List of Sri Lankan cabinets
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This is a list of cabinets of Sri Lanka since 1947.
Background
The
Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon
on March 13, 1833.
At its creation the Executive Council was headed by the
non-officials
were elected to the executive council.
With enactment of the new constitution of the Dominion of Ceylon in 1947 the Executive Council was replaced by a National Cabinet.
Cabinets
# | Cabinet | Took office | Left office | Head of state | Head of government | Governing party | |
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1 | D. S. Senanayake cabinet | 24 September 1947 | 22 March 1952 | George VI (1947–1952) |
D. S. Senanayake | United National Party | |
2 | Dudley Senanayake cabinet I | 22 March 1952 | 12 October 1953 | Elizabeth II (1952–1972) |
Dudley Senanayake | ||
3 | Kotelawala cabinet | 12 October 1953 | 12 April 1956 | John Kotelawala | |||
4 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet | 12 April 1956 | 26 September 1959 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||
5 | Dahanayake cabinet | 26 September 1959 | 20 March 1960 | Wijeyananda Dahanayake | |||
6 | Dudley Senanayake cabinet II | 21 March 1960 | 21 July 1960 | Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | ||
7 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet I | 21 July 1960 | 25 March 1965 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||
8 | Dudley Senanayake cabinet III | 25 March 1965 | 29 May 1970 | Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | ||
9 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet II | 29 May 1970 | 23 July 1977 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||
10 | Jayewardene cabinet I | 23 July 1977 | 7 September 1978 | William Gopallawa (1972–1978) |
J. R. Jayewardene | United National Party | |
11 | Jayewardene cabinet II | 7 September 1978 | 1980 | J. R. Jayewardene | |||
12 | Jayewardene cabinet III | 1980 | 1988 | ||||
13 | Jayewardene cabinet IV | 1988 | 2 January 1989 | ||||
14 | Premadasa cabinet I | 2 January 1989 | 1990 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |||
15 | Premadasa cabinet II | 1990 | 1 May 1993 | ||||
16 | Wijetunga cabinet I | 1 May 1993 | 19 August 1994 | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | |||
17 | Wijetunga cabinet II | 19 August 1994 | 12 November 1994 | SLFP led People's Alliance | |||
18 | Kumaratunga cabinet I | 12 November 1994 | 18 October 2000 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |||
19 | Kumaratunga cabinet II | 18 October 2000 | 7 December 2001 | ||||
20 | Kumaratunga cabinet III | 12 December 2001 | 2 April 2004 | UNP led United National Front | |||
21 | Kumaratunga cabinet IV | 2 April 2004 | 19 November 2005 | SLFP led United People's Freedom Alliance | |||
22 | M. Rajapaksa cabinet I | 19 November 2005 | 28 January 2007 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | |||
23 | M. Rajapaksa cabinet II | 28 January 2007 | 23 April 2010 | ||||
24 | M. Rajapaksa cabinet III | 23 April 2010 | 28 January 2013 | ||||
25 | M. Rajapaksa cabinet IV | 28 January 2013 | 9 January 2015 | ||||
26 | Sirisena cabinet I | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | United National Front for Good Governance
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27 | Sirisena cabinet II | 24 August 2015 | 26 October 2018 | ||||
28 | Sirisena cabinet III | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 | SLFP–SLPP led coalition | |||
29 | Sirisena cabinet IV | 20 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | United National Front for Good Governance
| |||
30 | G. Rajapaksa cabinet I | 21 November 2019 | 12 August 2020 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | SLPP led Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance | ||
31 | G. Rajapaksa cabinet II | 12 August 2020 | 3 April 2022 | ||||
32 | G. Rajapaksa cabinet III | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 | ||||
33 | G. Rajapaksa cabinet IV | 12 May 2022 | 14 July 2022 | SLPP–UNP led coalition | |||
34 | Wickremesinghe cabinet | 22 July 2022 | Incumbent | Ranil Wickremesinghe |