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Second Sirisena cabinet

Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed24 August 2015 (2015-08-24)
Date dissolved26 October 2018 (2018-10-26)
People and organisations
Head of stateMaithripala Sirisena
Head of governmentMaithripala Sirisena
Deputy head of governmentRanil Wickremesinghe
Member party
  •   United National Front for Good Governance
  •   United People's Freedom Alliance
Status in legislatureMajority coalition
201 / 225 (89%)
Opposition party  Tamil National Alliance
Opposition leaderR. Sampanthan
History
Election17 August 2015
Legislature term15th Parliament (2015–20)
PredecessorSirisena I
SuccessorSirisena III

The second Sirisena cabinet was a central government of Sri Lanka led by President Maithripala Sirisena. It was formed in August 2015 after the parliamentary election and ended in October 2018 with the dismissal of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, precipitating the 2018 constitutional crisis.

Cabinet members

Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution.

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs.
Maithripala Sirisena !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| Sri Lanka Freedom Party President [a] [b] [1]
Minister of Defence [a] [b] [2]
Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment [a] [b]
Ranil Wickremesinghe !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| United National Party Prime Minister [a] 26 October 2018 [1][3][4][5][6]
Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
Minister of Law and Order 25 February 2018 8 March 2018 [11][12][13]
Vajira Abeywardena !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Minister of Home Affairs 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
John Amaratunga !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
Minister of Lands 2 March 2016 26 October 2018 [10][14][15][16]
Mahinda Amaraweera !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development [a] 1 May 2018 [7][8][9][17][18][19][20][21]
Minister of Agriculture 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Sarath Amunugama !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=4| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Special Assignment 23 October 2015 1 May 2018 [21][24][25][26]
Minister of Science, Technology and Research 12 April 2018 1 May 2018 [21][27][28][29]
Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training 12 April 2018 1 May 2018 [21][27][28][29]
Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development, Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Thalatha Atukorale !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| United National Party Minister of Foreign Employment [a] 25 February 2018 [30][31][32][33][7][8][9][34]
Minister of Justice 25 August 2017 1 May 2018 [21][35][36][37]
Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Risad Badhiutheen !align="center" style="background:Template:All Ceylon Makkal Congress/meta/color;"| All Ceylon Makkal Congress Minister of Industry and Commerce [a] 26 October 2018 [30][31][32][33][7][8][9][10]
R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| United National Party Minister of Public Administration and Management 4 September 2015 1 May 2018 [7][8][9][21]
Minister of Law and Order 8 March 2018 1 May 2018 [21][38][39][40]
Minister of Public Administration, Management, Law and Order 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23][8][9][10]
Nimal Siripala de Silva !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport 4 September 2015 14 October 2015 [7][8][9]
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation 14 October 2015 26 October 2018 [10][41]
Palani Digambaran !align="center" style="background:Template:National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| National Union of Workers Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
Duminda Dissanayake !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture [a] 1 May 2018 [7][8][9][17][18][19][20][21]
Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Navin Dissanayake !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Minister of Plantation Industries 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
S. B. Dissanayake !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare 4 September 2015 22 May 2017 [7][8][9][42]
Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage 22 May 2017 12 April 2018 [29][42][43][44]
Harin Fernando !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure 4 September 2015 25 February 2018 [7][8][9][34]
Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment 25 February 2018 26 October 2018 [10][11][12][13]
Sarath Fonseka !align="center" style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| Democratic Party Minister of Regional Development 25 February 2016 30 June 2016 [21][45][46][47][48]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party 30 June 2016 1 May 2018 [49][50]
Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Daya Gamage !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Minister of Primary Industries 4 September 2015 1 May 2018 [7][8][9][21]
Minister of Social Welfare and Primary Industries 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Mano Ganesan !align="center" style="background:Template:Democratic People's Front/meta/color;" rowspan=3| Democratic People's Front Minister of National Dialogue 4 September 2015 8 December 2015 [7][8][9]
Minister of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages 8 December 2015 1 May 2018 [21][51]
Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
M. K. D. S. Gunawardena✝ Democratic National Movement[52][53] Minister of Lands [a] 19 January 2016 [30][31][32][33][7][8][9][54][55]
Rauff Hakeem !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Minister of City Planning and Water Supply 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
M. H. A. Haleem !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Minister of Post, Postal Service and Muslim Affairs 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
P. Harrison !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Minister of Rural Economy 4 September 2015 1 May 2018 [7][8][9][21]
Minister of Social Empowerment 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Kabir Hashim !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| United National Party Minister of Public Enterprise Development 4 September 2015 25 February 2018 [7][8][9][34]
Minister of Higher Education and Highways 25 February 2018 1 May 2018 [11][12][13][21]
