Third Sirisena cabinet

The third Sirisena cabinet was a short-lived central government of Sri Lanka led by President Maithripala Sirisena during the 2018 constitutional crisis. The cabinet and the prime minister was declared as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.^[1]

Third Sirisena cabinet
Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed	29 October 2018 (2018-10-29)
Date dissolved	15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)
People and organisations
Head of state	Maithripala Sirisena
Head of government	Maithripala Sirisena
Deputy head of government	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Total no. of members	54
Member parties	United People's Freedom Alliance   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Status in legislature	Minority coalition
Opposition party	None[a]
Opposition leader	None[a]
History
Legislature term	15th
Predecessor	Sirisena II
Successor	Sirisena IV

Cabinet members

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

Name	Portrait	Party		Office	Took office	Left office	Refs.
Maithripala Sirisena			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	President	[b]	[c]	[2]
				Minister of Defence	[b]	1 November 2018	[3]
				Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment	[b]	[c]	[4]
				Minister of Defence, Law and Order and Youth Affairs	1 November 2018	[c]	[5][6]
Mahinda Rajapaksa			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Prime Minister	26 October 2018	11 November 2018	[7][8][9][10][11][12]
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[13][14][15]		11 November 2018	15 December 2018
			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs	29 October 2018	11 November 2018	[16][17][18]
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[13][14][15]		11 November 2018	15 December 2018
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Industry and Commerce	9 November 2018	11 November 2018	[19][20][21]
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[14][15]		11 November 2018	15 December 2018
Mahinda Amaraweera			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Agriculture	29 October 2018	15 December 2018	[16][17][18]
Sarath Amunugama			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Foreign Affairs	29 October 2018	15 December 2018	[16][17][18]
S. M. Chandrasena			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Plantation Industries	9 November 2018	15 December 2018	[19][20][21]
Nimal Siripala de Silva			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation	29 October 2018	15 December 2018	[16][17][18]
Douglas Devananda			Eelam People's Democratic Party	Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs	29 October 2018	15 December 2018	[16][17][18]
Duminda Dissanayake			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
S. B. Dissanayake			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Highways and Road Development	7 November 2018	15 December 2018	[23][24][25]
Johnston Fernando			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Trade, Consumer Affairs, Co-operative Development and Christian Religious Affairs	9 November 2018	11 November 2018	[19][20][21]
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[13][14][15]		11 November 2018	15 December 2018
Udaya Gammanpila			Pivithuru Hela Urumaya	Minister of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs	9 November 2018	15 December 2018	[19][20][21]
Bandula Gunawardena			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion	8 November 2018	15 December 2018	[26][27][28]
Dinesh Gunawardena			Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Minister of Megapolis and Western Development	4 November 2018	15 December 2018	[29][30][31]
M. L. A. M. Hizbullah			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of City Planning and Water Supply	9 November 2018	15 December 2018	[19][20][21]
Dayasiri Jayasekara			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
Gamini Lokuge			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development	9 November 2018	11 November 2018	[19][20][21]
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[14][15]		11 November 2018	15 December 2018
Faiszer Musthapha			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports	29 October 2018	15 December 2018	[16][17][18]
Vasudeva Nanayakkara			Democratic Left Front	Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation, and Official Languages	4 November 2018	15 December 2018	[29][30][31]
S. B. Nawinne			United National Party	Minister of Cultural Affairs, Internal Affairs and Regional Development	2 November 2018	15 December 2018	[29][32][33]
Susil Premajayantha			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Justice	8 November 2018	11 November 2018	[26][27][28]
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[14][15][34]		11 November 2018	15 December 2018
Chamal Rajapaksa			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine	7 November 2018	15 December 2018	[23][24][25]
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe			United National Party	Minister of Education and Higher Education	29 October 2018	15 December 2018	[16][17][18]
C. B. Ratnayake			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Posts and Telecommunications	9 November 2018	11 November 2018	[19][20][21]
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[14][15]		11 November 2018	15 December 2018
Mahinda Samarasinghe			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Ports and Shipping	29 October 2018	15 December 2018	[16][17][18]
Wasantha Senanayake			United National Party	Minister of Tourism and Wild Life	29 October 2018	15 December 2018	[16][17][18]
Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs	29 October 2018	15 December 2018	[16][17][18]
Arumugam Thondaman			Ceylon Workers' Congress	Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development	29 October 2018	15 December 2018	[16][17][18]
Wimal Weerawansa			National Freedom Front	Minister of Housing and Social Welfare	9 November 2018	15 December 2018	[35][36][37]

State ministers

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

Name	Portrait	Party		Office	Took office	Left office	Refs.
S. M. Chandrasena			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Social Empowerment	8 November 2018	15 December 2018	[26][27][28]
Salinda Dissanayake			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Indigenous Medicine	8 November 2018	15 December 2018	[26][27][28]
A. H. M. Fowzie			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of National Unity, Co-existence and Muslim Religious Affairs	3 November 2018	15 December 2018	[29][38][39]
Piyasena Gamage			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Youth, Women and Child Affairs	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
Dunesh Gankanda			United National Party	State Minister of Environment	30 October 2018	15 December 2018	[40][41][42]
Mohan Lal Grero			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Education and Higher Education	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
M. L. A. M. Hizbullah			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Highways and Road Development	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
Lakshman Wasantha Perera			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion	8 November 2018	15 December 2018	[26][27][28]
Keheliya Rambukwella			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Mass Media and Digital Infrastructure	4 November 2018	15 December 2018	[29][30][31]
C. B. Rathnayake			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Transport	8 November 2018	15 December 2018	[26][27][28]
Lakshman Senewiratne			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Defence	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Petroleum Resources Development	7 November 2018	15 December 2018	[23][24][25]
Sriyani Wijewickrama			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Finance	8 November 2018	11 November 2018	[26][27][28]
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[13][14][15]		11 November 2018	15 December 2018

Deputy ministers

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

Name	Portrait	Party		Office	Took office	Left office	Refs.
Ananda Aluthgamage			United National Party	Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wild Life	29 October 2018	11 November 2018	[16][17][18]
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna[14][15]		11 November 2018	15 December 2018
Indika Bandaranaike			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Development	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
Cader Cader Masthan			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Northern Development	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
Dushmantha Mithrapala			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
Nishantha Muthuhettigama			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
Manusha Nanayakkara			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment	1 November 2018	6 November 2018	[5][6][22][43][44][45]
Ashoka Priyantha			United National Party	Deputy Minister of Cultural and Internal Affairs and Regional Development (North Western)	4 November 2018	15 December 2018	[29][31][46]
Angajan Ramanathan			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Agriculture	1 November 2018	15 December 2018	[5][6][22]
S. Viyalendiran			People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam	Deputy Minister of Regional Development (Eastern Development)	2 November 2018	15 December 2018	[29][32][33]

Notes

1. Other parties in the Parliament (the United National Front for Good Governance, Tamil National Alliance and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna) refused to recognise the government.
2. Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.
3. Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.