Fourth Sirisena cabinet
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Fourth Sirisena cabinet | |
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Cabinet of Sri Lanka | |
Date formed | 20 December 2018 |
Date dissolved | 21 November 2019 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Maithripala Sirisena |
Head of government | Maithripala Sirisena |
Deputy head of government | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Total no. of members | 63 |
Member party | United National Front for Good Governance |
Status in legislature | Minority government 106 / 225 (47%) |
Opposition party | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
Opposition leader | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
History | |
Outgoing election | 2019 |
Legislature term | 15th |
Predecessor | Sirisena III |
Successor | Gotabaya Rajapaksa I |
The fourth Sirisena cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Maithripala Sirisena. It was formed in December 2018 following the end of the constitutional crisis and ended in November 2019 following the election of Sirisena's successor Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Cabinet members
[edit]Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution.
Non-cabinet and state ministers
[edit]Ministers appointed under article 44(1) of the constitution.
Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs. | |
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Ashoka Abeysinghe | United National Party | State Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
J. C. Alawathuwala | United National Party | State Minister of Internal and Home Affairs and Provincial Councils and Local Government | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Ameer Ali | All Ceylon Makkal Congress | State Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Economic Affairs | 21 December 2018 | 3 June 2019 | [34][35][36][12][13][14] | ||
Ranjith Aluwihare | United National Party | State Minister of Tourism Development | 21 December 2018 | 11 January 2019 | [23][34][35][36] | ||
State Minister of Tourism Development, Wildlife and Christian Religious Affairs | 11 January 2019 | 21 November 2019 | [24][25][26] | ||||
Wasantha Aluwihare | United National Party | State Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Economic Affairs | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Harsha de Silva | United National Party | Non-Cabinet Minister of Public Distribution and Economic Reforms | 21 December 2018 | 11 January 2019 | [23][34][35][36] | ||
Non-Cabinet Minister of Economic Affairs and Public Distribution | 11 January 2019 | 21 November 2019 | [24][25][26] | ||||
Cassim Faizal | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | State Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine | 21 December 2018 | 3 June 2019 | [34][35][36][12][13][14] | ||
H. M. M. Harees | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government | 21 December 2018 | 3 June 2019 | [34][35][36][12][13][14] | ||
Lucky Jayawardena | United National Party | State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Vijayakala Maheswaran | United National Party | State Minister of Education | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Ajith Mannapperuma | United National Party | State Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment | 31 January 2019 | 21 November 2019 | [37][38][39] | ||
Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | State Minister of Social Empowerment | 21 December 2018 | 3 June 2019 | [34][35][36][12][13][14] | ||
Ajith Perera | United National Party | Non-Cabinet Minister of Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Niroshan Perera | United National Party | State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
A. D. Champika Premadasa | United National Party | State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Velusami Radhakrishnan | Up-Country People's Front | Non-Cabinet Minister of Special Areas Development | 11 January 2019 | 21 November 2019 | [24][25][26] | ||
Ranjan Ramanayake | United National Party | State Minister of Highways and Road Development | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Ravindra Samaraweera | United National Party | Non-Cabinet Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations | 11 January 2019 | 21 November 2019 | [24][25][26] | ||
Wasantha Senanayake | United National Party | State Minister of Foreign Affairs | 29 May 2019 | 21 November 2019 | [16][17][18] | ||
Sujeewa Senasinghe | United National Party | Non-Cabinet Minister of Science, Technology and Research | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Vadivel Suresh | United National Party | State Minister of Plantation Industries | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Dilip Wedaarachchi | United National Party | State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Eran Wickramaratne | United National Party | State Minister of Finance | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Ruwan Wijewardene | United National Party | State Minister of Defence | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Non-Cabinet Minister of Mass Media | 22 February 2019 | 21 November 2019 | [31][32][33] |
Deputy ministers
[edit]Ministers appointed under article 45(1) of the constitution.
Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs. | |
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Anoma Gamage | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Petroleum Resources Development | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Edward Gunasekara | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Nalin Bandara Jayamaha | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
M. A. M. Maharoof | All Ceylon Makkal Congress | Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping | 11 January 2019 | 3 June 2019 | [24][25][26][12][13][14] | ||
Ajith Mannapperuma | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Environment | 21 December 2018 | 31 January 2019 | [34][35][36][40] | ||
Karu Paranawithana | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Buddhika Pathirana | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] | ||
Palitha Thewarapperuma | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment | 21 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | [34][35][36] |
Notes
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