Nine new Cabinet Ministers were sworn in before President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today.
- Nimal Siripala de Silva – Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation
- Susil Premajayantha – Minister of Education
- Kehaliya Rambukwella – Minister of Health
- Wijayadasa Rajapaksa – Minister of Justice, Prisons and Constitutional Reforms
- Harin Fernando – Minister of Lands and Minister of Tourism
- Ramesh Pathirana – Minister of Plantation Industries
- Manusha Nanayakkara – Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment
- Nalin Fernando – Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security
- Tiran Alles – Minister of Public Defense