Third Sirisena cabinet

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Date formed29 October 2018 (2018-10-29)
Date dissolved15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)
Head of stateMaithripala Sirisena
Head of governmentMaithripala Sirisena
Third Sirisena cabinet

Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed29 October 2018 (2018-10-29)
Date dissolved15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)
People and organisations
Head of stateMaithripala Sirisena
Head of governmentMaithripala Sirisena
Deputy head of governmentMahinda Rajapaksa
Total no. of members54
Member parties
  •   United People's Freedom Alliance
  •   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Status in legislatureMinority coalition
Opposition partyNone[a]
Opposition leaderNone[a]
History
Legislature term15th
PredecessorSirisena II
SuccessorSirisena 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.

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs.
Maithripala SirisenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyPresident[b][c][2]
Minister of Defence[b]1 November 2018[3]
Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment[b][c][4]
Minister of Defence, Law and Order and Youth Affairs1 November 2018[c][5][6]
Mahinda RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom PartyPrime Minister26 October 201811 November 2018[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[13][14][15]11 November 201815 December 2018
Sri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Finance and Economic Affairs29 October 201811 November 2018[16][17][18]
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[13][14][15]11 November 201815 December 2018
Mahinda Yapa AbeywardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Industry and Commerce9 November 201811 November 2018[19][20][21]
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[14][15]11 November 201815 December 2018
Mahinda AmaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Agriculture29 October 201815 December 2018[16][17][18]
Sarath AmunugamaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Foreign Affairs29 October 201815 December 2018[16][17][18]
S. M. ChandrasenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Plantation Industries9 November 201815 December 2018[19][20][21]
Nimal Siripala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Transport and Civil Aviation29 October 201815 December 2018[16][17][18]
Douglas DevanandaEelam People's Democratic PartyMinister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs29 October 201815 December 2018[16][17][18]
Duminda DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management1 November 201815 December 2018[5][6][22]
S. B. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Highways and Road Development7 November 201815 December 2018[23][24][25]
Johnston FernandoSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Trade, Consumer Affairs, Co-operative Development and Christian Religious Affairs9 November 201811 November 2018[19][20][21]
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[13][14][15]11 November 201815 December 2018
Udaya GammanpilaPivithuru Hela UrumayaMinister of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs9 November 201815 December 2018[19][20][21]
Bandula GunawardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of International Trade and Investment Promotion8 November 201815 December 2018[26][27][28]
Dinesh GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaMinister of Megapolis and Western Development4 November 201815 December 2018[29][30][31]
M. L. A. M. HizbullahSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of City Planning and Water Supply9 November 201815 December 2018[19][20][21]
Dayasiri JayasekaraSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Skills Development and Vocational Training1 November 201815 December 2018[5][6][22]
Gamini LokugeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development9 November 201811 November 2018[19][20][21]
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[14][15]11 November 201815 December 2018
Faiszer MusthaphaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports29 October 201815 December 2018[16][17][18]
Vasudeva NanayakkaraDemocratic Left FrontMinister of National Integration, Reconciliation, and Official Languages4 November 201815 December 2018[29][30][31]
S. B. NawinneUnited National PartyMinister of Cultural Affairs, Internal Affairs and Regional Development2 November 201815 December 2018[29][32][33]
Susil PremajayanthaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Justice8 November 201811 November 2018[26][27][28]
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[14][15][34]11 November 201815 December 2018
Chamal RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine7 November 201815 December 2018[23][24][25]
Wijeyadasa RajapaksheUnited National PartyMinister of Education and Higher Education29 October 201815 December 2018[16][17][18]
C. B. RatnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Posts and Telecommunications9 November 201811 November 2018[19][20][21]
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[14][15]11 November 201815 December 2018
Mahinda SamarasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Ports and Shipping29 October 201815 December 2018[16][17][18]
Wasantha SenanayakeUnited National PartyMinister of Tourism and Wild Life29 October 201815 December 2018[16][17][18]
Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni SoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs29 October 201815 December 2018[16][17][18]
Arumugam ThondamanCeylon Workers' CongressMinister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development29 October 201815 December 2018[16][17][18]
Wimal WeerawansaNational Freedom FrontMinister of Housing and Social Welfare9 November 201815 December 2018[35][36][37]


State ministers

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

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs.
S. M. ChandrasenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Social Empowerment8 November 201815 December 2018[26][27][28]
Salinda DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Indigenous Medicine8 November 201815 December 2018[26][27][28]
A. H. M. FowzieSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of National Unity, Co-existence and Muslim Religious Affairs3 November 201815 December 2018[29][38][39]
Piyasena GamageSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Youth, Women and Child Affairs1 November 201815 December 2018[5][6][22]
Dunesh GankandaUnited National PartyState Minister of Environment30 October 201815 December 2018[40][41][42]
Mohan Lal GreroSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Education and Higher Education1 November 201815 December 2018[5][6][22]
M. L. A. M. HizbullahSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Highways and Road Development1 November 201815 December 2018[5][6][22]
Lakshman Wasantha PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion8 November 201815 December 2018[26][27][28]
Keheliya RambukwellaSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Mass Media and Digital Infrastructure4 November 201815 December 2018[29][30][31]
C. B. RathnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Transport8 November 201815 December 2018[26][27][28]
Lakshman SenewiratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Defence1 November 201815 December 2018[5][6][22]
Pavithra Devi WanniarachchiSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Petroleum Resources Development7 November 201815 December 2018[23][24][25]
Sriyani WijewickramaSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports1 November 201815 December 2018[5][6][22]
Anura Priyadharshana YapaSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Finance8 November 201811 November 2018[26][27][28]
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[13][14][15]11 November 201815 December 2018

Deputy ministers

Notes

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