First Sirisena cabinet

The first Sirisena cabinet was a central government of Sri Lanka led by President Maithripala Sirisena. It was formed in January 2015 after the presidential election and ended in August 2015 following the parliamentary election.

First Sirisena cabinet

Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed12 January 2015 (2015-01-12)
Date dissolved17 August 2015 (2015-08-17)
People and organisations
Head of stateMaithripala Sirisena
Head of governmentMaithripala Sirisena
Deputy head of governmentRanil Wickremesinghe
Member party
  •   United National Front
Status in legislatureMinority government
60 / 225 (27%)
Opposition party  United People's Freedom Alliance
Opposition leaderNimal Siripala de Silva
History
Election(s)8 January 2015
Outgoing election17 August 2015
Legislature term(s)14th Parliament (2010–15)
PredecessorMahinda Rajapaksa
SuccessorSirisena II

Cabinet members

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

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs.
Maithripala SirisenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyPresident9 January 2015[lower-alpha 1][1]
Minister of Defence9 January 2015[lower-alpha 1][2]
Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment12 January 2015[lower-alpha 1]
Ranil WickremesingheUnited National PartyPrime Minister9 January 2015[lower-alpha 1][1]
Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Lakshman Yapa AbeywardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Parliamentary Affairs29 May 201517 August 2015[7][8][9]
Mahinda Yapa AbeywardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Parliamentary Affairs22 March 201521 May 2015[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
John AmaratungaUnited National PartyMinister of Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs12 January 201522 March 2015[3][4][5][6]
Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Mahinda AmaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development22 March 2015[lower-alpha 1][10][11][12][13]
Sarath AmunugamaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Higher Education and Research22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Thalatha AtukoraleUnited National PartyMinister of Foreign Employment12 January 2015[lower-alpha 1][3][4][5][6]
Risad BadhiutheenAll Ceylon Makkal CongressMinister of Industry and Commerce12 January 2015[lower-alpha 1][3][4][5][6]
R. M. Ranjith Madduma BandaraUnited National PartyMinister of Internal Transport12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Reginald CooraySri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Aviation22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Palani DigambaranNational Union of WorkersMinister of Plantation Infrastructure Development12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Duminda DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Irrigation and Agriculture12 January 201522 March 2015[3][4][5][6]
Minister of Agriculture22 March 2015[lower-alpha 1][10][11][12][13]
Navin DissanayakeUnited National PartyMinister of Tourism and Sports12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
S. B. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Rural Economic Affairs22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
A. H. M. FowzieSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Disaster Management22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Piyasena GamageSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Skills Development and Vocational Training22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
M. K. D. S. GunawardenaMinister of Lands12 January 2015[3][4][5][6]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[17][18][lower-alpha 1]
Rauff HakeemSri Lanka Muslim CongressMinister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
M. H. A. HaleemUnited National PartyMinister of Muslim Religious Affairs and Posts21 January 201517 August 2015[19][20][21]
P. HarrisonUnited National PartyMinister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Kabir HashimUnited National PartyMinister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion12 January 201522 March 2015[3][4][5][6]
Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Chandrani Bandara JayasingheUnited National PartyMinister of Women's Affairs12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Karu JayasuriyaUnited National PartyMinister of Buddha Sasana12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance12 January 201522 March 2015[3][4][5][6]
Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Democratic Governance22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Akila Viraj KariyawasamUnited National PartyMinister of Education12 January 2015[lower-alpha 1][3][4][5][6]
Ravi KarunanayakeUnited National PartyMinister of Finance12 January 2015[lower-alpha 1][3][4][5][6]
Gayantha KarunatilekaUnited National PartyMinister of Mass Media and Parliamentary Affairs12 January 201522 March 2015[3][4][5][6]
Minister of Mass Media22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Lakshman KiriellaUnited National PartyMinister of Plantation Industries12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
S. B. NawinneSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Labour22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Felix PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Special Projects22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Gamini Jayawickrama PereraUnited National PartyMinister of Food Security12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
M. Joseph Michael PereraUnited National PartyMinister of Home Affairs and Fisheries12 January 201522 March 2015[3][4][5][6]
Minister of Home Affairs22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Sajith PremadasaUnited National PartyMinister of Housing and Samurdhi12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Wijeyadasa RajapaksheUnited National PartyMinister of Justice and Labour Relations12 January 201522 March 2015[3][4][5][6]
Minister of Justice22 March 2015[lower-alpha 1][10][11][12][13]
Arjuna RanatungaMinister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation12 January 2015[3][4][5][6]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[22][23]22 March 2015
Minister of Ports and Shipping22 March 2015[lower-alpha 1][10][11][12][13]
Champika RanawakaJathika Hela UrumayaMinister of Power and Energy12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Mangala SamaraweeraUnited National PartyMinister of Foreign Affairs12 January 2015[lower-alpha 1][3][4][5][6]
Rajitha SenaratneMinister of Health and Indigenous Medicine12 January 2015[3][4][5][6]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[17][18][lower-alpha 1]
Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni SoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Irrigation22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
D. M. SwaminathanUnited National PartyMinister of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Janaka Bandara TennakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Provincial Councils and Regional Development22 March 201524 July 2015[10][11][12][13][24][25][26]

