Second Sirisena cabinet

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| jurisdiction = Sri Lanka

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| image = Maithripala- Russia (cropped).jpg

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| date_formed = {{Start date|2015|08|24 |df=y}}

| date_dissolved = {{End date|2018|10|26 |df=y}}

| government_head = Maithripala Sirisena

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| deputy_government_head = Ranil Wickremesinghe

| state_head = Maithripala Sirisena

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| total_number =116

| political_parties = {{Unbulleted list | {{Color box|{{party color|United National Front for Good Governance}}|border=darkgray}} United National Front for Good Governance | {{Color box|{{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}|border=darkgray}} United People's Freedom Alliance }}

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| opposition_party = {{Color box|{{party color|Tamil National Alliance}}|border=darkgray}} Tamil National Alliance

| opposition_leader = R. Sampanthan

| election = 2015

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| legislature_term = 15th

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| previous = Sirisena I

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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.

Cabinet members

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

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rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Maithripala\|Sirisena}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	President	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous\|Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.}}	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Next\|Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1896_29/1896_29%20%28E%29.pdf \|date=10 January 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General Government Notifications Proclamation \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1896/29 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132428/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1896_29/1896_29%20%28E%29.pdf \|archive-date=28 January 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}
Minister of Defence	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Next}}	align=center\|{{cite web \|title=Government Ministers \|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/Govt_Ministers/Indexministers.html\|publisher=Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204130931/http://www.priu.gov.lk/Govt_Ministers/Indexministers.html \|archive-date=4 December 2003 \|df=dmy-all}}
Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Next}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Ranil\|Wickremesinghe}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Prime Minister	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1929_02/1929_02%28E%29.pdf \|date=24 August 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1929/02 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223734/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1929_02/1929_02%28E%29.pdf \|archive-date=23 September 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{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 October 2018 \|issue=2094/43 \|page=1A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/10/2094-43_E.pdf \|accessdate=29 October 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Sri Lanka in political turmoil after prime minister Wickremesinghe sacked \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/27/sri-lanka-in-turmoil-after-prime-minister-wickremesinghe-sacked \|accessdate=28 October 2018 \|work=The Guardian \|date=27 October 2018 \|location=London, U.K.}}{{cite news \|title=Sri Lanka plunges into crisis as President Maithripala Sirisena sacks Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe \|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka-president-maithripala-sirisena-sacks-prime-minister-ranil-wickremesinghe \|accessdate=28 October 2018 \|work=The Straits Times \|agency=Agence France-Presse \|date=26 October 2018 \|location=Singapore}}
Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_07/1932_07%20E.pdf \|date=14 September 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1932/07}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=New Cabinet \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=4 September 2015}}{{cite news \|title=The new Cabinet \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=4 September 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907020713/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html \|archive-date=7 September 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{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 October 2018 \|issue=2094/43A \|page=1A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/10/2094-43_E.pdf \|accessdate=29 October 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Law and Order	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|03\|08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|last1=Marasinghe \|first1=Sandasen \|last2=Mallawaarachchi \|first2=Amali \|title=President reshuffles UNP pack \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/02/26/local/143918/president-reshuffles-unp-pack \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=26 February 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=PM sworn is as law and order minister in low key reshuffle \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=180547 \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=The Island \|date=26 February 2018 \|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=14 March 2018 \|issue=2062/27 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2062-27_E.pdf \|accessdate=20 March 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Vajira\|Abeywardena}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Home Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|John\|Amaratunga}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Lands	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|03\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2016/PDF/Mar/1957_20/1957_20%28E%29.pdf \|date=10 March 2016 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1957/20}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=Amarathunga sworn in as Lands Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/106264/Amarathunga-sworn-in-as-Lands-Minister \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=2 March 2016}}{{cite news \|title=John Amaratunga took oath as the Minister of Lands before President Maithripala Sirisena ..... \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=141337 \|work=The Island \|date=3 March 2016}}
