First Sirisena cabinet

Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed| 12 January 2015 (2015-01-12)
Date dissolved| 17 August 2015 (2015-08-17)
People and organisations
Head of state| Maithripala Sirisena
Head of government| Maithripala Sirisena
Deputy head of government| Ranil Wickremesinghe
Total no. of members| 89
Member parties|

* United National Party
* Sri Lanka Freedom Party

Status in legislature| Minority government

60 / 225 (27%)

Opposition party|  Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Opposition leader| Nimal Siripala de Silva
History
Election| 2015 presidential
Outgoing election| 2015 parliamentary
Legislature term| 14th
Predecessor| Mahinda Rajapaksa
Successor| Sirisena II

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.

## Cabinet members

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

Name  | Portrait  | Party  | Office  | Took office  | Left office  | Refs.

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Maithripala Sirisena |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | President | 9 January 2015 | [a] | [1]
Minister of Defence | 9 January 2015 | [a] | [2]
Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment | 12 January 2015 | [a] |
Ranil Wickremesinghe |  |  | United National Party | Prime Minister | 9 January 2015 | [a] | [1]
Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | 29 May 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [7][8][9]
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 21 May 2015 | [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
John Amaratunga |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Mahinda Amaraweera |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development | 22 March 2015 | [a] | [10][11][12][13]
Sarath Amunugama |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Higher Education and Research | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Thalatha Atukorale |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Foreign Employment | 12 January 2015 | [a] | [3][4][5][6]
Risad Badhiutheen |  |  | All Ceylon Makkal Congress | Minister of Industry and Commerce | 12 January 2015 | [a] | [3][4][5][6]
R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Internal Transport | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Reginald Cooray |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Aviation | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Palani Digambaran |  |  | National Union of Workers | Minister of Plantation Infrastructure Development | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Duminda Dissanayake |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Irrigation and Agriculture | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Minister of Agriculture | 22 March 2015 | [a] | [10][11][12][13]
Navin Dissanayake |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Tourism and Sports | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
S. B. Dissanayake |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Rural Economic Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
A. H. M. Fowzie |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Disaster Management | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Piyasena Gamage |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
M. K. D. S. Gunawardena |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party[17][18] | Minister of Lands | 12 January 2015 | [a] | [3][4][5][6]
Rauff Hakeem |  |  | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
M. H. A. Haleem |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Muslim Religious Affairs and Posts | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [19][20][21]
P. Harrison |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Kabir Hashim |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Women's Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Karu Jayasuriya |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Buddha Sasana | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Democratic Governance | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Akila Viraj Kariyawasam |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Education | 12 January 2015 | [a] | [3][4][5][6]
Ravi Karunanayake |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Finance | 12 January 2015 | [a] | [3][4][5][6]
Gayantha Karunatileka |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Mass Media and Parliamentary Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Minister of Mass Media | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Lakshman Kiriella |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Plantation Industries | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
S. B. Nawinne |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Labour | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Felix Perera |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Special Projects | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Food Security | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
M. Joseph Michael Perera |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Minister of Home Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Sajith Premadasa |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Housing and Samurdhi | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Justice and Labour Relations | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Minister of Justice | 22 March 2015 | [a] | [10][11][12][13]
Arjuna Ranatunga |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party[22][23] | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Minister of Ports and Shipping | 22 March 2015 | [a] | [10][11][12][13]
Champika Ranawaka |  |  | Jathika Hela Urumaya | Minister of Power and Energy | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Mangala Samaraweera |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 12 January 2015 | [a] | [3][4][5][6]
Rajitha Senaratne |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party[17][18] | Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine | 12 January 2015 | [a] | [3][4][5][6]
Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Irrigation | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
D. M. Swaminathan |  |  | United National Party | Minister of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Provincial Councils and Regional Development | 22 March 2015 | 24 July 2015 | [10][11][12][13][24][25][26]

