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The Cabinet of Sri Lanka is the council of ministers that form the central government of Sri Lanka. It is responsible to and answerable to Parliament.

As of January 2013 the Cabinet had 66 members - President, Prime Minister, 10 Senior Ministers and 54 Ministers. There are also 2 Project Ministers and 29 Deputy Ministers (excludes one Deputy Minister who is also a Senior Minister). Former cabinet, also known as the "Jumbo Cabinet," holding a world record for the largest cabinet, was dissolved in February 2010, and a new cabinet appointed on 23 April 2010.

Composition

The President is a member of and head of the Cabinet. The President appoints as Prime Minister the Member of Parliament who has the confidence of Parliament. Other ministers of the Cabinet are appointed by the President in consultation with the Prime Minister. The President may appoint himself to as any ministries as he likes. The President also appoints, in consultation with the Prime Minister, ministers who are not a member of the Cabinet (Non-Cabinet Ministers, Project Ministers, Deputy Ministers). The Cabinet meets several times a week to discuss vital issues.

Current Cabinet

	Party	Incumbent	Office	Ministry	In office since	Deputy Minister / Project Minister (PM)	Secretary	Recurrent Budget (2013) (Rs. Mn)	Capital Budget (2013) (Rs. Mn)	Website
1	SLFP	Mahinda Rajapaksa	President		19 November 2005		Lalith Weeratunga	3,842	3,562	president.gov.lk
			Minister of Defence & Urban Development	Defence & Urban Development	19 November 2005		Gotabhaya Rajapaksa	248,102	41,400	defence.lk
			Minister of Finance & Planning	Finance & Planning	19 November 2005	Sarath Amunugama	P. B. Jayasundera	38,988	48,480	treasury.gov.lk
			Minister of Ports & Highways	Ports & Highways	23 April 2010	Rohitha Abeygunawardena (PM) Nirmala Kotalawala (PM)	R. W. R. Pemasiri	214	131,400	mohsl.gov.lk
2	SLFP	D. M. Jayaratne	Prime Minister		21 April 2010		Sirisena Amarasekara	226	96	pmoffice.gov.lk
			Minister of Buddhasasana & Religious Affairs	Buddhasasana & Religious Affairs	23 April 2010	M. K. D. S. Gunawardena	H. P. C. Herath	950	878
3	SLFP	Sarath Amunugama	Senior Minister of International Monetary Co-operation		22 November 2010
4	UNP (D)	P. Dayaratna	Senior Minister of Food & Nutrition		22 November 2010
5	SLFP	Milroy Fernando	Senior Minister of Social Welfare		22 November 2010
6	SLFP	A. H. M. Fowzie	Senior Minister of Urban Affairs		22 November 2010
7	SLFP	Piyasena Gamage	Senior Minister of National Resources		22 November 2010
8	CPSL	D. E. W. Gunasekera	Senior Minister of Human Resources		22 November 2010
9	SLFP	S. B. Nawinne	Senior Minister of Consumer Welfare		22 November 2010
10	SLFP	Athauda Seneviratne	Senior Minister of Rural Affairs		22 November 2010
11	LSSP	Tissa Vitharana	Senior Minister of Scientific Affairs		22 November 2010
12	SLFP	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	Senior Minister of Good Governance & Infrastructure		22 November 2010
13	UNP	Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena	Minister of Investment Promotion	Investment Promotion	28 January 2013	Faiszer Musthapha
14	SLFP	Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena	Minister of Agriculture	Agriculture	23 April 2010		Wijerathne Sakalasooriya	2,694	2,700	agrimin.gov.lk
15	SLFP	Dullas Alahapperuma	Minister of Youth Affairs & Skills Development	Youth Affairs & Skills Development	23 April 2010	Duminda Dissanayake	K .A. Thilakarathne	4,198	4,275	youthskillsmin.gov.lk
16	SLFP	Mahindananda Aluthgamage	Minister of Sport	Sports	22 November 2010		A. M. Jayawickrama	843	1,800	sportsmin.gov.lk
17	SLFP	Mahinda Amaraweera	Minister of Disaster Management	Disaster Management	22 November 2010	Duleep Wijesekera	S. M. Mohamed	655	712	disastermin.gov.lk
18	NC	A. L. M. Athaullah	Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils	Local Government & Provincial Councils	23 April 2010	Indika Bandaranayake	R. A. A. K. Ranawaka	103,000	29,790	pclg.gov.lk
19	ACMC	Risad Badhiutheen	Minister of Industry & Commerce	Industry & Commerce	23 April 2010		Anura Siriwardena	950	1,710	industry.gov.lk
20	SLFP	Jagath Balasuriya	Minister of National Heritage	National Heritage	22 November 2010		Nanda Wickramasinghe	850	725	heritagemin.gov.lk
