The second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It was formed in August 2020 after the parliamentary election and ended in April 2022 after all 26 cabinet ministers resigned en masse amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan protests.
Cabinet members Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution.
NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft office Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna President Minister of Defence Minister of Technology Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Prime Minister Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Minister of Economic Policy and Plan Implementation Minister of Finance Minister of Urban Development and Housing Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Ports and Shipping Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Power Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Agriculture Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Environment Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Lands Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Labour Eelam People's Democratic Party Minister of Fisheries Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Highways Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Minister of Energy 3 March 2022 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Trade Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Minister of Foreign Relations Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Transport Democratic Left Front Minister of Water Supply Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Plantation Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Education Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Finance Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Irrigation Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Youth and Sports Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Mass Media Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Tourism Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Justice Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Health Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Public Security National Freedom Front Minister of Industries 3 March 2022
State ministers Ministers appointed under article 44(1) of the constitution. NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft office Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Vehicle Regulation, Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments and Motor Car Industry Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Rural Housing and Construction and Building Material Industries Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Regional Co-operation Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Dhamma Schools, Bhikku Education, Piriven and Buddhist Universities State Minister of Dhamma Schools, Pirivenas and Bhikkhu Education Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Money and Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Aviation and Export Zones Development Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Production and Supply of Fertilizer and Regulation of Chemical Fertilizer and Insecticide Use Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Women and Child Development, Pre-Schools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and School Services Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Solar Power, Wind and Hydro Power Generation Projects Development Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Wildlife Protection, Adoption of Safety Measures including the Construction of Electrical Fences and Trenches and Reforeststation and Forest Resource Development Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Coconut, Kithul, Palmyrah and Rubber Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing and Export Diversification State Minister of Coconut, Kithul and Palmyrah Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing and Export Diversification Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Prisons Reforms and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and Covid Disease Control Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Canals and Common Infrastructure Development in Settlements in Mahaweli Zones Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy and Egg Related Industries Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Company Estate Reforms, Tea Estate Related Crops, Tea Factory Modernization and Tea Export Promotion State Minister of Company Estate Reforms, Tea and Rubber Estates Related Crops Cultivation and Factories Modernization and Tea and Rubber Export Promotion Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and Community Health Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Tanks, Reservoirs and Irrigation Development Related to Rural Paddy Fields Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotions and Market Diversification Sri Lanka Freedom Party State Minister of Batik, Handloom and Local Apparel Products Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Rural and Divisional Drinking Water Supply Projects Development Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Internal Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management State Minister of National Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Paddy and Grains, Organic Food, Vegetables, Fruits, Chillies, Onion and Potato Cultivation Promotion, Seed Production and Advanced Technology Agriculture Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Land Management, State Enterprises Land and Property Development Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Rattan, Brass, Pottery, Furniture and Rural Industrial Promotion Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Gem and Jewelry Related Industries State Minister of Prison Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation National Freedom Front State Minister of Warehouse Facilities, Container Yards, Port Supply Facilities and Boats and Shipping Industry Development Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment, Business Development and Underutilized State Resources Development State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment and Business Development Ceylon Workers' Congress State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Postal Services and Professional Development of Journalists State Minister of Backward Rural Areas Development and Promotion of Domestic Animal Husbandry and Minor Economic Crop Cultivation Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Development of Minor Crops including Sugarcane, Maize, Cashew, Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Betel Related Industries and Export Promotion Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of National Heritage, Performing Arts and Rural Arts Promotion Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna State Minister of Ornamental Fish, Inland Fish and Prawn Farming, Fishery Harbour Development, Multiday Fishing Activities and Fish Exports
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