List of Sri Lankan cabinets

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This is a list of Sri Lankan cabinets, in the sense of successive governments, since 1947 before independence until the present.

Background

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

Date Head of State Head of Government Governing Party Cabinet
1947 George VI
(1947-1952)
Don Stephen Senanayake United National Party D. S. Senanayake cabinet
1952 Elizabeth II
(1952-1972)
Dudley Senanayake Dudley Senanayake cabinet I
1953 John Kotelawala Kotelawala cabinet
1956 Elizabeth II
(1952-1972)
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet
1959 Wijeyananda Dahanayake Dahanayake cabinet
1960 Dudley Senanayake United National Party Dudley Senanayake cabinet II
1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet I
1965 Elizabeth II
(1952-1972)
Dudley Senanayake United National Party Dudley Senanayake cabinet III
1970 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet II
1977 William Gopallawa
(1972-1978)
Junius Richard Jayewardene United National Party Jayewardene cabinet I
1978 Junius Richard Jayewardene Jayewardene cabinet II
1980 Jayewardene cabinet III
1988 Jayewardene cabinet IV
1989 Ranasinghe Premadasa Ranasinghe Premadasa Premadasa cabinet I
1990 Premadasa cabinet II
1993 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Wijetunga cabinet I
1994 Sri Lanka Freedom Party Wijetunga cabinet II
1994 Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Kumaratunga cabinet I
2000 Kumaratunga cabinet II
2001 Kumaratunga cabinet III
2004 Kumaratunga cabinet IV
2005 Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa M. Rajapaksa cabinet I
2007 M. Rajapaksa cabinet II
2010 M. Rajapaksa cabinet III
2013 M. Rajapaksa cabinet IV
January 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Maithripala Sirisena United National Party Sirisena cabinet I
August 2015 Sirisena cabinet II
October 2018 Sirisena cabinet III
December 2018 Sirisena cabinet IV
2019 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Gotabaya Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna G. Rajapaksa cabinet I
2020 G. Rajapaksa cabinet II
April 2022 G. Rajapaksa cabinet III
May 2022 G. Rajapaksa cabinet IV
July 2022 Ranil Wickremesinghe Ranil Wickremesinghe Wickremesinghe cabinet

See also

References