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List of Sri Lankan cabinets

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This is a list of cabinets of Sri Lanka since 1947.

Background

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The Executive Council of Ceylon was the Executive Council created in British Ceylon by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of 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 Governor, along with five members appointed by the Governor. These five members were officials who held the posts of the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Auditor-General, the Treasurer and the General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. The Council exercised executive power and advised the governor. As a result of the First Manning Reforms three 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

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# Cabinet Took office Left office Head of state Head of government Governing party
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 UNP led United National Front for Good Governance
27 Sirisena cabinet II 24 August 2015 26 October 2018
28 Sirisena cabinet III 29 October 2018 15 December 2018 SLFPSLPP led coalition
29 Sirisena cabinet IV 20 December 2018 21 November 2019 UNP led 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 SLPPUNP led coalition
34 Wickremesinghe cabinet 22 July 2022 23 September 2024 Ranil Wickremesinghe
35 Dissanayake cabinet 24 September 2024 Incumbent Anura Kumara Dissanayake JVP led National People's Power

See also

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References

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