Jayewardene cabinet

The Jayewardene cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by Prime Minister (later President) J. R. Jayewardene between 1977 and 1989. It was formed in July 1977 after the parliamentary election and it ended in January 1989 when Jayewardene's second limited term ended. The Jayewardene cabinet saw Sri Lanka move from being a parliamentary republic to the current executive presidency in February 1978.

Jayewardene cabinet
10th Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed	23 July 1977
Date dissolved	2 January 1989
People and organisations
Head of state	William Gopallawa (1977–78) J. R. Jayewardene (1978–89)
Head of government	J. R. Jayewardene
Deputy head of government	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Member parties	United National Party   Ceylon Workers' Congress (1978–89)
Status in legislature	Supermajority 141 / 168 (84%)
Opposition party	Tamil United Liberation Front (1977–83)   Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1983–89)
Opposition leader	A. Amirthalingam (1977–83) Anura Bandaranaike (1983–88)
History
Elections	1977, 1982
Outgoing election	1988
Legislature term	8th
Predecessor	Sirimavo Bandaranaike II
Successor	Premadasa

Cabinet members

Name		Portrait	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
	J. R. Jayewardene		United National Party	Prime Minister	23 July 1977	4 February 1978	[1]
				President	4 February 1978	2 January 1989	[2]
				Minister of Defence	23 July 1977		[3][4]
				Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][4]
				Minister of Plan Implementation	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
				Minister of Higher Education	14 February 1980
	Ranasinghe Premadasa		United National Party	Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
				Prime Minister	6 February 1978	2 January 1989	[1]
				Minister of Highways			[5]
	Ranjit Atapattu		United National Party	Minister of Health
	Lalith Athulathmudali		United National Party	Minister of Trade	23 July 1977		[3][4]
				Minister of Trade and Shipping			[5]
				Minister of National Security	23 March 1983		[6]
	Ananda Tissa de Alwis		United National Party	Minister of State			[5]
	Ronnie de Mel		United National Party	Minister of Finance	23 July 1977		[3][4][7]
				Minister of Finance and Planning		18 January 1988	[3][5]
	K. W. Devanayakam		United National Party	Minister of Justice	23 July 1977		[3][4]
				Minister of Home Affairs	14 February 1980		[5][8]
	Gamini Dissanayake		United National Party	Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways	23 July 1977		[3][4]
				Minister of Lands and Land Development			[5]
				Minister of Mahaweli Development			[5]
	A. C. S. Hameed		United National Party	Minister for Foreign Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
	Srisena Bandara Herath		United National Party	Minister of Food and Co-operatives	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
	E. L. B. Hurulle		United National Party	Minister of Cultural Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
	Shelton Jayasinghe		United National Party	Minister Posts and Telecommunications	23 July 1977		[3][4]
	S. de S. Jayasinghe		United National Party	Minister of Fisheries		26 September 1977	[3][4]
	Gamini Jayasuriya		United National Party	Minister of Health	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	Montague Jayawickrama		United National Party	Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][4]
				Minister of Public Administration			[5]
				Minister of Plantation Industries			[5]
	M. D. H. Jayawardena		United National Party	Minister of Plantation Industries	23 July 1977		[3][4]
	Wimala Kannangara		United National Party	Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism	23 July 1977		[3][4]
				Minister of Rural Development			[5]
	Asoka Karunaratne		United National Party	Minister of Social Services	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	M. H. M. Naina Marikar		United National Party	Minister of Finance	10 January 1988	3 January 1989	[7]
	Cyril Mathew		United National Party	Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
	Wijayapala Mendis		United National Party	Minister of Textile Industry	23 July 1977		[3][4]
				Minister of Textile Industries			[5]
	M. H. Mohamed		United National Party	Minister of Transport	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
	Festus Perera		United National Party	Minister of Fisheries	30 October 1977		[3][4][5]
	Vincent Perera		United National Party	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Sports	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
	C. Rajadurai		United National Party	Minister of Regional Development	5 April 1979		[5][8]
				Minister of Hindu Religious Affairs			[8]
	Lionel Senanayake		United National Party	Minister of Agriculture and Lands	23 July 1977		[3][4]
				Minister of Agricultural Development and Research			[5]
	C. P. J. Seneviratne		United National Party	Minister of Labour	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
	Savumiamoorthy Thondaman		Ceylon Workers' Congress	Minister of Rural Industrial Development	7 September 1978		[5][8]
	Ranil Wickremesinghe		United National Party	Minister of Youth Affairs and Employment	5 October 1978		[5][8]
				Minister of Education	14 February 1980		[5][8]
	Nissanka Wijeyeratne		United National Party	Minister of Education	23 July 1977		[3][4]
				Minister of Justice	14 February 1980		[5][8]
	D. B. Wijetunga		United National Party	Minister of Information and Broadcasting	23 July 1977		[3][4]
				Minister of Posts and Telecommunications			[5]
				Minister of Power and Energy			[5]
				Minister of Food, Agricultural Development and Research
				Minister of Finance

Non-cabinet ministers

Name		Portrait	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
	Ranjit Atapattu		United National Party	Non-Cabinet Minister of Colombo Group Hospitals			[5]
	Dharmasena Attygalle		United National Party	Non-Cabinet Minister of Indigenous Medicine			[5]
	Harold Herath		United National Party	Non-Cabinet Minister of Coconut Industries			[5]
	Lionel Jayatilleke		United National Party	Non-Cabinet Minister of Education Services			[5]
	T. B. Werapitiya		United National Party	Non-Cabinet Minister of Internal Security			[5]