Minister of Highways and Road Development 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Dayasiri Jayasekara !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Sports 4 September 2015 12 April 2018 [7][8][9][29]
Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Minister of Women and Child Affairs 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
Akila Viraj Kariyawasam !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Minister of Education [a] 26 October 2018 [10][30][31][32][33][7][8][9]
Ravi Karunanayake !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Minister of Finance [a] 22 May 2017 [30][31][32][33][7][8][9][42]
Minister of Foreign Affairs 22 May 2017 10 August 2017 [42][43][44][56][57][58]
Gayantha Karunatileka !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media 4 September 2015 22 May 2017 [7][8][9][42]
Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms 22 May 2017 26 October 2018 [10][42][43][44]
Lakshman Kiriella !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=4| United National Party Minister of University Education and Highways 4 September 2015 14 October 2015 [7][8][9]
Minister of Higher Education and Highways 14 October 2015 25 February 2018 [34][41]
Minister of Public Enterprises and Kandy Development 25 February 2018 1 May 2018 [11][12][13][21]
Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy City Development 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Tilak Marapana !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| United National Party Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms 4 September 2015 9 November 2015 [7][8][9][59][60][61]
Minister of Development Assignments 22 May 2017 26 October 2018 [10][42][43][44]
Minister of Foreign Affairs 15 August 2017 26 October 2018 [10][37][62][63]
Faiszer Musthapha !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government 9 September 2015 1 May 2018 [21][64][65][66]
Minister of Sports 12 April 2018 1 May 2018 [21][27][28][29]
Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
S. B. Nawinne !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs 4 September 2015 1 May 2018 [7][8][9][21]
Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife 4 September 2015 25 February 2018 [7][8][9][34]
Minister of Buddha Sasana 25 August 2017 26 October 2018 [10][35][36][37]
Sajith Premadasa !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Minister of Housing and Construction 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
Susil Premajayanth !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Technology, Technical Education and Employment 4 September 2015 21 September 2015 [7][8][9]
Minister of Science, Technology and Research 21 September 2015 12 April 2018 [67][29]
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| United National Party Minister of Justice [a] 23 August 2017 [17][18][19][20][68][69][70][71][72][73]
Minister of Buddha Sasana 4 September 2015 23 August 2017 [7][8][9][71][72][74]
Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Arjuna Ranatunga Democratic National Movement[52][53] Minister of Ports and Shipping [a] 22 May 2017 [7][8][9][17][18][19][20][42]
Minister of Petroleum Resources Development 22 May 2017 26 October 2018 [10][42][43][44]
Champika Ranawaka !align="center" style="background:Template:Jathika Hela Urumaya/meta/color;"| Jathika Hela Urumaya Minister of Megapolis and Western Development 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
Sagala Ratnayaka !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=4| United National Party Minister of Southern Development 4 September 2015 11 November 2015 [7][8][9]
Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development 11 November 2015 25 February 2018 [34][59][75][76]
Minister of Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development 25 February 2018 1 May 2018 [11][12][13][21]
Minister of Youth Affairs, Project Management and Southern Development 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Mahinda Samarasinghe File:Mahinda 1.jpg !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training 4 September 2015 22 May 2017 [7][8][9][42]
Minister of Ports and Shipping 22 May 2017 26 October 2018 [10][42][43][44]
Mangala Samaraweera !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Minister of Foreign Affairs [a] 22 May 2017 [30][31][32][33][42][68][69][70]
Minister of Finance and Mass Media 22 May 2017 26 October 2018 [10][42][43][44]
Ravindra Samaraweera !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife 25 February 2018 1 May 2018 [11][12][13][21]
Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Malik Samarawickrama !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| United National Party Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade 9 September 2015 26 October 2018 [10][64][65][66]
Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage 12 April 2018 1 May 2018 [21][27][28][29]
Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development 12 April 2018 1 May 2018 [21][27][28][29]
Rajitha Senaratne Democratic National Movement[52][53] Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
John Senewiratne !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations 4 September 2015 22 May 2017 [7][8][9][42]
Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development 22 May 2017 12 April 2018 [29][42][43][44]
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Power and Renewable Energy 4 September 2015 26 October 2018 [7][8][9][10]
Minister of Disaster Management 12 April 2018 1 May 2018 [21][27][28][29]
Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Irrigation and Water Resource Management 9 September 2015 1 May 2018 [21][64][65][66]
Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
D. M. Swaminathan !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=4| United National Party Minister of Rehabilitation and Resettlement 24 August 2015 4 September 2015 [68][69][70]
Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs 4 September 2015 11 November 2015 [7][8][9]
Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs 11 November 2015 1 May 2018 [21][59][75][76]
Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][21][22][23]
Chandima Weerakkody !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Petroleum and Gas 4 September 2015 21 September 2015 [7][8][9]
Minister of Petroleum Resources Development 21 September 2015 22 May 2017 [42][67]
Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training 22 May 2017 12 April 2018 [42][43][44][29]
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Disaster Management 4 September 2015 12 April 2018 [7][8][9][29]