21	SLFP	Reginald Cooray	Minister of Minor Export Crop Promotion	Minor Export Crop Promotion	22 November 2010		Vajira Narampanawa	436	495	http://mcropmin.lk
22	SLMC	Basheer Segu Dawood	Minister of Productivity Promotion	Productivity Promotion	28 January 2013		A. Damitha N. de Zoysa	350	113
23	SLFP	Nimal Siripala de Silva	Minister of Irrigation & Water Resources Management	Irrigation & Water Resources Management	23 April 2010	W. B. Ekanayake	K. W. Ivan de Silva	3,600	36,900	irrigationmin.gov.lk
24	EPDP	Douglas Devananda	Minister of Traditional Industries & Small Enterprise Development	Traditional Industries & Small Enterprise Development	23 April 2010	P. Weerakumara Dissanayake	V. Sivagnanasothy	540	383	tisedmin.gov.lk
25	SLFP	Duminda Dissanayake	Minister of Educational Services	Educational Services	28 January 2013		K. P. Kanthi Perera
26	UNP (D)	Navin Dissanayake	Minister of Public Management Reforms	Public Management Reforms	22 November 2010		W. M. Bandusena	82	90	reformsmin.gov.lk
27	SLFP	Salinda Dissanayake	Minister of Indigenous Medicine	Indigenous Medicine	22 November 2010	Pandu Bandaranaike	Lalith Kannangara	950	504	indigenousmedimini.gov.lk
28	UNP (D)	S. B. Dissanayake	Minister of Higher Education	Higher Education	23 April 2010	Nandimithra Ekanayake	Sunil Jayantha Nawarathna	18,400	9,900	mohe.gov.lk
29	SLFP	T. B. Ekanayake	Minister of Culture & the Arts	Culture & the Arts	22 November 2010		Wasantha Ekanayake	950	675	cultural.gov.lk
30	UNP (D)	Johnston Fernando	Minister of Co-operatives & Internal Trade	Co-operatives & Internal Trade	23 April 2010		G. K. D. Amarawardena	1,300	720	trade.gov.lk
31	CPSL	Chandrasiri Gajadeera	Minister of Rehabilitation & Prison Reforms	Rehabilitation & Prison Reforms	22 November 2010		G. S. Withanage	4,142	1,180	reprimin.gov.lk
32	UNP (D)	Bandula Gunawardane	Minister of Education	Education	23 April 2010		S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratne	30,500	7,425	moe.gov.lk
33	MEP	Dinesh Gunawardena	Minister of Water Supply & Drainage	Water Supply & Drainage	23 April 2010	Nirupama Rajapaksa	A. Abeygunasekara	180	34,521	mwsd.gov.lk
34	SLMC	Rauff Hakeem	Minister of Justice	Justice	22 November 2010		Kamalini de Silva	4,351	1,044	justiceministry.gov.lk
35	SLFP	Jayarathna Herath	Minister of Botanical Gardens & Public Recreation	Botanical Gardens & Public Recreation	28 January 2013		W. W. Gamage
36	SLFP	Piyankara Jayaratne	Minister of Civil Aviation	Civil Aviation	22 November 2010	Gitanjana Gunawardena	T. R. C. Ruberu	110	15,200	aviationmin.gov.lk
37	SLFP	Sumedha G. Jayasena	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Parliamentary Affairs	23 April 2010		Princi Jayatunga	373	44	minparliament.gov.lk
38	SLFP	Tissa Karalliyadde	Minister of Child Development & Women's Affairs	Child Development & Women's Affairs	23 April 2010		E. W. F. Illayapparachchi	795	252	childwomenmin.gov.lk
39	SLFP	Jeewan Kumaranatunga	Minister of Postal Services	Posts & Telecommunications	22 November 2010		Asoka Jayasekara	8,500	315	telepost.gov.lk
40	UNP (D)	Gamini Lokuge	Minister of Labour & Labour Relations	Labour & Labour Relations	23 April 2010		W. J. L. U. Wijayaweera	1,270	810	labourmin.gov.lk
41	DLF	Vasudeva Nanayakkara	Minister of National Languages & Social Integration	National Languages & Social Integration	22 November 2010		M. S. Wickramasinghe	319	212	lanintegmin.gov.lk
42	UNP (D)	G. L. Peiris	Minister of External Affairs	External Affairs	23 April 2010	Neomal Perera	Karunatilaka Amunugama	7,200	855	mea.gov.lk
43	SLFP	Dilan Perera	Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion & Welfare	Foreign Employment Promotion & Welfare	22 November 2010		Nissanka N. Wijeratne	101	225	foreignemploymin.gov.lk
44	SLFP	Felix Perera	Minister of Social Services	Social Services	23 April 2010	C. A. Suriyaarachchi	Emelda Sukumar	3,583	270	socialwelfare.gov.lk
45	SLFP	Susil Premajayanth	Minister of Environment & Renewable Energy	Environment & Renewable Energy	28 January 2013	A. R. M. Abdul Cader	B. M. U. D. Basnayake	1,500	1,800	environmentmin.gov.lk
46	SLFP	A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara	Minister of Coconut Development & Janatha Estate Development	Coconut Development & Janatha Estate Development	22 November 2010		Nihal Somaweera	600	1,036	cdjedmin.gov.lk
