Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet
The second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet is the incumbent central government of Sri Lanka led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It was formed in August 2020 after the parliamentary election. As of 26 November 2020 the cabinet had 27 members – president, prime minister and 25 ministers. There are also 38 state ministers who are not members of the cabinet. One cabinet minister is also a state minister.
| Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet | |
|---|---|
 Cabinet of Sri Lanka | |
 | |
| Date formed | 12 August 2020 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Head of government | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Deputy head of government | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Member parties | |
| Status in legislature | Majority coalition 148 / 225 (66%) |
| Opposition party | Samagi Jana Balawegaya |
| Opposition leader | Sajith Premadasa |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 5 August 2020 |
| Legislature term(s) | 16th Parliament (2020–) |
| Predecessor | Gotabaya Rajapaksa I |
Cabinet members
Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution.
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State ministers
Ministers appointed under article 44(1) of the constitution.
| Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasantha Alagiyawanna | Sri Lanka Freedom Party[14] | State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Dilum Amunugama | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Vehicle Regulation, Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments and Motor Car Industry | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Indika Anuruddha | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural Housing and Construction and Building Material Industries | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Seetha Arambepola | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Tharaka Balasuriya | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Regional Co-operation | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Vijitha Berugoda | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Dhamma Schools, Bhikku Education, Piriven and Buddhist Universities | 12 August 2020 | 25 September 2020 | [2][3][18][19] | ||
| State Minister of Dhamma Schools, Pirivenas and Bhikkhu Education | 25 September 2020 | [20] | |||||
| Ajith Nivard Cabraal | .png.webp) | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Money and Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | ||
| D. V. Chanaka |  | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Aviation and Export Zones Development | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | ||
| Mohan de Silva | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Production and Supply of Fertilizer and Regulation of Chemical Fertilizer and Insecticide Use | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Piyal Nishantha de Silva | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Women and Child Development, Pre-Schools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and School Services | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Duminda Dissanayake |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party[14] | State Minister of Solar Power, Wind and Hydro Power Generation Projects Development | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | ||
| Wimalaweera Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Wildlife Protection, Adoption of Safety Measures including the Construction of Electrical Fences and Trenches and Reforeststation and Forest Resource Development | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Arundika Fernando | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Coconut, Kithul, Palmyrah and Rubber Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing and Export Diversification | 12 August 2020 | 25 September 2020 | [2][3][18][19] | ||
| State Minister of Coconut, Kithul and Palmyrah Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing and Export Diversification | 25 September 2020 | [20] | |||||
| Sudarshani Fernandopulle | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Prisons Reforms and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation | 12 August 2020 | 30 November 2020 | [2][3][18][21] | ||
| State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and Covid Disease Control | 30 November 2020 | [22][23] | |||||
| Siripala Gamalath | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Canals and Common Infrastructure Development in Settlements in Mahaweli Zones | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Nalaka Godahewa |  | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | ||
| D. B. Herath | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy and Egg Related Industries | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Kanaka Herath | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Company Estate Reforms, Tea Estate Related Crops, Tea Factory Modernization and Tea Export Promotion | 12 August 2020 | 25 September 2020 | [2][3][18][19] | ||
| State Minister of Company Estate Reforms, Tea and Rubber Estates Related Crops Cultivation and Factories Modernization and Tea and Rubber Export Promotion | 25 September 2020 | [20] | |||||
| Sisira Jayakody | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and Community Health | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Anuradha Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Tanks, Reservoirs and Irrigation Development Related to Rural Paddy Fields | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Piyankara Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotions and Market Diversification | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Dayasiri Jayasekara | Sri Lanka Freedom Party[14] | State Minister of Batik, Handloom and Local Apparel Products | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Channa Jayasumana | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Nimal Lanza | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Sanath Nishantha | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural and Divisional Drinking Water Supply Projects Development | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Susil Premajayantha |  | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion | 26 August 2020 | [24][25][26] | ||
| Chamal Rajapaksa |  | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Internal Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management | 12 August 2020 | 26 November 2020 | [2][3][18][27] | |
| State Minister of National Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management | 26 November 2020 | [15][16][17] | |||||