## State ministers

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

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Hasen Ali |  |  | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | State Minister of Health | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [19][20][21]
Palitha Range Bandara |  |  | United National Party | State Minister of Power and Energy | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Pandu Bandaranaike |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Public Administration and Democratic Governance | 29 May 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [7][8][9]
Nandimithra Ekanayake |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Culture | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Hemal Gunasekara |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Housing and Samurdhi | 29 May 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [7][8][9]
Jeewan Kumaranatunga |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Labour | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Faiszer Musthapha |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Aviation | 12 January 2015 | 9 February 2015 | [3][4][5][6][27][28][29]
Dilan Perera |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Housing and Samurdhi | 22 March 2015 | 21 May 2015 | [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Niroshan Perera |  |  | United National Party | State Minister of Youth Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Velusami Radhakrishnan |  |  | Up-Country People's Front | State Minister of Education | 12 January 2015 | [a] | [3][4][5][6]
C. B. Rathnayake |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Public Administration and Democratic Governance | 22 March 2015 | 21 May 2015 | [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Mahinda Samarasinghe |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Finance | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Rosy Senanayake |  |  | United National Party | State Minister of Children's Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Environment | 29 May 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [7][8][9]
K. Velayudam |  |  | United National Party | State Minister of Plantation Industries | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Environment | 22 March 2015 | 21 May 2015 | [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Dilip Wedaarachchi |  |  | United National Party | State Minister of Fisheries | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Rajiva Wijesinha |  |  | Liberal Party | State Minister of Higher Education | 12 January 2015 | 17 February 2015 | [3][4][5][6][30][31][32]
Ruwan Wijewardene |  |  | United National Party | State Minister of Defence | 12 January 2015 | [a] | [3][4][5][6]

## Deputy ministers

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

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Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena |  |  |  | Deputy Minister of Aviation | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Lasantha Alagiyawanna |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 16 July 2015 | [10][11][12][13][33][34][35]
Ameer Ali |  |  | All Ceylon Makkal Congress | Deputy Minister of Housing and Samurdhi | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [19][20][21]
Wasantha Aluwihare |  |  | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [19][20][21]
K. W. Shantha Bandara |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Mass Media | 22 March 2015 | 30 July 2015 | [10][11][12][13][36][37][38]
Wijaya Dahanayake |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs | 10 June 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [39][40][41]
Harsha de Silva |  |  | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Lalith Dissanayake |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Irrigation | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Sudarshani Fernandopulle |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Research | 22 March 2015 | 16 July 2015 | [10][11][12][13][33][34][35]
Anoma Gamage |  |  | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Irrigation and Agriculture | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Deputy Minister of Agriculture | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Dunesh Gankanda |  |  | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage Board | 14 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][42]
Sanath Jayasuriya |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Regional Development | 10 June 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [39][40][41]
Tissa Karalliyadde |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana and Democratic Rule | 22 March 2015 | 2 April 2015 | [11][12][13][43][44]
Vijayakala Maheswaran |  |  | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Women's Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Ajith Perera |  |  | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
A. D. Champika Premadasa |  |  | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Ranjan Ramanayake |  |  | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [19][20][21]
Wasantha Senanayake |  |  | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Tourism and Sports | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Sujeewa Senasinghe |  |  | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Justice and Labour Relations | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Deputy Minister of Justice | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Lakshman Senewiratne |  |  |  | Deputy Minister of Disaster Management | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Thilanga Sumathipala |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training | 10 June 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [39][40][41]
C. A. Suriyaarachchi |  |  |  | Deputy Minister of Lands | 29 May 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [7][8][9]
Dayasritha Thissera |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Fisheries | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
M. S. Thowfeek |  |  | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Deputy Minister of Internal Transport | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [19][20][21]
Erik Weerawardena |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping | 10 June 2015 | 16 July 2015 | [39][40][41][33][34][35]
Eran Wickramaratne |  |  | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | [3][4][5][6]
Deputy Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | [10][11][12][13]
Neranjan Wickremasinghe✝ |  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 12 May 2015 | [10][45][46]

✝ Died while in office.

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.

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