State ministers

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

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs.
Hasen AliSri Lanka Muslim CongressState Minister of Health21 January 201517 August 2015[19][20][21]
Palitha Range BandaraUnited National PartyState Minister of Power and Energy12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Pandu BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Public Administration and Democratic Governance29 May 201517 August 2015[7][8][9]
Nandimithra EkanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Culture12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Hemal GunasekaraSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Housing and Samurdhi29 May 201517 August 2015[7][8][9]
Jeewan KumaranatungaSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Labour22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Faiszer MusthaphaSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Aviation12 January 20159 February 2015[3][4][5][6][27][28][29]
Dilan PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Housing and Samurdhi22 March 201521 May 2015[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Niroshan PereraUnited National PartyState Minister of Youth Affairs12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Velusami RadhakrishnanUp-Country People's FrontState Minister of Education12 January 2015[lower-alpha 1][3][4][5][6]
C. B. RathnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Public Administration and Democratic Governance22 March 201521 May 2015[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Mahinda SamarasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Finance22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Rosy SenanayakeUnited National PartyState Minister of Children's Affairs12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Ranjith SiyambalapitiyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Environment29 May 201517 August 2015[7][8][9]
K. VelayudamUnited National PartyState Minister of Plantation Industries12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Pavithra Devi WanniarachchiSri Lanka Freedom PartyState Minister of Environment22 March 201521 May 2015[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Dilip WedaarachchiUnited National PartyState Minister of Fisheries12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Rajiva WijesinhaLiberal PartyState Minister of Higher Education12 January 201517 February 2015[3][4][5][6][30][31][32]
Ruwan WijewardeneUnited National PartyState Minister of Defence12 January 2015[lower-alpha 1][3][4][5][6]

Deputy ministers

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

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs.
Lakshman Yapa AbeywardenaDeputy Minister of Aviation22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Lasantha AlagiyawannaSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs22 March 201516 July 2015[10][11][12][13][33][34][35]
Ameer AliAll Ceylon Makkal CongressDeputy Minister of Housing and Samurdhi21 January 201517 August 2015[19][20][21]
Wasantha AluwihareUnited National PartyDeputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment21 January 201517 August 2015[19][20][21]
K. W. Shantha BandaraSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Mass Media22 March 201530 July 2015[10][11][12][13][36][37][38]
Wijaya DahanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs10 June 201517 August 2015[39][40][41]
Harsha de SilvaUnited National PartyDeputy Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Lalith DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Irrigation22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Sudarshani FernandopulleSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Higher Education and Research22 March 201516 July 2015[10][11][12][13][33][34][35]
Anoma GamageUnited National PartyDeputy Minister of Irrigation and Agriculture12 January 201522 March 2015[3][4][5][6]
Deputy Minister of Agriculture22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Dunesh GankandaUnited National PartyDeputy Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage Board14 January 201517 August 2015[3][42]
Sanath JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Regional Development10 June 201517 August 2015[39][40][41]
Tissa KaralliyaddeSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Buddha Sasana and Democratic Rule22 March 20152 April 2015[11][12][13][43][44]
Vijayakala MaheswaranUnited National PartyDeputy Minister of Women's Affairs12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Ajith PereraUnited National PartyDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
A. D. Champika PremadasaUnited National PartyDeputy Minister of Industry and Commerce12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
A. P. Jagath PushpakumaraSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Plantation Industries22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Ranjan RamanayakeUnited National PartyDeputy Minister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development21 January 201517 August 2015[19][20][21]
Wasantha SenanayakeUnited National PartyDeputy Minister of Tourism and Sports12 January 201517 August 2015[3][4][5][6]
Sujeewa SenasingheUnited National PartyDeputy Minister of Justice and Labour Relations12 January 201522 March 2015[3][4][5][6]
Deputy Minister of Justice22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Lakshman SenewiratneDeputy Minister of Disaster Management22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Ranjith SiyambalapitiyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Home Affairs22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Thilanga SumathipalaSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training10 June 201517 August 2015[39][40][41]
C. A. SuriyaarachchiDeputy Minister of Lands29 May 201517 August 2015[7][8][9]
Dayasritha ThisseraSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Fisheries22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
M. S. ThowfeekSri Lanka Muslim CongressDeputy Minister of Internal Transport21 January 201517 August 2015[19][20][21]
Erik WeerawardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Ports and Shipping10 June 201516 July 2015[39][40][41][33][34][35]
Eran WickramaratneUnited National PartyDeputy Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion12 January 201522 March 2015[3][4][5][6]
Deputy Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion22 March 201517 August 2015[10][11][12][13]
Neranjan Wickremasinghe✝Sri Lanka Freedom PartyDeputy Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs22 March 201512 May 2015[10][45][46]

✝ Died while in office.

Notes
  1. Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.

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