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Amaraweera}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf \|date=26 March 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1907/48 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223820/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf \|archive-date=23 September 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news \|title=More Ministers appointed \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/66935/more-ministers-appointed \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=22 March 2015}}{{cite news \|title=Cabinet balloons to 40 as 26 more SLFPers luck out \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=121883 \|work=The Island \|date=23 March 2015}}{{cite news \|last1=Weerasinghe \|first1=Chamikara \|title=SLFPers take oaths as ministers in National Govt \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/slfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt \|work=Daily News \|date=23 March 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329061438/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fslfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt \|archive-date=29 March 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{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=1 May 2018 \|issue=2069/17 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/5/2069-17_E.pdf \|accessdate=5 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Agriculture	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=18 Ministers sworn in at Cabinet reshuffle \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/149335/-Ministers-sworn-in-at-Cabinet-reshuffle \|accessdate=13 May 2018 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=1 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Jayawardene \|first1=Feron \|title=Eighteen new Ministers sworn-in by President \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/05/02/local/149802/eighteen-new-ministers-sworn-president \|accessdate=13 May 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=2 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Sarath\|Amunugama\|Sarath Amunugama (politician)}}	align=center rowspan=4\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Special Assignment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Oct/1937_36/G%2022531%20%28E%29.pdf \|date=24 October 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1937/36}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=Dr. Sarath Amunugama sworn in as Minister \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=political/dr-sarath-amunugama-sworn-minister \|work=Daily News \|date=24 October 2015}}{{cite news \|last1=Fernando \|first1=Tharushan \|title=Dr. Amunugama sworn in as Minister for Special Assignments \|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2015/10/dr-amunugama-sworn-in-as-minister-for-special-assignments/115431 \|work=News First \|date=23 October 2015}}
Minister of Science, Technology and Research	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Four Acting Ministers sworn-in \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/04/13/local/148350/four-acting-ministers-sworn?page=11 \|accessdate=13 May 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=13 April 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Dias \|first1=Keshala \|title=President appoints acting ministers \|url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2018/04/president-appoints-acting-ministers/ \|accessdate=12 May 2018 \|work=News First \|date=12 April 2018 \|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=19 April 2018 \|issue=2067/9 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/4/2067-09_E.pdf \|accessdate=21 April 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development, Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Thalatha\|Atukorale}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Foreign Employment	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf \|date=18 January 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1897/16 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115111/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf \|archive-date=28 January 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news \|title=New Cabinet ministers sworn in \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61073/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=12 January 2015}}{{cite news \|title=New Cabinet takes oaths \|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html \|work=The Nation \|date=12 January 2015\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118145912/http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html\|archivedate=18 January 2015}}{{cite news \|last1=Imtiaz \|first1=Zahrah \|last2=Moramudali \|first2=Umesh \|title=27-member cabinet 10 State ministers 08 Deputy ministers \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=13 January 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118144216/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html \|archive-date=18 January 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite magazine \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|date=14 March 2018 \|issue=2062/26 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2062-26_E.pdf \|accessdate=17 March 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Justice	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Thalatha new Justice Minister \|url=https://ceylontoday.lk/print20170401CT20170630.php?id=28525 \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=26 August 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Thalatha Atukorale appointed as Sri Lanka's justice minister \|url=http://www.tamilguardian.com/content/thalatha-atukorale-appointed-sri-lankas-justice-minister \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=Tamil Guardian \|date=25 August 2017}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/9/2036-30_E.pdf \|date=14 September 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2036/30 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Risad\|Badhiutheen}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|All Ceylon Makkal Congress}};"\|	All Ceylon Makkal Congress	Minister of Industry and Commerce	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|R. M. Ranjith Madduma\|Bandara}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Public Administration and Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Law and Order	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|03\|08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Ranjith Madduma Bandara new Law and Order Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/146949/Ranjith-Madduma-Bandara-new-Law-and-Order-Minister \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=8 March 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Ranjith Madduma Bandara appointed Law and Order Minister \|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2018/03/08/ranjith-madduma-bandara-appointed-law-and-order-minister/ \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=The Sunday Leader/Colombo Gazette \|date=8 March 2018 \|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=22 March 2018 \|issue=2063/39 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2063-39_E.pdf \|accessdate=24 March 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Public Administration, Management, Law and Order	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Nimal Siripala\|de Silva}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Transport	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Oct/1938_14/1938_14%20E.pdf \|date=30 October 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1938/14}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Sortname\|Palani\|Digambaran}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)}};"\|	National Union of Workers	Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Duminda\|Dissanayake}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Agriculture	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Navin\|Dissanayake}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Plantation Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|S. B.