Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet

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Date formed12 August 2020 (2020-08-12)
Date dissolved3 April 2022 (2022-04-03)
Head of stateGotabaya Rajapaksa
Head of governmentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet

Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed12 August 2020 (2020-08-12)
Date dissolved3 April 2022 (2022-04-03)
People and organisations
Head of stateGotabaya Rajapaksa
Head of governmentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Deputy head of governmentMahinda Rajapaksa
Total no. of members69
Member parties
Status in legislatureMajority coalition
Opposition party  Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Opposition leaderSajith Premadasa
History
Election2020
Legislature term16th
PredecessorGotabaya Rajapaksa I
SuccessorGotabaya Rajapaksa III

The second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It was formed in August 2020 after the parliamentary election and ended in April 2022 after all 26 cabinet ministers resigned en masse amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan protests.[1]

Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution.

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs.
Gotabaya RajapaksaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaPresident18 November 2019[a][2]
Minister of Defence[b]26 November 2020[9]
Minister of Technology26 November 2020[9]
Mahinda RajapaksaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaPrime Minister21 November 2019[a][10][11][12][13]
Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Minister of Economic Policy and Plan Implementation8 July 2021
Minister of Finance12 August 20208 July 2021[3][4][14]
Minister of Urban Development and Housing12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Rohitha AbeygunawardenaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Ports and Shipping12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Dullas AlahapperumaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Power12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Mahindananda AluthgamageSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Agriculture12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Mahinda AmaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party[15]Minister of Environment12 August 2020[3][4][14]
S. M. ChandrasenaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Lands12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Nimal Siripala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party[15]Minister of Labour12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Douglas DevanandaEelam People's Democratic PartyMinister of Fisheries12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Johnston FernandoSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Highways12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Udaya GammanpilaPivithuru Hela UrumayaMinister of Energy12 August 20203 March 2022[3][4][14][16]
Bandula GunawardenaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Trade12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Dinesh GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaMinister of Foreign Relations22 November 2019[a][3][4][14]
Gamini LokugeSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Transport12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Vasudeva NanayakkaraDemocratic Left FrontMinister of Water Supply12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Ramesh PathiranaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Plantation12 August 2020[3][4][14]
G. L. PeirisSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Education12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Basil RajapaksaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Finance8 July 2021
Chamal RajapaksaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Irrigation12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Namal RajapaksaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Youth and Sports12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Keheliya RambukwellaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Mass Media12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Prasanna RanatungaSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Tourism12 August 2020[3][4][14]
C. B. RatnayakeSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Ali SabrySri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Justice12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Janaka Bandara TennakoonSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Pavithra Devi WanniarachchiSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Health12 August 2020[3][4][14]
Sarath WeerasekaraSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of Public Security26 November 2020[17][18][19]
Wimal WeerawansaNational Freedom FrontMinister of Industries12 August 20203 March 2022[3][4][14][16]

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