Fourth Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet

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Fourth Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet
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Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Gotabaya Rajapaksa November 2019 crop.jpg
Date formed12 May 2022 (2022-05-12)
Date dissolved14 July 2022 (2022-07-14)
People and organisations
Head of state Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Head of government Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Deputy head of government Ranil Wickremesinghe
Member parties
  •   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
  •   United National Party
  •   Eelam People's Democratic Party
Status in legislature Minority
103 / 225 (46%)
Opposition party  Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa
History
Legislature term(s) 16th Parliament
Predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa III
Successor Wickremesinghe

The fourth Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet, also known as the Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe cabinet, was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It was formed in May 2022 following the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new Prime Minister [1] and ended in July 2022 following Rajapaksa's resignation.

Contents

This was the sixth time Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, a world record. [2] [3]

Cabinet members

Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution. The members cabinet is as follows: [4]

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa Gotabaya Rajapaksa November 2019 crop.jpg Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna President 18 November 2019 [lower-alpha 1] 14 July 2022 [5]
Minister of Defence [lower-alpha 2] 26 November 2020 [lower-alpha 1] [12]
Minister of Technology 26 November 2020 [lower-alpha 1]
Ranil Wickramasinghe Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on November 23, 2017.jpg United National Party Prime Minister 12 May 2022
Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies 25 May 2022
G. L. Peiris G. L. Peiris portrait.jpg Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Foreign Affairs 14 May 2022 [4]
Dinesh Gunawardena Dinesh Gunawardena.jpg Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government 18 April 2022 [lower-alpha 1] [4]
Prasanna Ranatunga Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Urban Development and Housing 14 May 20226 June 2022 [4]
Kanchana Wijesekera Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Power and Energy 18 April 2022 [lower-alpha 1] [4]
Nimal Siripala de Silva Nimal Siripala de Silva.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation 20 May 20227 July 2022 [13]
Susil Premajayantha Susil Premajayantha.jpg Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Education 20 May 2022 [13]
Keheliya Rambukwella Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Health 23 May 2022 [13]
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.jpg Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms 12 May 2022 [13]
Harin Fernando Harin Fernando.jpg Samagi Jana Balawegaya Minister of Tourism and Lands 20 May 20229 July 2022 [13]
Mahinda Amaraweera Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Agriculture 12 May 2022 [14]
Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation 12 May 2022 [14]
Douglas Devananda Douglas Devananda 2.jpg Eelam People's Democratic Party Minister of Fisheries 12 August 2020 [lower-alpha 1] [14]
Manusha Nanayakkara Samagi Jana Balawegaya Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment 20 May 20229 July 2022 [14]
Bandula Gunawardena Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Transport and Highways [14]
Minister of Mass Media 23 May 2022 [14]
Ramesh Pathirana Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Plantation Industry 18 April 2022 [lower-alpha 1] [13]
Minister of Industries 20 May 2022 [13]
Vidura Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs 20 May 2022 [14]
Nalin Fernando Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security 20 May 2022 [13]
Tiran Alles United People's Party Minister of Public Security 20 May 2022 [13]
Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen Naseer ahamed.jpg Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Minister of Environment 18 April 2022 [lower-alpha 1] [14]
Roshan Ranasinghe Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs 23 May 2022 [14]
Minister of Irrigation 23 May 2022 [14]
Dhammika Perera Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Investment Promotion 24 June 202210 July 2022 [15]

State ministers

Ministers appointed under article 44(1) of the constitution.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.
  2. ↑ In August 2020 it was reported that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had assigned the defence portfolio to himself. [6] [7] This violated article 43(2) of the Constitution of Sri Lanka, introduced by the 19th amendment, which allows only Members of Parliament to be in charge of ministries (the president is not a Members of Parliament). [8] [9] The defence portfolio was omitted from the official gazette notifying the cabinet appointments in August 2020. [10] The 20th amendment, passed in October 2020, removed article 43(2). [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Wickremesinghe sets world record in his coming as new PM". 12 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "5-time former PM may be named Sri Lanka's new prime minister: Report". 12 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Four new Cabinet ministers sworn in".
  5. ↑ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Proclamation" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2150/41. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 21 November 2019. p. 1A. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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  12. ↑ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2203/33. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 November 2020. p. 1A. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Nine more cabinet ministers sworn in".
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "in_list_cabinet_ministers". www.cabinetoffice.gov.lk. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "Dhammika Perera sworn in as a minister". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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