State ministers

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

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs.
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Finance 9 September 2015 31 May 2017 [64][77][78][79]
State Minister of Public Enterprise Development 31 May 2017 2 May 2018 [79][80][81][82]
J. C. Alawathuwala !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party State Minister of Home Affairs 10 July 2018 26 October 2018 [10][83][84][85]
Ranjith Aluwihare !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party State Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs 12 June 2018 26 October 2018 [10][86][87][88]
Wasantha Aluwihare !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party State Minister of Agriculture 9 September 2015 26 October 2018 [10][64][77][78]
Mahinda Amaraweera !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Mahaweli Development 22 May 2017 2 May 2018 [42][43][44][89]
Palitha Range Bandara !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| United National Party State Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training 9 September 2015 31 May 2017 [64][77][78][79]
State Minister of Irrigation 31 May 2017 2 May 2018 [79][80][81][82]
State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources and Disaster Management 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Harsha de Silva !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs 25 February 2018 26 October 2018 [10][11][12][13]
Weerakumara Dissanayake !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Mahaweli Development 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [90][91][92]
T. B. Ekanayake !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Lands 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78][82]
Sudarshani Fernandopulle !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78][82]
A. H. M. Fowzie !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of National Integration and Reconciliation 9 September 2015 11 May 2018 [64][77][78][89]
State Minister of National Unity and Co-existence 11 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][93][94]
Piyasena Gamage !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development 28 December 2017 25 February 2018 [95][96][97][34]
State Minister of Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development 25 February 2018 2 May 2018 [11][12][13][82]
State Minister of Youth Affairs, Project Management and Southern Development 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Mohan Lal Grero !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of University Education 9 September 2015 14 October 2015 [64][77][78]
State Minister of Higher Education 14 October 2015 2 May 2018 [41][82]
State Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
M. L. A. M. Hizbullah !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Rehabilitation and Resettlement 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78][82]
State Minister of Highways and Road Development 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Piyankara Jayaratne !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms 9 September 2015 11 November 2015 [64][77][78]
State Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development 11 November 2015 21 December 2015 [51][98]
State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government 21 December 2015 26 October 2018 [10][98][99][100]
Lucky Jayawardena !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party State Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure & Community Development 12 June 2018 10 July 2018 [86][87][88][101]
State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply 10 July 2018 26 October 2018 [10][83][84][85]
Vijayakala Maheswaran !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party State Minister of Child Affairs 9 September 2015 5 July 2018 [64][77][78][102][103][104]
Ajith Perera !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy 25 February 2018 26 October 2018 [10][11][12][13]
Dilan Perera !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Highways 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78][82]
Niroshan Perera !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs 9 September 2015 26 October 2018 [10][64][77][78]
A. D. Champika Premadasa !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party State Minister of Industry and Commerce Affairs 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78][82]
State Minister of Plantation Industries 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Velusami Radhakrishnan !align="center" style="background:Template:Up-Country People's Front/meta/color;"| Up-Country People's Front State Minister of Education [a] 26 October 2018 [10][30][31][32][33][64][77][78]
Ravindra Samaraweera !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party State Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations 9 September 2015 25 February 2018 [64][77][78][34]
Wasantha Senanayake !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management 9 September 2015 31 May 2017 [64][77][78][79]
State Minister of Foreign Affairs 31 May 2017 26 October 2018 [10][79][80][81]
Sujeewa Senasinghe !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party State Minister of International Trade 9 September 2015 26 October 2018 [10][64][77][78]
Lakshman Senewiratne !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Science, Technology and Research 6 April 2016 2 May 2018 [105][106][107][82]
State Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Dilip Wedaarachchi !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78][82]
State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Eran Wickramaratne !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party State Minister of Finance 31 May 2017 26 October 2018 [10][79][80][81]
Ruwan Wijewardene !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party State Minister of Defence [a] 26 October 2018 [10][30][31][32][33][64][77][78]
Sriyani Wijewickrama !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government 15 December 2017 2 May 2018 [108][109][110][82]
State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]

Deputy ministers

Ministers appointed under article 45(1) of the constitution.