\|Dissanayake}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	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=26 May 2017 \|issue=2020/76 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/5/2020-76_E.pdf \|accessdate=27 May 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Nine Ministers take oaths following Cabinet reshuffle \|url=http://dailynews.lk/2017/05/22/local/116604/nine-ministers-take-oaths-following-cabinet-reshuffle \|accessdate=28 May 2017 \|work=Daily News \|date=22 May 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Cabinet reshuffle: 9 portfolios change \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/article20170401CT20170930.php?id=5170 \|accessdate=28 May 2017 \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=22 May 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Harin\|Fernando}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Sarath\|Fonseka}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)}};"\|	Democratic Party	rowspan=2\|Minister of Regional Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|06\|30\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2016/PDF/Mar/1956_23/1956_23%20E.pdf \|date=2 March 2016 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1956/23}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=Sarath Fonseka sworn in as Sri Lanka minister \|url=http://www.arabnews.com/news/886466 \|work=Arab News \|agency=Reuters \|date=26 February 2016}}{{cite news \|title=SF Regional Development Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/105983/SF-Regional-Development-Minister \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=25 February 2016}}{{cite news \|title=Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka sworn in as Regional Development Minister \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2016/02/26/local/field-marshal-sarath-fonseka-sworn-regional-development-minister \|work=Daily News \|date=26 February 2016}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|06\|30\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Fonseka joins UNP, becomes Kelaniya organizer \|url=http://www.ft.lk/article/552134/ft \|work=Daily FT \|date=1 July 2016}}{{cite news \|title=Ex-Lanka army chief Fonseka joins ruling UNP \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ex-lanka-army-chief-fonseka-joins-ruling-unp/1/705009.html \|work=India Today \|agency=Press Trust of India \|date=30 June 2016}}
Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Daya\|Gamage}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Primary Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Social Welfare and Primary Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Mano\|Ganesan}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Democratic People's Front}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Democratic People's Front	Minister of National Dialogue	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Dec/1945_40/1945_40%20E.pdf \|date=18 December 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1945/40}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|M. K. D. S.\|Gunawardena}}^✝	align=center\|75px		Democratic National Movement{{cite news \|last1=Edirisinghe \|first1=Dasun \|title=DNM demands vacant UNP seat \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=138992 \|work=The Island \|date=22 January 2016}}{{cite news \|last1=Gooneratne \|first1=Lankesh \|title=Ekanayake scotches rumours \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-116880-news-detail-ekanayake-scotches-rumours.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607144930/https://ceylontoday.lk/51-116880-news-detail-ekanayake-scotches-rumours.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=7 June 2020 \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=2 February 2016}}	Minister of Lands	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|01\|19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|last1=Riza \|first1=Shaahidah \|title=M.K.D.S. no more \|url=https://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-115667-news-detail-mkds-no-more.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=20 January 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129060437/https://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-115667-news-detail-mkds-no-more.html \|archive-date=29 January 2016 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news \|title=Minister M.K.A.D.S Gunawardana passes away \|url=http://nation.lk/online/2016/01/19/26713/ \|work=The Nation \|date=19 January 2016\|access-date=23 January 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204023745/http://nation.lk/online/2016/01/19/26713/ \|archive-date=4 February 2016 \|url-status=dead}}
{{Sortname\|Rauff\|Hakeem}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}};"\|	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	Minister of City Planning and Water Supply	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|M. H. A.\|Haleem}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Post, Postal Service and Muslim Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\| {{Sortname\|P.\|Harrison}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Rural Economy	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Social Empowerment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Kabir\|Hashim}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Public Enterprise Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Higher Education and Highways	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Highways and Road Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Dayasiri\|Jayasekara}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Sports	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Chandrani Bandara\|Jayasinghe}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Women and Child Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Akila Viraj\|Kariyawasam}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Education	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Ravi\|Karunanayake}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Finance	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Foreign Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|last1=Aneez \|first1=Shihar \|last2=Sirilal \|first2=Ranga \|title=Sri Lanka foreign minister resigns over corruption charges \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-corruption-idUSKBN1AQ0Y5 \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=Reuters \|date=10 August 2017}}{{cite news \|title=Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister resigns over alleged scandal \|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/world/sri-lankas-foreign-minister-resigns-over-alleged-scandal-4790668/ \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=The Indian Express \|agency=Press Trust of India \|date=10 August 2017 \|location=Noida, India}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/8/2033-42_E.pdf \|date=23 August 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2033/42 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Gayantha\|Karunatileka}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Lakshman\|Kiriella}}	align=center rowspan=4\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|United National Party	Minister of University Education and Highways	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Higher Education and Highways	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Public Enterprises and Kandy Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy City Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Tilak\|Marapana}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Nov/1941_26/1941_26%20E.pdf \|date=19 November 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1941/26}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=Video: Marapana resigns \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/94531/marapana-resigns \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=9 November 2015}}{{cite news \|last1=Dissanayake \|first1=Ridma \|title=Marapana resigns \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2015/11/10/local/marapana-resigns \|work=Daily News \|date=10 November 2015}}
