Fourth Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:	Fourth Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet
Cabinet Type:	Cabinet
Jurisdiction:	Sri Lanka
Flag:	Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
Flag Border:	true
Government Head:	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Deputy Government Head:	Ranil Wickremesinghe
State Head:	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Opposition Party:	Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Opposition Leader:	Sajith Premadasa
Previous:	Gotabaya Rajapaksa III
Successor:	Wickremesinghe

The fourth Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet, also known as the Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe cabinet, was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It was formed in May 2022 following the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new Prime Minister^[1] and ended in July 2022 following Rajapaksa's resignation.

This was the sixth time Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, a world record.^{[2] [3]}

Cabinet members

Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution. The members cabinet is as follows:^[4]

Name	Portrait	Party		Office	Took office	Left office
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	President			^[5]
				Minister of Defence			^[6]
				Minister of Technology
			United National Party	Prime Minister
				Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Foreign Affairs
			Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Urban Development and Housing
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Power and Energy
			Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation			^[7]
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Education
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Health
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms
			Samagi Jana Balawegaya	Minister of Tourism and Lands
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Agriculture			^[8]
				Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation
			Eelam People's Democratic Party	Minister of Fisheries
			Samagi Jana Balawegaya	Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Transport and Highways
				Minister of Mass Media
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Plantation Industry
				Minister of Industries
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security
			United People's Party	Minister of Public Security
Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen			Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	Minister of Environment
			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
				Minister of Irrigation
Dhammika Perera			Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Minister of Investment Promotion		10 July 2022	^[9]

State ministers

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

Notes

1. Web site: Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as PM of crisis-hit Sri Lanka .
2. Web site: Wickremesinghe sets world record in his coming as new PM . 12 May 2022 .
3. Web site: 5-time former PM may be named Sri Lanka's new prime minister: Report . 12 May 2022 .
4. Web site: Four new Cabinet ministers sworn in.
5. 21 November 2019 . Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Proclamation . Colombo, Sri Lanka . 2150/41 . 1A . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 21 November 2019.
6. 26 November 2020 . Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - Notification . Colombo, Sri Lanka . 2203/33 . 1A . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 28 November 2020.
7. Web site: Nine more cabinet ministers sworn in .
8. Web site: in_list_cabinet_ministers . 2022-06-20 . www.cabinetoffice.gov.lk.
9. Web site: Dhammika Perera sworn in as a minister . 2022-07-06 . www.adaderana.lk . en.