| Shasheendra Rajapaksa |  | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Paddy and Grains, Organic Food, Vegetables, Fruits, Chillies, Onion and Potato Cultivation Promotion, Seed Production and Advanced Technology Agriculture | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | ||
| Roshan Ranasinghe | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Land Management, State Enterprises Land and Property Development | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Prasanna Ranaweera | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rattan, Brass, Pottery, Furniture and Rural Industrial Promotion | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Lohan Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Gem and Jewelry Related Industries | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| State Minister of Prison Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation | 30 November 2020 | [23][28][29] | |||||
| Jayantha Samaraweera | National Freedom Front | State Minister of Warehouse Facilities, Container Yards, Port Supply Facilities and Boats and Shipping Industry Development | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Shehan Semasinghe | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment, Business Development and Underutilized State Resources Development | 12 August 2020 | 25 September 2020 | [2][3][18][19] | ||
| State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment and Business Development | 25 September 2020 | [20] | |||||
| Jeevan Thondaman | Ceylon Workers' Congress | State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Thenuka Vidanagamage | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| S. Viyalendiran | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Postal Services and Professional Development of Journalists | 12 August 2020 | 6 October 2020 | [2][3][18][19] | ||
| State Minister of Backward Rural Areas Development and Promotion of Domestic Animal Husbandry and Minor Economic Crop Cultivation | 6 October 2020 | [20] | |||||
| Janaka Wakkumbura | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Development of Minor Crops including Sugarcane, Maize, Cashew, Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Betel Related Industries and Export Promotion | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Sarath Weerasekara | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government | 12 August 2020 | 26 November 2020 | [2][3][18][27] | ||
| Vidura Wickremanayake | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of National Heritage, Performing Arts and Rural Arts Promotion | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
| Kanchana Wijesekera | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Ornamental Fish, Inland Fish and Prawn Farming, Fishery Harbour Development, Multiday Fishing Activities and Fish Exports | 12 August 2020 | [2][3][18] | |||
Notes
- Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.
- In August 2020 it was reported that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had assigned the defence portfolio to himself.[2][3] 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).[4][5] The defence portfolio was omitted from the official gazette notifying the cabinet appointments in August 2020.[6] The 20th amendment, passed in October 2020, removed article 43(2).[7]
References
- "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.
- Bandara, Kelum (13 August 2020). "newly sworn Cabinet: New MPs receive more executive authority in new government". Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- "New Cabinet sworn in". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- Srinivasan, Meera (12 August 2020). "Sri Lanka Cabinet sworn in". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- Balachandran, P. K. (14 August 2020). "Lankan President Takes Defence Portfolio, Sparks Controversy". The Citizen. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- "Sri Lanka defence portfolio left out of gazette". Economy Next. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- Bandara, Kelum (24 November 2020). "New Ministry for Police service". Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- "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.
- "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2151/18. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 November 2019. p. 1A. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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- "Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2188/42. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 August 2020. pp. 1A–2A. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- "Five among 14 SLFP MPs get portfolios". Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- "Sarath Weerasekara sworn in as Minister for Public Security". Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- Farzan, Zulfick (26 November 2020). "New Cabinet & State Minister sworn in : PMD". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2203/33. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 November 2020. p. 2A. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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- "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2196/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 6 October 2020. pp. 1A–2A. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- "Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2196/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 6 October 2020. p. 2A. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2204/28. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 4 December 2020. p. 1A. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- Pothmulla, Lahiru (30 November 2020). "Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle appointed Infectious Diseases & Covid-19 Prevention State Minister". The Sunday Morning. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- "Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2204/28. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 4 December 2020. p. 2A. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- "Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2191/34. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 3 September 2020. p. 1A. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- "Susil Premajayantha sworn-in as State Minister". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- Farzan, Zulfick (26 August 2020). "Susil Premajayantha takes oath as State Minister". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2203/33. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 November 2020. p. 2A. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- "Lohan Ratwatte made State Minister in charge of prisons". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- "Lohan Ratwatte gets new State Ministry portfolio". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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