{"id":160333,"date":"2016-04-06T13:29:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T07:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=160333"},"modified":"2016-04-07T00:20:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T18:50:18","slug":"sirisena-appoints-new-state-minister-two-deputy-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sirisena-appoints-new-state-minister-two-deputy-ministers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sirisena Appoints New State Minister, Two Deputy Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Maithripala Sirisena appointed a new state minister and two deputy ministers this morning, increasing the total number of ministers and deputy ministers to 92.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/expose-president-sirisena-resorts-to-half-truths-to-conceal-his-brothers-greed\/maithripala-s-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-153778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-153778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Maithripala-S-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Maithripala S\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Maithripala-S-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Maithripala-S-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Accordingly, UPFA MP Lakshman Seneviratne was sworn in as the state minister of science, technology and research, while UPFA MP Manusha Nanayakkara was appointed as the deputy minister of foreign employment and UNP MP Palitha Thewarapperuma was appointed as the deputy minister of internal affairs, Wayamba development and cultural affairs.<\/p>\n<p>With the new appointments, the total number of cabinet ministers remained at 46, while the number of state ministers went up to 20, and deputy ministers to 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":153778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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