First Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:	First 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:	Mahinda Rajapaksa
State Head:	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Opposition Party:	United National Party
Opposition Leader:	Sajith Premadasa
Election:	2019
Last Election:	2020
Legislature Term:	15th
Previous:	Sirisena IV
Successor:	Gotabaya Rajapaksa II

The first Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet was a central government of Sri Lanka led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It was formed in November 2019 after the presidential election and ended in August 2020 following the parliamentary election.

Cabinet members

Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the Constitution of Sri Lanka.

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		!align="center" style="background:;"						^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
	align=center rowspan=5		!align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=5		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna^[4] ^[5]				^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
				^[9] ^[10] ^[11]
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	align=center rowspan=3		!align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=3						^[13]
				^[14]
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				^[15]
				^[16]
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^✝		!align="center" style="background:;"						^[17] ^[18]
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✝ _{Died while in office.}

State ministers

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

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		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Energy			^[19] ^[20] ^[21]
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Information and Communication Technology
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Irrigation and Rural Development
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Public Management and Accounting
	align=center rowspan=2		!align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2			State Minister of Power			^[22]
	State Minister of Renewable Energy and Power			^[23]
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Transport Services Management
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Housing
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Social Security
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Women and Child Affairs
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Human Rights and Law Reforms
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Youth Affairs
		!align="center" style="background:;"		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna^[24]	State Minister of Lands and Land Development
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Wildlife Resources
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Tourism Promotion Affairs
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Ports Development Affairs
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Services
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Industries
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Community Development
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Urban Development
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Water Supply Facilities
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Fisheries and Inland Fisheries Industry
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of International Co-operation
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Small and Medium Enterprise Development
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Defence
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Investment Promotions
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Mahaweli Development
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Railway Services
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Highways Development
				State Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Environment
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Development Banking and Loan Schemes
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Economy and Policy Development
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Education Services
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Technology and Innovations
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Export Agriculture
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Agriculture
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Tea Industry Development
		!align="center" style="background:;"			State Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Welfare

Notes and References

1. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Proclamation . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 21 November 2019 . 2150/41 . 1A . 21 November 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2. News: Gotabaya Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president . 8 August 2020 . . 18 November 2019 . Doha, Qatar.
3. News: Srinivasan . Meera . Gotabaya Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lankan President . 8 August 2020 . . 18 November 2019 . Chennai, India.
4. News: Senarathna . Nuwan . MR takes SLPP membership . 13 September 2020 . . 12 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
5. News: Rajakaruna . Charunya . Twenty-three SLFP members join SLPP . 20 September 2020 . . 11 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
6. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 26 November 2019 . 2151/18 . 1A . 26 November 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
7. News: Sri Lanka Rajapaksas: Return to power for wartime leader brothers . 8 August 2020 . . 21 November 2019 . London, U.K..
8. News: Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lankan Prime Minister . 8 August 2020 . . . 21 November 2019 . Chennai, India.
9. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 27 November 2019 . 2151/38 . 1A–3A . 28 November 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
10. News: New Cabinet sworn-in . 8 August 2020 . . 22 November 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
11. News: New Cabinet Ministers sworn in . 8 August 2020 . . 22 November 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
12. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 18 June 2020 . 2180/30 . 1A . 18 June 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
13. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 10 December 2019 . 2153/10 . 1A . 15 December 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
14. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 10 December 2019 . 2153/11 . 1A . 15 December 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
15. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 21 January 2020 . 2159/12 . 1A . 23 January 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
16. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 21 January 2020 . 2159/12 . 2A . 23 January 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
17. News: Srinivasan . Meera . Sri Lankan Minister Arumugan Thondaman passes away . 8 August 2020 . . 26 May 2020 . Chennai, India.
18. News: Arumugam Thondaman passes away . 8 August 2020 . . 26 May 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
19. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 21 December 2019 . 2154/55 . 1A–3A . 22 December 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
20. News: State and deputy ministers sworn-in . 11 August 2020 . . 27 November 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
21. News: 38 State and Deputy Ministers sworn in . 11 August 2020 . . 27 November 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
22. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 7 February 2020 . 2161/41 . 1A . 7 February 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
23. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 7 February 2020 . 2161/41 . 2A . 7 February 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
24. News: S.B. and Dilan join SLPP . 20 September 2020 . . 29 August 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.