Dissanayake cabinet

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake cabinet
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Cabinet of Sri Lanka
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Date formed24 September 2024 (2024-09-24)
People and organisations
Head of state Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Head of government Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Deputy head of government Harini Amarasuriya
Member parties  National People's Power
Status in legislature Minority government
3 / 225(1%)
Opposition party  Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa
History
Election 2024
Legislature term 16th
Predecessor Wickremesinghe

The Dissanayake cabinet is the incumbent central government of Sri Lanka led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Cabinet members

Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution. The members of the cabinet is as follows:

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake Anura Disanayake press (cropped).png Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna President 23 September 2024 [1]
Minister of Agriculture, Land, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Defence 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Energy 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Finance, Economic Development, Policy Formulation, Planning and Tourism 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Harini Amarasuriya Portrait gray.png National People's Power Prime Minister 24 September 2024 [4]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Health 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Trade, Commercial, Food Security, Co-operative Development, Industries and Entrepreneur Development 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Women, Child and Youth Affairs and Sports 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Vijitha Herath Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, National Integration, Social Security and Mass Media 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Environment, Wildlife, Forest Resources, Water Supply, Plantation and Community, and Infrastructure 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Foreign Affairs 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Public Security 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Rural and Urban Development, and Housing and Construction 24 September 2024 [2] [3]
Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation 24 September 2024 [2] [3]

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References

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