Wijetunga cabinet
Wijetunga cabinet | |
|---|---|
10th | |
| Predecessor | Premadasa |
| Successor | Kumaratunga |
The Wijetunga cabinet was the central government of
D. B. Wijetunga between 1993 and 1994. It was formed in May 1993 after the assassination of Wijetunga's predecessor Ranasinghe Premadasa and it ended in November 1994 when Wijetunga chose not to contest in the 1994 presidential election. The Wijetunga cabinet saw Sri Lanka's first cohabitation government following the opposition People's Alliance's victory in the 1994 general election
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Cabinet members
UNP government (1993–1994)
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| Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. B. Wijetunga
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United National Party | President | 7 May 1993[a] | 12 November 1994 | [1] | ||
| Minister of Finance | [b] | 31 August 1994 | [2] | ||||
Minister of Buddhist Affairs
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[3][4] | ||||||
| Minister of Defence | 7 May 1993 | 12 November 1994 | [3][4] | ||||
| Ranil Wickremesinghe | 
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United National Party | Prime Minister | 7 May 1993 | 19 August 1994 | [5] | |
A. C. S. Hameed
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United National Party | Minister of Justice | [b] | August 1993 | [6] | ||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | August 1993 | [6] | |||||
| Harold Herath | United National Party | Minister of Foreign Affairs | [b] | August 1993 | [6] | ||
| Minister of Justice | August 1993 | [6] | |||||
| W. J. M. Lokubandara | 
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United National Party | Minister of Cultural Affairs and Information
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[b] | August 1993 | [6] | |
Minister of Education and Higher Education
|
August 1993 | [6] | |||||
SLFP government (1994)
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| Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | .jpg)
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Prime Minister | 19 August 1994 | 12 November 1994 | [5][7] | |
| Minister of Ethnic Affairs and National Integration | 19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||||
Minister of Finance and Planning
|
19 August 1994 | [c] | [2][3][4] | ||||
| M. H. M. Ashraff | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Minister of Shipping, Ports and Rehabilitation
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
Srimanee Athulathmudali
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Democratic United National Front (L) | Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs
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19 August 1994 | [3][4][8][9] | |||
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | _(Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop).jpg)
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister Without Portfolio | 19 August 1994 | [3][4][10] | ||
| Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
| S. B. Dissanayake | 
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Youth, Sport and Rural Development
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | ||
| Amarasiri Dodangoda | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
| A. H. M. Fowzie | 
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Health and Social Services
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | ||
| C. V. Gunaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Industrial Development
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
| Indika Gunawardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
| Lakshman Jayakody | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Cultural and Religious Affairs | 19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
| D. M. Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
| Lakshman Kadirgamar | .jpg)
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 19 August 1994 | [3][4] | ||
| Richard Pathirana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Education and Higher Education
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
| G. L. Peiris | 
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | ||
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | 
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Labour and Vocational Training
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | ||
| Anuruddha Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Irrigation, Power and Energy
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
| Mangala Samaraweera | 
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | ||
| Dharmasiri Senanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Information, Tourism and Aviation
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
| Bernard Soysa | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Minister of Science Development and Human Resources Development
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | 
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Public Administration and Plantation Affairs
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19 August 1994 | [3][4][11] | ||
| Kingsley Wickramasinghe | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food
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19 August 1994 | [3][4] | |||
Notes
References
- ^ a b "Heads of State". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ Ministry of Finance.
- ^ ISSN 0266-4488.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "The Cabinet" (PDF). The Sri Lanka Monitor (79): 2. August 1994.
- ^ a b "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ ISSN 0266-4488.
- ^ Gooneratne, John (1 January 2002). "The roadblocks are gone: That's the easier part". The Island.
- ^ Wickrematunge, Raisa (28 February 2010). "For Better Or For Worse…". The Sunday Leader.
- ^ "Srimani Athulathmudali dies". TamilNet. 1 December 2004.
- ^ Thilakarathne, Indeewara (4 March 2007). "Glimpse of History from ANCL Archives : Sirimavo R. D. Bandaranaike – an outstanding stateswoman". Sunday Observer.
- ^ Sambandan, V. S. (22 November 2005). "Ratnasiri Wickremanayake appointed Sri Lankan Premier". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.
