List of Sri Lankan cabinets
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This is a list of cabinets of Sri Lanka since 1947.
Background
[edit]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
[edit]# | Cabinet | Took office | Left office | Head of state | Head of government | Governing party | |
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1 | Don | 24 September 1947 | 22 March 1952 | George VI (1947–1952) | D. S. Senanayake | United National Party | |
2 | Dudley I | 22 March 1952 | 12 October 1953 | Elizabeth II (1952–1972) | Dudley Senanayake | ||
3 | Kotelawala | 12 October 1953 | 12 April 1956 | John Kotelawala | |||
4 | Solomon | 12 April 1956 | 26 September 1959 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||
5 | Dahanayake | 26 September 1959 | 20 March 1960 | Wijeyananda Dahanayake | |||
6 | Dudley II | 21 March 1960 | 21 July 1960 | Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | ||
7 | Sirimavo I | 21 July 1960 | 25 March 1965 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||
8 | Dudley III | 25 March 1965 | 29 May 1970 | Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | ||
9 | Sirimavo II | 29 May 1970 | 23 July 1977 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||
10 | Jayewardene I | 23 July 1977 | 7 September 1978 | William Gopallawa (1972–1978) | J. R. Jayewardene | United National Party | |
11 | Jayewardene II | 7 September 1978 | 1980 | J. R. Jayewardene | |||
12 | Jayewardene III | 1980 | 1988 | ||||
13 | Jayewardene IV | 1988 | 2 January 1989 | ||||
14 | Premadasa I | 2 January 1989 | 1990 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |||
15 | Premadasa II | 1990 | 1 May 1993 | ||||
16 | Wijetunga I | 1 May 1993 | 19 August 1994 | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | |||
17 | Wijetunga II | 19 August 1994 | 12 November 1994 | SLFP led People's Alliance | |||
18 | Kumaratunga I | 12 November 1994 | 18 October 2000 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |||
19 | Kumaratunga II | 18 October 2000 | 7 December 2001 | ||||
20 | Kumaratunga III | 12 December 2001 | 2 April 2004 | UNP led United National Front | |||
21 | Kumaratunga IV | 2 April 2004 | 19 November 2005 | SLFP led United People's Freedom Alliance | |||
22 | Mahinda I | 19 November 2005 | 28 January 2007 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | |||
23 | Mahinda II | 28 January 2007 | 23 April 2010 | ||||
24 | Mahinda III | 23 April 2010 | 28 January 2013 | ||||
25 | Mahinda IV | 28 January 2013 | 9 January 2015 | ||||
26 | Sirisena I | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | UNP led United National Front for Good Governance | ||
27 | Sirisena II | 24 August 2015 | 26 October 2018 | ||||
28 | Sirisena III | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 | SLFP–SLPP led coalition | |||
29 | Sirisena IV | 20 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | UNP led United National Front for Good Governance | |||
30 | Gotabaya I | 21 November 2019 | 12 August 2020 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | SLPP led Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance | ||
31 | Gotabaya II | 12 August 2020 | 3 April 2022 | ||||
32 | Gotabaya cabinet III | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 | ||||
33 | Gotabaya cabinet IV | 12 May 2022 | 14 July 2022 | SLPP–UNP led coalition | |||
34 | Wickremesinghe | 22 July 2022 | Incumbent | Ranil Wickremesinghe |