47	SLFP	Basil Rajapaksa	Minister of Economic Development	Economic Development	23 April 2010	S. M. Chandrasena M. L. A. M. Hisbullah Susantha Punchinilame Muthu Sivalingam	P. B. Jayasundara	25,000	63,900	med.gov.lk
48	UNP (D)	Keheliya Rambukwella	Minister of Mass Media & Information	Mass Media & Information	23 April 2010		Charitha Herath	2,200	518	media.gov.lk
49	JHU	Champika Ranawaka	Minister of Technology, Research & Atomic Energy	Technology, Research & Atomic Energy	28 January 2013		Dhara S. Wijayatilake	1,293	1,890	motr.gov.lk
50	SLFP	C. B. Rathnayake	Minister of Private Transport Services	Private Transport Services	22 November 2010		Victor Samaraweera	560	207
51	SLFP	Mahinda Samarasinghe	Minister of Plantation Industries	Plantation Industries	23 April 2010	Earl Gunasekara	Sudharma Karunaratne	1,750	1,080	plantationindustries.gov.lk
52	UNP (D)	Rajitha Senaratne	Minister of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development	Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development	23 April 2010	Sarath Kumara Gunaratna	Damitha de Zoysa	877	1,811	fisheries.gov.lk
53	SLFP	John Seneviratne	Minister of Public Administration & Home Affairs	Public Administration & Home Affairs	23 April 2010	Wijaya Dahanayaka	P. B. Abeykoon	125,500	2,385	pubad.gov.lk
54	UNP	Lakshman Senewiratne	Minister of Sugar Industry Development	Sugar Industry Development	28 January 2013		Udaya R. Seneviratne
55	SLFP	Mervyn Silva	Minister of Public Relations & Public Affairs	Public Relations & Public Affairs	22 November 2010		H. P. C. Herath	60	153
56	SLFP	Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Health	Health	23 April 2010	Lalith Dissanayake	Y. D. Nihal Jayathilaka	75,000	18,522	health.gov.lk
57	SLFP	Ranjith Siyambalapitiya	Minister of Telecommunications & Information Technology	Telecommunications & Information Technology	22 November 2010		H. M. Gunasekara	118	426	ictmin.gov.lk
58	SLFP	Gamaini Vijith Wijithamuni Soysa	Minister of Wildlife Conservation	Wildlife Conservation	28 January 2013		B. K. U. A Wickramasinghe	41,943	1,316
59	SLFP	Janaka Bandara Tennakoon	Minister of Land & Land Development	Land & Land Development	23 April 2010	Siripala Gamalath	T. Asoka Pieris	2,663	2,759	landmin.gov.lk
60	SLFP	Dayasritha Thissera	Minister of State Resources & Enterprise Development	State Resources & Enterprise Development	22 November 2010		W. W. Gamage	115	315
61	CWC	Arumugam Thondaman	Minister of Livestock & Rural Community Development	Livestock & Rural Community Development	23 April 2010	H. R. Mithrapala	K. M. T. Kendaragama	462	2,408	livestock.gov.lk
62	SLFP	Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi	Minister of Power & Energy	Power & Energy	28 January 2013	Premalal Jayasekara	M. M. C. Ferdinando	1,100	27,450	powermin.gov.lk
63	SLFP	Gunaratna Weerakoon	Minister of Resettlement	Resettlement	22 November 2010	V. Muralitharan	Janaka Sugathadasa	174	263	resettlementmin.gov.lk
64	NFF	Wimal Weerawansa	Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing & Common Amenities	Construction, Engineering Services, Housing & Common Amenities	23 April 2010	Lasantha Alagiyawanna	P. H. L. W. Perera	735	1,800	houseconmin.gov.lk
65	SLFP	Kumara Welgama	Minister of Transport	Transport	23 April 2010	Rohana Dissanayake	Dhammika Perera	15,972	28,800	transport.gov.lk
66	SLFP	Anura Priyadharshana Yapa	Minister of Petroleum Industries	Petroleum Industries	28 January 2013	Sarana Gunawardena	R. H. S. Samaratunga	115	17	petroleummin.gov.lk

See also

• Cabinet Office (Sri Lanka)
• List of female cabinet ministers of Sri Lanka

References and footnotes

• "Cabinet of Ministers". Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka. 
• "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1651/3. 26 April 2010. 
• "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1681/2. 22 November 2010. 
• "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1778/29. 4 October 2012. 
• "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1779/6. 8 October 2012. 
• "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1783/7. 5 November 2012. 
• "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1783/8. 5 November 2012. 
• "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1795/43. 31 January 2013.