| Cabinet Name: | Jayewardene cabinet |
| Cabinet Number: | 10th |
| Jurisdiction: | Sri Lanka |
| Flag: | Flag of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Date Formed: | 23 July 1977 |
| Date Dissolved: | 2 January 1989 |
| Government Head: | J. R. Jayewardene |
| Deputy Government Head: | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| State Head: | William Gopallawa (1977–78) J. R. Jayewardene (1978–89) |
| Opposition Leader: | A. Amirthalingam (1977–83) Anura Bandaranaike (1983–88) |
| Election: | 1977, 1982 |
| Last Election: | 1988 |
| Legislature Term: | 8th |
| Previous: | Sirimavo Bandaranaike II |
| Successor: | Premadasa |
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.
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| !align="center" style="background:;" | Non-Cabinet Minister of Education Services | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Non-Cabinet Minister of Internal Security |
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| !align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Fisheries | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Sumanadasa Abeywickrama | Deputy Minister of Agricultural Development and Research | |||||||||||
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| !align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Defence | ||||||||||||
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| !align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Defence | ||||||||||||
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