Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet
{{Short description|Government of Sri Lanka}}
{{Use Sri Lankan English|date=July 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
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| cabinet_name = Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet
| cabinet_type = Cabinet
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| jurisdiction = Sri Lanka
| flag = Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
| flag_border = true
| incumbent =
| image = Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| caption =
| date_formed = {{Start date|2020|08|12|df=y}}
| date_dissolved = {{End date|2022|04|03|df=y}}
| government_head = Gotabaya Rajapaksa
| government_head_history =
| deputy_government_head = Mahinda Rajapaksa
| state_head = Gotabaya Rajapaksa
| members_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number =69
| political_parties = {{Unbulleted list | {{Color box|{{party color|Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance}}|border=darkgray}} Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance | {{Color box|{{party color|Eelam People's Democratic Party}}|border=darkgray}} Eelam People's Democratic Party | {{Color box|{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|border=darkgray}} Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}
| legislature_status = Majority coalition {{Composition bar|150|225|{{party color|Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = {{Color box|{{party color|Samagi Jana Balawegaya}}|border=darkgray}} Samagi Jana Balawegaya
| opposition_leader = Sajith Premadasa
| election = 2020
| last_election =
| legislature_term = 16th
| budget =
| advice_and_consent1 =
| advice_and_consent2 =
| incoming_formation =
| outgoing_formation =
| previous = Gotabaya Rajapaksa I
| successor = Gotabaya Rajapaksa III
}}
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.{{Cite news |date=2022-04-03 |title=Sri Lanka's cabinet ministers resign as crisis protesters defy curfew |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60975941 |access-date=2022-04-03}}
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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| {{Sortname|Lasantha|Alagiyawanna}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"| | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center|{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Appointments & C., by the President |magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |date=13 August 2020 |issue=2188/43 |pages=1A–4A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/8/2188-43_E.pdf |accessdate=14 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}} |
| {{Sortname|Dilum|Amunugama}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Vehicle Regulation, Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments and Motor Car Industry | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Indika|Anuruddha}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural Housing and Construction and Building Material Industries | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Seetha|Arambepola}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Tharaka|Balasuriya}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Regional Co-operation | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Vijitha|Berugoda}} | align=center rowspan=2| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" rowspan=2| | rowspan=2|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Dhamma Schools, Bhikku Education, Piriven and Buddhist Universities | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center|{{Dts|2020|09|25|format=dmy}} | align=center|{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification |magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |date=6 October 2020 |issue=2196/26 |pages=1A–2A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/10/2196-26_E.pdf |accessdate=10 October 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}} |
| State Minister of Dhamma Schools, Pirivenas and Bhikkhu Education | align=center|{{Dts|2020|09|25|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center|{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President |magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |date=6 October 2020 |issue=2196/26 |page=2A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/10/2196-26_E.pdf |accessdate=10 October 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}} | ||||
| {{Sortname|Ajith Nivard|Cabraal}} | align=center|75px | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Money and Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|D. V.|Chanaka}} | align=center|75px | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Aviation and Export Zones Development | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Mohan|de Silva|Mohan de Silva (politician)}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Production and Supply of Fertilizer and Regulation of Chemical Fertilizer and Insecticide Use | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Piyal Nishantha|de Silva}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Women and Child Development, Pre-Schools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and School Services | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Duminda|Dissanayake}} | align=center|75px | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"| | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Solar Power, Wind and Hydro Power Generation Projects Development | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Wimalaweera|Dissanayake}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | 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 | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Arundika|Fernando}} | align=center rowspan=2| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" rowspan=2| | rowspan=2|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Coconut, Kithul, Palmyrah and Rubber Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing and Export Diversification | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center|{{Dts|2020|09|25|format=dmy}} | align=center| |
| State Minister of Coconut, Kithul and Palmyrah Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing and Export Diversification | align=center|{{Dts|2020|09|25|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| | ||||
| rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Sudarshani|Fernandopulle}} | align=center rowspan=2| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" rowspan=2| | rowspan=2|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Prisons Reforms and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center|{{Dts|2020|11|30|format=dmy}} | align=center|{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification |magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |date=4 December 2020 |issue=2204/28 |page=1A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/12/2204-28_E.pdf |accessdate=6 December 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}} |
| State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and Covid Disease Control | align=center|{{Dts|2020|11|30|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center|{{cite news |last1=Pothmulla |first1=Lahiru |title=Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle appointed Infectious Diseases & Covid-19 Prevention State Minister |url=http://www.themorning.lk/dr-sudarshani-fernandopulle-appointed-infectious-diseases-covid-19-prevention-state-minister/ |access-date=7 December 2020 |work=The Sunday Morning |date=30 November 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President |magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |date=4 December 2020 |issue=2204/28 |page=2A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/12/2204-28_E.pdf |accessdate=6 December 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}} | ||||
