Meegasmulla – Ministry of Justice and Prisons Reforms
06- JJ Ratnasiri – Public Administration and Disaster Management
07. Dr BMSS Batagoda – Ministry of Power, Energy and Enterprise Development
08. LP Jayampathy – Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
09. N Rupasinghe – Ministry of Highways and Western Development
10. HT Kamal Padmasiri – Internal and Home Affairs and Provincial Council and Local Government
11. JA Ranjith – Plantation Industries Ministry
12. APG Kithsiri – Ministry of Buddha Sasana and Wayamba Development
13. Ms. LD Senanayake – Ministry of Women’s and Children’s Affairs and Dry Zone Development
14. DMRB Dissanayake – Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
15. P. Suresh – Ministry of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure & Community Development
16. H. M. Gamini Seneviratne- Ministry of Labor, Trade Union Relations and Social Empowerment
17. KDNR. Asoka Wijeratne – Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Resettlement of IDPs and Co-operative Development
18. KDS Ruwanchandra – Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation and Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development
19- Ravindra Hewavitharana – Ministry of Public Enterprise, Kandyan Heritage & Kandy Development
20. W. H. Karunaratne – Ministry of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms
21. MYS Deshapriya – National Integration, Official Languages, Social Progress and Hindu Religious Affairs.
22. KP Bernard Vasantha Silva – Ministry of Housing Construction and Cultural Affairs
23. ST. Kodikara – Ministry of Development Strategies, International Trade and Science, Technology and Research
24. WA Chulananda Perera – Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure, Foreign Employment and Sports
25- Mrs. Wasantha Perera – Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
26. MMPK Mayadunne – Ministry of Urban Planning, Water Supply & Higher Education
27. S. Hettiarachchi – Ministry of Finance and Mass Media
28. RP Ariyasinghe – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
29. Parakrama Dissanayake – Ministry of Ports and Shipping