Deputy ministers

Name		Portrait	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
	M. A. Abdul Majeed		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Lands	23 July 1977		[3]
				Deputy Minister of Power and Energy			[5]
	S. S. Abeysundara		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Fisheries	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	Sumanadasa Abeywickrama		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Agricultural Development and Research			[6]
	A. M. S. Adikari		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways	23 July 1977		[3]
				Deputy Minister of Lands and Land Development			[5]
	Alick Aluwihare		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	M. S. Amarasiri		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Trade	23 July 1977		[3]
				Deputy Minister of Trade and Shipping			[5]
	John Amaratunga		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Finance	19 January 1988	9 January 1988	[7]
	Lalith Athulathmudali		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Defence	1984
	R. B. Attanayake		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Higher Education			[5]
	Dharmasena Attygalle		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Health	23 July 1977		[3]
	Gamini Atukorale		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Employment			[5]
	R. M. Dharmadasa Banda		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Textile Industry	23 July 1977		[3]
				Deputy Minister of Textile Industries			[5]
	W. M. G. T. Banda		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	K. D. M. C. Bandara		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Agricultural Development and Research			[5]
	Harindra Corea		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Public Administration			[5]
	Denzil Fernando		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	Tyronne Fernando		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs			[5]
	Premaratne Gunasekera		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Public Omnibus Transport			[6]
				Deputy Minister of Health			[5]
	Harold Herath		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Janatha Estates Development			[5]
	P. C. Imbulana		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	Lionel Jayatilaka		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Education	23 July 1977		[3]
	Chandra Karunaratne		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting	23 July 1977		[3]
				Deputy Minister of State			[5]
	Hiripitiyage Kularatne		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Transport	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	Mervyn Kularatne		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Defence			[6]
	M. H. M. Naina Marikar		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs	23 July 1977		[3]
				Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning	6 February 1978	19 January 1988	[3][5][7]
	Nanda Mathew		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism	23 July 1977		[3]
				Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development			[5]
	Festus Perera		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Finance	23 July 1977	5 February 1978	[3][7]
	Joseph Michael Perera		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Labour	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	Abeyratne Pilapitiya		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	S. K. Piyadasa		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Rural Industrial Development			[5]
	G. M. Premachandra		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Highways			[5]
	G. V. Punchinilame		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Regional Development			[5]
	Sarathchandra Rajakaruna		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Food and co-operatives	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	Shelton Ranaraja		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Justice	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	Percy Samaraweera		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs	23 July 1977		[3]
				Deputy Minister of Home Affairs			[5]
	Weerawanni Samaraweera		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Education			[5]
	J. L. Sirisena		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Social Services	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	Edwin Tillakaratne		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Sports	23 July 1977		[3][5][6]
	Harshanath Wanigasekera		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Rural Development			[6][5]
	D. B. Welagedara		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Plan Implementation	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	T. B. Werapitiya		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Defence	23 July 1977		[3][5]
	Ranil Wickremesinghe		United National Party	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	23 July 1977		[3]
	V. L. Wijemanne		United National Party	Deputy Minister of State Plantations			[6][5]
	A.M.R.B Aththanayake	100x100px]]	United National Party	Deputy Minister of High Education	23 July 1977		[3]

District ministers

Name		Portrait	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
	R. M. Abeykoon		United National Party	District Minister for Monaragala			[5]
	H. B. Abeyratne		United National Party	District Minister for Anuradhapura			[5]
	Keerthisena Abeywickrama		United National Party	District Minister for Matara			[5]
	M. L. M. Aboosally		United National Party	District Minister for Ratnapura			[5]
	R. M. Appuhamy		United National Party	District Minister for Badulla			[5]
	P. M. B. Cyril		United National Party	District Minister for Hambantota			[5][6]
	P. Dayaratna		United National Party	District Minister for Ampara	1978		[5][8]
	Merril de Silva		United National Party	District Minister for Polonnaruwa			[5]
	W. M. P. B. Dissanayake		United National Party	District Minister for Kandy			[5]
	K. W. R. M. Ekananayake		United National Party	District Minister for Matale			[5]
	Tudor Gunasekara		United National Party	District Minister for Gampaha			[5][6]
	Renuka Herath		United National Party	District Minister for Nuwara Eliya			[5]
	Indradasa Hettiarachchi		United National Party	District Minister for Kalutara			[5]
	M. Kanagaratnam		United National Party	District Minister for Batticaloa	1978		[5][8]
	Rupa Karunathilake		United National Party	District Minister for Galle			[5]
	M. E. H. Maharoof		United National Party	District Minister for Mannar	1978		[5][8]
	G. D. Mahindasoma		United National Party	District Minister for Vavuniya	1978		[5][8]
	Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi		United National Party	District Minister for Colombo			[5]
	Abdul Rasak Mansoor		United National Party	District Minister for Mullaitivu	1978		[5][8]
	H. G. P. Nelson		United National Party	District Minister for Trincomalee	1978		[5][8]
	Ranganayaki Pathmanathan		United National Party	District Minister for Batticaloa			[8]
	Gamini Jayawickrama Perera		United National Party	District Minister for Kurunegala			[5]
	N. A. Seneviratne		United National Party	District Minister for Kegalle			[5]
	H. B. Wanninayake		United National Party	District Minister for Puttalam			[5]
	U. B. Wijekoon		United National Party	District Minister for Jaffna	1978		[5][8]