Cabinet Name: | Second Sirisena cabinet |
Cabinet Type: | Cabinet |
Jurisdiction: | Sri Lanka |
Flag: | Flag of Sri Lanka.svg |
Flag Border: | true |
Government Head: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Deputy Government Head: | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
State Head: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Opposition Party: | Tamil National Alliance |
Opposition Leader: | R. Sampanthan |
Election: | 2015 |
Legislature Term: | 15th |
Previous: | Sirisena I |
Successor: | Sirisena III |
The second Sirisena cabinet was a central government of Sri Lanka led by President Maithripala Sirisena. It was formed in August 2015 after the parliamentary election and ended in October 2018 with the dismissal of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, precipitating the 2018 constitutional crisis.
Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution.
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Ministers appointed under article 44(1) of the constitution.
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align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | State Minister of Finance | [77] [78] [79] | ||||||||||
State Minister of Public Enterprise Development | [80] [81] | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Home Affairs | [82] [83] [84] | |||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs | [85] [86] [87] | |||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Agriculture | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Mahaweli Development | [88] | |||||||||||
align=center rowspan=3 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=3 | State Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training | |||||||||||
State Minister of Irrigation | [89] | ||||||||||||
State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources and Disaster Management | [90] [91] [92] | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Mahaweli Development | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Lands | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply | ||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | State Minister of National Integration and Reconciliation | |||||||||||
State Minister of National Unity and Co-existence | [93] [94] | ||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=3 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=3 | State Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development | [95] [96] [97] | ||||||||||
State Minister of Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development | |||||||||||||
State Minister of Youth Affairs, Project Management and Southern Development | |||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=3 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=3 | State Minister of University Education | |||||||||||
State Minister of Higher Education | |||||||||||||
State Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | State Minister of Rehabilitation and Resettlement | |||||||||||
State Minister of Highways and Road Development | |||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=3 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=3 | State Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms | |||||||||||
State Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development | [98] | ||||||||||||
State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government | [99] [100] | ||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | State Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure & Community Development | [101] | ||||||||||
State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Child Affairs | [102] [103] [104] | |||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Highways | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs | ||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | State Minister of Industry and Commerce Affairs | |||||||||||
State Minister of Plantation Industries | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Education | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations | ||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management | |||||||||||
State Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of International Trade | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | State Minister of Science, Technology and Research | [105] [106] [107] | |||||||||||
State Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage | |||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development | |||||||||||
State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Finance | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | State Minister of Defence | ||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government | [108] [109] [110] | ||||||||||
State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports |
Ministers appointed under article 45(1) of the constitution.
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align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | Deputy Minister of Transport | |||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation | |||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | Deputy Minister of Megapolis and Western Development | |||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Finance and Mass Media | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | ||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs | |||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure | ||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||||
Deputy Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs | [111] [112] [113] | |||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | Deputy Minister of Petroleum and Petroleum Gas Affairs | |||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Petroleum Resources Development | |||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | Deputy Minister of Disaster Management | |||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development | ||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | Deputy Minister of Sports | |||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy City Development | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Management and Law and Order | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment | [114] [115] | |||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | [116] [117] [118] | |||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Environment | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Northern Development | ||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=3 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=3 | Deputy Minister of Justice | |||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana | |||||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping Affairs | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment | ||||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment | |||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=4 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=4 | Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government | |||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media | [119] | ||||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training | |||||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce | [120] [121] | |||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Management | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Agriculture | ||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=3 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=3 | Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare | |||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage | |||||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment | |||||||||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | Deputy Minister of Primary Industries | [122] [123] [124] | ||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Social Welfare and Primary Industries | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs | ||||||||||||
Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development | |||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise Development | ||||||||||||
!align="center" style="background:;" | Deputy Minister of Post, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs | [125] [126] [127] |