Wijetunga cabinet

The Wijetunga cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President D. B. Wijetunga between 1993 and 1994. It was formed in May 1993 after the assassination of Wijetunga's predecessor Ranasinghe Premadasa and it ended in November 1994 when Wijetunga chose not to contest in the 1994 presidential election. The Wijetunga cabinet saw Sri Lanka's first cohabitation government following the opposition People's Alliance's victory in the 1994 general election.

Wijetunga cabinet
12th Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed	1 May 1993
Date dissolved	12 November 1994
People and organisations
Head of state	D. B. Wijetunga
Head of government	D. B. Wijetunga
Deputy head of government	Ranil Wickremesinghe (1993–94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994)
No. of ministers	5
Total no. of members	5
Member party	United National Party (1993–94)   People's Alliance (1994)
Status in legislature	Majority government 125 / 225 (56%) (1993-94) Majority coalition 121 / 225 (54%) (1994)
Opposition party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1993–94)   United National Party (1994)
Opposition leader	Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1993–94) Gamini Dissanayake (1994) Ranil Wickremesinghe (1994)
History
Election	1994 parliamentary
Outgoing election	1994 presidential
Legislature terms	9th, 10th
Predecessor	Premadasa
Successor	Kumaratunga

Cabinet members

UNP government (1993–1994)

Name		Portrait	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
	D. B. Wijetunga		United National Party	President	7 May 1993[a]	12 November 1994	[1]
				Minister of Finance	[b]	31 August 1994	[2]
				Minister of Buddhist Affairs			[3][4]
				Minister of Defence	7 May 1993	12 November 1994	[3][4]
	Ranil Wickremesinghe		United National Party	Prime Minister	7 May 1993	19 August 1994	[5]
	A. C. S. Hameed		United National Party	Minister of Justice	[b]	August 1993	[6]
				Minister of Foreign Affairs	August 1993		[6]
	Harold Herath		United National Party	Minister of Foreign Affairs	[b]	August 1993	[6]
				Minister of Justice	August 1993		[6]
	W. J. M. Lokubandara		United National Party	Minister of Cultural Affairs and Information	[b]	August 1993	[6]
				Minister of Education and Higher Education	August 1993		[6]

SLFP government (1994)

Name		Portrait	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
	Chandrika Kumaratunga		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Prime Minister	19 August 1994	12 November 1994	[5][7]
				Minister of Ethnic Affairs and National Integration	19 August 1994		[3][4]
				Minister of Finance and Planning	19 August 1994	[c]	[2][3][4]
	M. H. M. Ashraff		Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	Minister of Shipping, Ports and Rehabilitation	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Srimanee Athulathmudali		Democratic United National Front	Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs	19 August 1994		[3][4][8][9]
	Sirimavo Bandaranaike		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister Without Portfolio	19 August 1994		[3][4][10]
	Nimal Siripala de Silva		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	S. B. Dissanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Youth, Sport and Rural Development	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Amarasiri Dodangoda		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	A. H. M. Fowzie		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Health and Social Services	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	C. V. Gunaratne		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Industrial Development	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Indika Gunawardena		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Lakshman Jayakody		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Cultural and Religious Affairs	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	D. M. Jayaratne		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Lakshman Kadirgamar		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Foreign Affairs	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Richard Pathirana		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Education and Higher Education	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	G. L. Peiris		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Mahinda Rajapaksa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Labour and Vocational Training	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Anuruddha Ratwatte		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Irrigation, Power and Energy	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Mangala Samaraweera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Posts and Telecommunications	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Dharmasiri Senanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Information, Tourism and Aviation	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Bernard Soysa		Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Minister of Science Development and Human Resources Development	19 August 1994		[3][4]
	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Public Administration and Plantation Affairs	19 August 1994		[3][4][11]
	Kingsley Wickramasinghe		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food	19 August 1994		[3][4]

Notes

1. Wijetunga was acting president from 1 May 1993 to 7 May 1993.^[1]
2. Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.
3. Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.