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The new Cabinet of 20 Ministers and the names of their 20 Deputies was announced by a Gazette Notification dated September 14 yesterday. Following is the full list of Ministers, Deputy Ministers and their portfolios:

1. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake - Buddha Sasana, Cultural and Religious Affairs, Plan Implementation, Plantation Industries.

2. Ronnie de Mel - Trade, Industrial Development and Rural Industries.

3. Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Jayaratne - Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Co-operative Development.

4. Mahinda Rajapakse - Ports, Shipping and Fisheries.

5. Richard Bentota Pathirana - Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development.

6. Amarasiri Gardiye Hewawasam Dodangoda - Human Resources Development, Technical and Vocational Education.

7. Niletti Nimal Siripala de Silva - Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services.

8. Anuruddha Ratwatte - Lands, Irrigation and Energy.

9. Amara Indika Rupasinghe Gunawardena - Posts and Telecommunication.

10. Abdul Hameed Mohamed Fowzie - Highways and Muslim Religious Affairs.

11. Lakshman Kadirgamar - Foreign Affairs.

12. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle - Tourism, Civil Aviation and Christian Religious Affairs.

13. Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena - Mahaweli Development and Parliamentary Affairs.

14. Athauda Seneviratne - Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development.

15. Batty Weerakoon - Justice, Ethnic Affairs and National Integration.

16. Dr. Sarath Leelananda Bandara Amunugama - Education and Higher Education.

17. Arumugam Thondaman - Livestock and Estate Infrastructure Development.

18. Dinesh Gunawardena - Transport and Environment.

19. Douglas Devananda - Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the North and Tamil Affairs of North and East.

20. (Mrs.) Ferial Ashraff - Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the East, Rural Housing Development and Women's Affairs.

Deputy Ministers

1. Anuruddha Ratwatte - Defence.

2. Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera - Finance and Planning, Urban Development, Public Utilities, Housing and Sports.

3. Ekanayake Mudiyanselage Mahinda Nandimitra Ekanayake - Plantation Industries.

4. Alavi Mowlana - Media.

5. John Seneviratne - Health and Social Services.

6. Reggie Padmasena Ranatunga - Ports and Shipping.

7. Moithra Kudabanda Gopallawa - Buddha Sasana, Cultural and Religious Affairs.

8. Warnakulasuriya Milroy Surgias Fernando - Fisheries.

9. Jeewan Kumaranatunga - Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development.

10. (Mrs.) Karachchige Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi - Highways.

11. Lakshman Bandara Kiriella - Trade and Industries Development.

12. Salinda Dissanayake - Samurdhi.

13. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa - Education and Higher Education.

14. Tissa Karaliyadde - Indigenous Medicine.

15. Mahipala Herath - Rural Industries.

16. Achchige Don Susil Premajayantha - Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development.

17. Harendra Corea - Foreign Affairs.

18. Munidasa Premachandra - Agriculture and Forestry.

19. Don Simanralalage Suantha Premaratne - Tourism and Aviation.

20. Felix Perera - Energy.

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