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs.
Ashoka Abeysinghe !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Deputy Minister of Transport 9 September 2015 14 October 2015 [64][77][78]
Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation 14 October 2015 26 October 2018 [10][41]
Lasantha Alagiyawanna !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Megapolis and Western Development 9 September 2015 31 May 2017 [64][77][78][79]
Deputy Minister of Finance and Mass Media 31 May 2017 26 October 2018 [10][79][80][81]
J. C. Alawathuwala !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Deputy Minister of Home Affairs 25 February 2018 10 July 2018 [11][12][13][101]
Ameer Ali !align="center" style="background:Template:All Ceylon Makkal Congress/meta/color;" rowspan=2| All Ceylon Makkal Congress Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78][82]
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Indika Bandaranaike !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction 9 September 2015 26 October 2018 [10][64][77][78]
Tharanath Basnayake !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78]

[82]

Harsha de Silva !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 9 September 2015 31 May 2017 [64][77][78][79]
Deputy Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs 31 May 2017 25 February 2018 [79][80][81][34]
Cassim Faizal !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Deputy Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine 9 September 2015 26 October 2018 [10][64][77][78]
Arundika Fernando !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs 9 September 2015 12 September 2017 [64][77][78][111][112][113]
Anoma Gamage !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Deputy Minister of Petroleum and Petroleum Gas Affairs 9 September 2015 21 September 2015 [64][77][78]
Deputy Minister of Petroleum Resources Development 21 September 2015 26 October 2018 [10][67]
Dunesh Gankanda !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Deputy Minister of Disaster Management 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78][82]
Deputy Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Edward Gunasekara !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development 12 June 2018 26 October 2018 [10][86][87][88]
H. M. M. Harees !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Deputy Minister of Sports 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78][82]
Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy City Development 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Nalin Bandara Jayamaha !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Management and Law and Order 12 June 2018 26 October 2018 [10][86][87][88]
Anuradha Jayaratne !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment 10 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][114][115]

[82]

Sumedha G. Jayasena !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78][82]
Nimal Lanza !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Home Affairs 9 September 2015 19 December 2017 [64][77][78][116][117][118]
Ajith Mannapperuma !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Deputy Minister of Environment 12 June 2018 26 October 2018 [10][86][87][88]
Cader Cader Masthan !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Northern Development 12 June 2018 26 October 2018 [10][86][87][88]
Dushmantha Mithrapala !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Justice 10 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][114][115][82]
Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana 21 December 2015 26 October 2018 [10][98][100]
Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Deputy Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Nishantha Muthuhettigama !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping Affairs 9 September 2015 26 October 2018 [10][64][77][78]
Manusha Nanayakkara !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment 6 April 2016 2 May 2018 [105][106][107][82]
Deputy Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Karu Paranawithana !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=4| United National Party Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government 9 September 2015 3 December 2015 [64][77][78][51]
Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media 4 December 2015 31 May 2017 [51][119][79]
Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training 31 May 2017 2 May 2018 [79][80][81][82]
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Buddhika Pathirana !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce 19 June 2018 26 October 2018 [10][86][120][121]
Ajith Perera !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy 9 September 2015 25 February 2018 [64][77][78][34]
Lakshman Wasantha Perera !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78]

[82]

Susantha Punchinilame !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Management 9 September 2015 2 May 2018 [64][77][78][82]
Angajan Ramanathan !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Agriculture 12 June 2018 26 October 2018 [10][86][87][88]
Ranjan Ramanayake !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3| United National Party Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare 9 September 2015 31 May 2017 [64][77][78][79]
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage 31 May 2017 2 May 2018 [79][80][81][82]
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Muthu Sivalingam !align="center" style="background:Template:Ceylon Workers' Congress/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Ceylon Workers' Congress Deputy Minister of Primary Industries 15 February 2018 2 May 2018 [122][123][124][82]
Deputy Minister of Social Welfare and Primary Industries 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Palitha Thewarapperuma !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| United National Party Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs 2 May 2018 6 April 2016 [105][106][107][82]
Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development 2 May 2018 26 October 2018 [10][90][91][92]
Eran Wickramaratne !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise Development 9 September 2015 31 May 2017 [64][77][78][79]
Duleep Wijesekera !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party Deputy Minister of Post, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs 9 September 2015 29 October 2017 [64][77][78][125][126][127]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.
  2. ^ a b c Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.

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