Third Sirisena cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:Third Sirisena cabinet
Cabinet Type:Cabinet
Jurisdiction:Sri Lanka
Flag:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
Flag Border:true
Government Head:Maithripala Sirisena
Deputy Government Head:Mahinda Rajapaksa
State Head:Maithripala Sirisena
Opposition Party:None
Opposition Leader:None
Legislature Term:15th
Previous:Sirisena II
Successor:Sirisena IV

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]

Cabinet members

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

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State ministers

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

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!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of Social Empowerment
!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of Indigenous Medicine
!align="center" style="background:;State Minister of National Unity, Co-existence and Muslim Religious Affairs [38] [39]
!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of Youth, Women and Child Affairs
!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of Environment [40] [41] [42]
!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of Education and Higher Education
!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of Highways and Road Development
!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion
!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of Mass Media and Digital Infrastructure
!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of Transport
!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of Defence
!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of Petroleum Resources Development
!align="center" style="background:;"State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports
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Deputy ministers

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

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!align="center" style="background:;"Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Development
!align="center" style="background:;"Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Northern Development
!align="center" style="background:;"Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms
!align="center" style="background:;"Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping
!align="center" style="background:;"Deputy Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment [43] [44] [45]
!align="center" style="background:;"Deputy Minister of Cultural and Internal Affairs and Regional Development (North Western) [46]
!align="center" style="background:;"Deputy Minister of Agriculture
!align="center" style="background:;"Deputy Minister of Regional Development (Eastern Development)

Notes and References

  1. News: Abi-Habib . Maria . Bastians . Dharisha . 2018-12-03 . Sri Lanka Court Temporarily Blocks Mahinda Rajapaksa From Prime Minister's Job . 2024-03-17 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  2. Part I : Section (I) – General Government Notifications Proclamation . 10 January 2015 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1896/29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132428/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1896_29/1896_29%20%28E%29.pdf . 28 January 2015 . dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Government Ministers . Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20031204130931/http://www.priu.gov.lk/Govt_Ministers/Indexministers.html . 4 December 2003 . dmy-all.
  4. News: New Cabinet sworn in . 1 January 2019 . . 21 December 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  5. News: de Alwis . Nathasha . New ministers sworn in . 2 November 2018 . . 1 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  6. News: Kuruwita . Rathindra . Ferdinando . Shamindra . More ministers sworn in . 2 November 2018 . . 2 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  7. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 26 October 2018 . 2094/43 . 1A . 29 October 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  8. News: Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapaksa, former president, named as PM . 28 October 2018 . . 26 October 2018 . London, U.K..
  9. News: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena sacks Prime Minister, appoints 'strongman' Mahinda Rajapaksa . 28 October 2018 . . . 27 October 2018 . Sydney, Australia.
  10. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 16 December 2018 . 2101/39 . 1A . 20 December 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  11. News: Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka's disputed PM resigns amid crisis . 16 December 2018 . . 15 December 2018 . London, U.K..
  12. News: Kuruwita . Rathindra . Rasheed . Zaheena . Sri Lanka's disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns . 16 December 2018 . . 15 December 2018 . Doha, Qatar.
  13. News: MR joins the SLPP . 11 November 2018 . . 11 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  14. News: Senarathna . Nuwan . MR takes SLPP membership . 16 November 2018 . . 12 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  15. News: Rajakaruna . Charunya . Twenty-three SLFP members join SLPP . 16 November 2018 . . 11 November 2018 . 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 . 29 October 2018 . 2095/4 . 1A–2A . 29 October 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  17. News: First members of MS-MR cabinet sworn in . . 30 October 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  18. News: Irugalbandara . Ramesh . New ministers sworn in . 31 October 2018 . . 29 October 2018 . 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 . 9 November 2018 . 2096/64 . 1A . 14 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  20. News: Several Cabinet Ministers sworn in . 11 November 2018 . . 9 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  21. News: New Cabinet Ministers sworn in . 11 November 2018 . . 10 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  22. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1 November 2018 . 2095/17 . 1A–2A . 6 November 2018 . 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 November 2018 . 2096/24 . 1A–2A . 14 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  24. News: Chamal, S.B., Pavithra get ministerial portfolios . 7 November 2018 . . 7 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  25. News: Some more ministers sworn in . 7 November 2018 . . 8 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  26. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 8 November 2018 . 2096/58 . 1A–2A . 14 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  27. News: Two Cabinet ministers, five State ministers appointed . 8 November 2018 . . 8 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  28. News: Two more Ministers and five State Ministers sworn in . 8 November 2018 . . 9 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  29. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 5 November 2018 . 2096/16 . 1A–2A . 6 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  30. News: Dinesh, Vasu gets new ministry portfolios, Keheliya State Minister Media . 4 November 2018 . . 4 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  31. News: Two Cabinet Ministers, a State Minister and a Deputy Minister sworn in . 4 November 2018 . Colombo Page . 4 November 2018 . Indianapolis, U.S.A..
  32. News: TNA MP joins govt. with UNP's Nawinne . 2 November 2018 . . 3 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  33. News: Goonewardene . Devuni . New ministers sworn in . 2 November 2018 . . 2 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  34. News: Pabasara . Tharindi . Thirty-three new members for SLPP . 14 November 2018 . . 12 November 2018 . Clombo, Sri Lanka.
  35. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 9 November 2018 . 2096/60 . 1A . 14 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  36. News: Wimal appointed Housing and Social Welfare Minister . 11 November 2018 . . 9 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  37. News: Wimal Weerawansa sworn in as Minister of Housing and Social Welfare . 11 November 2018 . . 9 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  38. News: Fowzie National Unity State Minister . 4 November 2018 . . 3 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  39. News: Mr.A.H.M. Fowzie as State Minister of National Integration and Reconciliation and Muslim Religious Affairs . 4 November 2018 . . 3 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  40. Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 31 October 2018 . 2095/13 . 1A . 31 October 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  41. News: Dunesh Gankanda appointed State Minister of Environment . 31 October 2018 . . 30 October 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  42. News: Dunesh Gankanda - State Minister of Environment . 31 October 2018 . . 30 October 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  43. News: Manusha resigns as Dy. Minister . 6 November 2018 . . 6 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  44. News: Kuruwita . Rathindra . Manusha quits portfolio goes abroad . 6 November 2018 . . 7 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  45. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 7 November 2018 . 2096/23 . 1A . 14 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  46. News: UNP MP Ashoka gets Deputy Minister portfolio . 4 November 2018 . . 4 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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