Cabinet of Sri Lanka
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The Cabinet of Sri Lanka is the council of cabinet ministers , responsible to parliament. The Cabinet is appointed by the President under the advice of the Prime Minister and serve at his pleasure. Officially the prime minister is the head of the cabinet, but the cabinet is chaired by the president and is the ed-facto head of the cabinet. The Cabinet meets several times a week to discuss vital issues. Outside of the cabinet there are a number of junior ministers, these include non-cabinet ministers and deputy ministers under reporting directly to a senior minister. The current cabinet of President Mahinda Rajapaksa consists of 50 cabinet ministers and there another additional 36 non-cabinet ministers and 21 deputy ministers.[1]
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[edit] Current Cabinet
The Cabinet of Sri Lanka is as follows:
- Hon. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - Prime Minister & Minister of Internal Administration
- Hon. Milinda Moragoda - Minister of Justice and Law Reforms
- Hon. Dr. Sarath Amunugama - Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
- Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena - Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development
- Hon. Arumugan Thondaman - Minister of Youth Empowerment & Socio Economic Development
- Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe - Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights
- Hon. Douglas Devananda - Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare
- Hon. Nimal Siripala De Silva - Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition
- Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena - Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Hon. Champika Ranawaka - Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
- Hon. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa - Minister of Enterprise Development & Investment Promotion
- Hon. Tissa Karalliyadde - Minister of Indigenous Medicine
- Hon. Rajitha Senaratne - Minister of Construction and Engineering Services
- Hon. Rohitha Bogollagama - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Hon. (Mrs.) Ferial Ashraff - Minister of Housing and Common Amenities
- Hon. Prof. G. L. Peiris - Minister of Export Development & International Trade
- Hon. Maithripala Sirisena - Minister of Agricultural Development & Agrarian Services Development
- Hon. A. H. M. Fowzie - Minister of Petroleum & Petroleum Resources Development
- Hon. D. M. Jayaratne - Minister of Plantation Industries
- Hon. A. D. Susil Premajayanth - Minister of Education
- Hon. P. Chandrasekaran - Minister of Community Development and Social Inequity Eradication
- Hon. A. L. M. Athaullah - Minister of Water Supply and Drainage
- Hon. Prof. Tissa Vitharana - Minister of Science and Technology
- Hon. D. E. W. Gunasekera - Minister of Constitutional Affairs & National Integration
- Hon. Risad Badhiutheen - Minister of Resettlement & Disaster Relief Services
- Hon. P. Dayaratna - Minister of Plan Implementation
- Hon. R. M. Dharmadasa Banda - Minister of Supplementary Crops Development
- Hon. M. H. Mohamed - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
- Hon. W. D. J. Senewiratne - Minister of Power & Energy
- Hon. (Mrs.) Sumedha G. Jayasena - Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs
- Hon. Milroy Fernando - Minister of Public Estate Management & Development
- Hon. Jeewan Kumaranatunga - Minister of Land and Land Development
- Hon. Dullas Alahapperuma - Minister of Transport
- Hon. Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi - Minister of Youth Affairs
- Hon. Athauda Seneviratne - Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower
- Hon. Gamini Lokuge - Minister of Sports and Public Recreation
- Hon. Bandula Gunawardane - Minister of Trade, Marketing Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs
- Hon. Keheliya Rambukwella - Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare
- Hon. Piyasena Gamage - Minister of Vocational and Technical Training
- Hon. S.B. Nawinne - Minister of Rural Industries & Self-Employment Promotion
- Hon. Janaka Bandara Tennakoon - Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils
- Hon. Felix Perera - Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
- Hon. C. B. Rathnayake - Minister of Livestock Development
- Hon. Prof. W. A. Wiswa Warnapala - Minister of Higher Education
- Hon. Chamal Rajapaksa - Minister of Irrigation, Water Management & Minister of Ports and Aviation
- Hon. Kumara Welgama - Minister of Industrial Development
- Hon. Achala Jagodage - Minister of Tourism
- Hon. Nandana Gunathilake - Minister of Posts and Telecommunication