| {{Sortname|Siripala|Gamalath}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Canals and Common Infrastructure Development in Settlements in Mahaweli Zones | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Nalaka|Godahewa}} | align=center|75px | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|D. B.|Herath}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy and Egg Related Industries | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Kanaka|Herath}} | align=center rowspan=2| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" rowspan=2| | rowspan=2|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Company Estate Reforms, Tea Estate Related Crops, Tea Factory Modernization and Tea Export Promotion | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center|{{Dts|2020|09|25|format=dmy}} | align=center| |
| State Minister of Company Estate Reforms, Tea and Rubber Estates Related Crops Cultivation and Factories Modernization and Tea and Rubber Export Promotion | align=center|{{Dts|2020|09|25|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| | ||||
| {{Sortname|Sisira|Jayakody}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and Community Health | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Anuradha|Jayaratne}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Tanks, Reservoirs and Irrigation Development Related to Rural Paddy Fields | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Piyankara|Jayaratne}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotions and Market Diversification | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Dayasiri|Jayasekara}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"| | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Batik, Handloom and Local Apparel Products | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Channa|Jayasumana}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Nimal|Lanza}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Sanath|Nishantha}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural and Divisional Drinking Water Supply Projects Development | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Susil|Premajayantha}} | align=center|75px | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|26|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center|{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President |magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |date=3 September 2020 |issue=2191/34 |page=1A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/9/2191-34_E.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news |title=Susil Premajayantha sworn-in as State Minister |url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2020/08/26/local/227018/susil-premajayantha-sworn-state-minister |accessdate=10 October 2020 |work=Daily News |date=26 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news |last1=Farzan |first1=Zulfick |title=Susil Premajayantha takes oath as State Minister |url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2020/08/26/susil-premajayantha-takes-oath-as-state-minister/ |accessdate=10 October 2020 |work=News First |date=26 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}} |
| rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Chamal|Rajapaksa}} | align=center rowspan=2|75px | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" rowspan=2| | rowspan=2|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Internal Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center|{{Dts|2020|11|26|format=dmy}} | align=center|{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification |magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |date=26 November 2020 |issue=2203/33 |page=2A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/11/2203-33_E.pdf |accessdate=28 November 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}} |
| State Minister of National Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management | align=center|{{Dts|2020|11|26|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| | ||||
| {{Sortname|Shasheendra|Rajapaksa}} | align=center|75px | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | 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 | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Roshan|Ranasinghe}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Land Management, State Enterprises Land and Property Development | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Prasanna|Ranaweera}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rattan, Brass, Pottery, Furniture and Rural Industrial Promotion | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Lohan|Ratwatte}} | align=center rowspan=2| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" rowspan=2| | rowspan=2|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Gem and Jewelry Related Industries | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| State Minister of Prison Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation | align=center|{{Dts|2020|11|30|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center|{{cite news |title=Lohan Ratwatte made State Minister in charge of prisons |url=http://www.ft.lk/news/Lohan-Ratwatte-made-State-Minister-in-charge-of-prisons/56-709694 |access-date=7 December 2020 |work=Daily FT |date=3 December 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news |title=Lohan Ratwatte gets new State Ministry portfolio |url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2020/12/02/local/235023/lohan-ratwatte-gets-new-state-ministry-portfolio |access-date=7 December 2020 |work=Daily News |date=2 December 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}} | ||||
| {{Sortname|Jayantha|Samaraweera}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|National Freedom Front}};"| | National Freedom Front | State Minister of Warehouse Facilities, Container Yards, Port Supply Facilities and Boats and Shipping Industry Development | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Shehan|Semasinghe}} | align=center rowspan=2| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" rowspan=2| | rowspan=2|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment, Business Development and Underutilized State Resources Development | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center|{{Dts|2020|09|25|format=dmy}} | align=center| |
| State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment and Business Development | align=center|{{Dts|2020|09|25|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| | ||||
| {{Sortname|Jeevan|Thondaman}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Ceylon Workers' Congress}};"| | Ceylon Workers' Congress | State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Thenuka|Vidanagamage}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| rowspan=2|{{Sortname|S.|Viyalendiran}} | align=center rowspan=2| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" rowspan=2| | rowspan=2|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Postal Services and Professional Development of Journalists | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center|{{Dts|2020|10|06|format=dmy}} | align=center| |
| State Minister of Backward Rural Areas Development and Promotion of Domestic Animal Husbandry and Minor Economic Crop Cultivation | align=center|{{Dts|2020|10|06|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| | ||||
| {{Sortname|Janaka|Wakkumbura}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Development of Minor Crops including Sugarcane, Maize, Cashew, Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Betel Related Industries and Export Promotion | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Sarath|Weerasekara}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center|{{Dts|2020|11|26|format=dmy}} | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Vidura|Wickremanayake}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of National Heritage, Performing Arts and Rural Arts Promotion | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
| {{Sortname|Kanchana|Wijesekera}} | align=center| | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"| | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Ornamental Fish, Inland Fish and Prawn Farming, Fishery Harbour Development, Multiday Fishing Activities and Fish Exports | align=center|{{Dts|2020|08|12|format=dmy}} | align=center| | align=center| |
Notes
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