Third Sirisena cabinet | |
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Cabinet of Sri Lanka | |
Date formed | 29 October 2018 |
Date dissolved | 15 December 2018 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Maithripala Sirisena |
Head of government | Maithripala Sirisena |
Deputy head of government | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Total no. of members | 54 |
Member parties | |
Status in legislature | Minority coalition 95 / 225 (42%) |
Opposition party | None [a] |
Opposition leader | None [a] |
History | |
Legislature term | 15th |
Predecessor | Sirisena II |
Successor | Sirisena IV |
The third Sirisena cabinet was a short-lived central government of Sri Lanka led by President Maithripala Sirisena during the 2018 constitutional crisis. The cabinet and the prime minister was declared as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. [1]
Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution.
Ministers appointed under article 44(1) of the constitution.
Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs. | |
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S. M. Chandrasena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Social Empowerment | 8 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [26] [27] [28] | ||
Salinda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Indigenous Medicine | 8 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [26] [27] [28] | ||
A. H. M. Fowzie | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of National Unity, Co-existence and Muslim Religious Affairs | 3 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [29] [38] [39] | ||
Piyasena Gamage | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Youth, Women and Child Affairs | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [5] [6] [22] | ||
Dunesh Gankanda | United National Party | State Minister of Environment | 30 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [40] [41] [42] | ||
Mohan Lal Grero | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Education and Higher Education | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [5] [6] [22] | ||
M. L. A. M. Hizbullah | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Highways and Road Development | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [5] [6] [22] | ||
Lakshman Wasantha Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion | 8 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [26] [27] [28] | ||
Keheliya Rambukwella | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Mass Media and Digital Infrastructure | 4 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [29] [30] [31] | ||
C. B. Rathnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Transport | 8 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [26] [27] [28] | ||
Lakshman Senewiratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Defence | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [5] [6] [22] | ||
Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Petroleum Resources Development | 7 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [23] [24] [25] | ||
Sriyani Wijewickrama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [5] [6] [22] | ||
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Finance | 8 November 2018 | 11 November 2018 | [26] [27] [28] | ||
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna [13] [14] [15] | 11 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
Ministers appointed under article 45(1) of the constitution.
Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs. | |
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Ananda Aluthgamage | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wild Life | 29 October 2018 | 11 November 2018 | [16] [17] [18] | ||
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna [14] [15] | 11 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | |||||
Indika Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Development | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [5] [6] [22] | ||
Cader Cader Masthan | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Northern Development | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [5] [6] [22] | ||
Dushmantha Mithrapala | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [5] [6] [22] | ||
Nishantha Muthuhettigama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [5] [6] [22] | ||
Manusha Nanayakkara | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment | 1 November 2018 | 6 November 2018 | [5] [6] [22] [43] [44] [45] | ||
Ashoka Priyantha | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Cultural and Internal Affairs and Regional Development (North Western) | 4 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [29] [31] [46] | ||
Angajan Ramanathan | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Agriculture | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [5] [6] [22] | ||
S. Viyalendiran | People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam | Deputy Minister of Regional Development (Eastern Development) | 2 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | [29] [32] [33] |
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