Cabinet of Sri Lanka

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The Cabinet of Sri Lanka is the council of cabinet ministers , responsible to parliament. Cabinet ministers are appointed by the President under the advice of the Prime Minister and serve at his pleasure. Officially the prime minister is the head of the cabinet, but the cabinet is chaired by the president and he is the de facto head of the cabinet. The Cabinet meets several times a week to discuss vital issues. Outside of the cabinet there are a number of junior ministers; these include non-cabinet ministers and deputy ministers reporting directly to a senior minister. The current cabinet of President Mahinda Rajapaksa consists of 9 Senior Ministers, 49 Cabinet Ministers & 31 Deputy Ministers.^[1] Former cabinet, also known as the "Jumbo Cabinet," holding a world record for the largest cabinet, was dissolved in February 2010, and a new cabinet appointed on 23 April 2010.

Cabinet and Deputy ministers

The first Cabinet of Ministers of Ceylon, 1947

Cabinet

Ministry	Office	Incumbent	Image	in Office since
Ministry of Defence Ministry of Finance and Planning Ministry of Ports and Aviation and Ministry of Highways and Road Development	Minister of Defence Minister of Finance and Planning Minister of Ports and Aviation and Minister of Highways and Road Development	President Mahinda Rajapaksa		19 November 2005
Ministry of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs	Minister of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs	Prime Minister Disanayaka Jayaratne		21 April 2010
Ministry of Public Management Reforms	Minister of Public Management Reforms	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake		23 April 2010
Ministry of Irrigation & Water Resources Management	Minister of Irrigation & Water Resources Management	Nimal De Silva		23 April 2010
Ministry of Disaster Management	Minister of Disaster Management	Abdul Fowzie		23 April 2010
Ministry of Health	Minister of Health	Maithripala Sirisena		23 April 2010
Ministry of Petroleum Industries	Minister of Petroleum Industries	Susil Premajayantha		23 April 2010
Ministry of Water Supply & Drainage	Minister of Water Supply & Drainage	Dinesh Gunawardena		23 April 2010
Ministry of Traditional Industries & Small Enterprise Development	Minister of Traditional Industries & Small Enterprise Development	Douglas Devananda		23 April 2010
Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils	Minister of Local Government & Provincial Councils	Ahamed Athaullah		23 April 2010
Ministry of Rehabilitation & Prison Reforms	Minister of Rehabilitation & Prison Reforms	Don Gunasekera		23 April 2010
Ministry of Industry & Commerce	Minister of Industry & Commerce	Risad Badhiutheen		23 April 2010
Ministry of Housing & Construction Industry	Minister of Housing & Construction Industry	Wimal Weerawansa		23 April 2010
Ministry of Power and Energy	Minister of Power and Energy	Champika Ranawaka		23 April 2010
Ministry of Economic Development	Minister of Economic Development	Basil Rajapaksa		23 April 2010
Ministry of State Resources & Enterprise Development	Minister of State Resources & Enterprise Development	Petikirige Dayaratne		23 April 2010
Ministry of External Affairs	Minister of External Affairs	Gamini Lakshman Peiris		23 April 2010
Ministry of Public Administration & Home Affairs	Minister of Public Administration & Home Affairs	John Senewiratne		23 April 2010
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Sumedha Jayasena		23 April 2010
Ministry of Resettlement	Minister of Resettlement	Milroy Fernando		23 April 2010
Ministry of Post & Telecommunication	Minister of Post & Telecommunication	Jeewan Kumaranatunga		23 April 2010
Ministry of National Heritage & Cultural Affairs	Minister of National Heritage & Cultural Affairs	Pavithra Wanniarachchi		23 April 2010
Ministry of Environment	Minister of Environment	Anura Priyadarshana Yapa		23 April 2010
Ministry of Child Development & Women's Affairs	Minister of Child Development & Women's Affairs	Tissa Karalliyadde		23 April 2010
Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms	Minister of Justice and Law Reform	Athauda Seneviratne		23 April 2010
Ministry of Labour Relations & Productivity Improvement	Minister of Labour Relations & Productivity Improvement	Gamini Lokuge		23 April 2010
Ministry of Education	Minister of Education	Bandula Gunawardane		23 April 2010
Ministry of Plantation	Minister of Plantation	Mahinda Samarasinghe		23 April 2010
Ministry of Fisheries	Minister of Fisheries	Rajitha Senaratne		23 April 2010
Ministry of Indigenous Medicine	Minister of Indigenous Medicine	Piyasena Gamage		23 April 2010
Ministry of National Languages & Social Integration	Minister of National Languages & Social Integration	Seneviratne Nawinne		23 April 2010
Ministry of Lands & Land Development	Minister of Lands & Land Development	Janaka Tennakoon		23 April 2010
Ministry of Social Services	Minister of Social Services	Felix Perera		23 April 2010
Ministry of Sports	Minister of Sports	Chandrasiri Rathnayake		23 April 2010
Ministry of Agriculture	Minister of Agriculture	Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena		23 April 2010
Ministry of Transport	Minister of Transport	Kumara Welgama		23 April 2010
Minister of Youth Affairs	Minister of Youth Affairs	Dullas Alahapperuma		23 April 2010
Ministry of Co-operatives & Internal Trade	Minister of Co-operatives & Internal Trade	Johnston Fernando		23 April 2010
Ministry of Mass Media and Communication	Minister of Mass Media and Communication	Keheliya Rambukwella		April 2010
Ministry of Livestock and Rural Community Development	Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development	Arumugam Thondaman		April 2010
Ministry of Technology and Research	Minister of Technology and Research	Tissa Vitharana		April 2010
Ministry of Higher Education	Minister of Higher Education	S. B. Dissanayake		April 2010

See also

• President of Sri Lanka
• Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
• Cabinet Office (Sri Lanka)

References

1. ^ Government Ministers

External links

• Government Ministers