Minister of Development Assignments	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Foreign Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|15\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Tilak Marapana sworn in as new Foreign Affairs Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Tilak-Marapana-sworn-in-as-new-Foreign-Affairs-Minister-134712.html \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=15 August 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Tilak Marapana named Sri Lanka's new foreign minister \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/tilak-marapana-named-sri-lankas-new-foreign-minister/2017/08/15/b3c19528-81b7-11e7-9e7a-20fa8d7a0db6_story.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815145308/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/tilak-marapana-named-sri-lankas-new-foreign-minister/2017/08/15/b3c19528-81b7-11e7-9e7a-20fa8d7a0db6_story.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=15 August 2017 \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|newspaper=The Washington Post \|agency=Associated Press \|date=15 August 2017 \|location=Washington D.C., U.S.A.}}
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Faiszer\|Musthapha}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_69/1932_69%20E.pdf \|date=18 September 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1932/69}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=Three more Cabinet ministers appointed \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86647/three-more-cabinet-ministers-appointed \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=9 September 2015}}{{cite news \|title=Another defeated SLFPer appointed cabinet minister \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=131460 \|work=The Island \|date=10 September 2015}}
Minister of Sports	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|S. B.\|Nawinne}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Gamini Jayawickrama\|Perera}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Buddha Sasana	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Sajith\|Premadasa}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Housing and Construction	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Susil\|Premajayanth}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Technology, Technical Education and Employment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Science, Technology and Research	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1933_17/1933_17%20E.pdf \|date=22 September 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1933/17}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Wijeyadasa\|Rajapakshe}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Justice	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1929_15/1929_15%20E.pdf \|date=26 August 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1929/15 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223738/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1929_15/1929_15%20E.pdf \|archive-date=23 September 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news \|title=Three Cabinet Ministers sworn in \|url=http://nation.lk/online/2015/08/24/three-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in/ \|work=The Nation \|date=24 August 2015}}{{cite news \|title=Three ministers sworn –in today \|url=https://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-101818-news-detail-three-ministers-sworn-in-today.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=24 August 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129092059/https://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-101818-news-detail-three-ministers-sworn-in-today.html \|archive-date=29 January 2016 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news \|title=Sri Lankan justice minister sacked over criticism of Chinese port deal \|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-justiceminister-idUKL4N1L941I \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828232731/https://uk.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-justiceminister-idUKL4N1L941I \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=28 August 2017 \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=Reuters \|date=23 August 2017}}{{cite news \|title=Sri Lanka justice minister fired for criticising China deal \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/sri-lanka-justice-minister-fired-for-criticising-china-deal/story-tOmLYlZ4RRiQnIQdTUxu3J.html \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=23 August 2017 \|location=New Delhi, India}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/8/2034-12_E.pdf \|date=28 August 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2034/12 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Buddha Sasana	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/8/2034-11_E.pdf \|date=28 August 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2034/11 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Arjuna\|Ranatunga}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Democratic National Movement	Minister of Ports and Shipping	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Petroleum Resources Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Champika\|Ranawaka}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Jathika Hela Urumaya}};"\|	Jathika Hela Urumaya	Minister of Megapolis and Western Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Sagala\|Ratnayaka}}	align=center rowspan=4\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|United National Party	Minister of Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Sagala, Swaminathan sworn in as Ministers \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/94911/sagala-swaminathan-sworn-in-as-ministers \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=11 November 2015}}{{cite news \|last1=Santiago \|first1=Melanie \|title=Update: Ministers Sagala Ratnayaka and Swaminathan given additional portfolios \|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2015/11/ministers-sagala-rathnayake-and-d-m-swaminathan-given-additional-portfolios/117551 \|work=News First \|date=11 November 2015}}
Minister of Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Youth Affairs, Project Management and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Samarasinghe}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Ports and Shipping	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Mangala\|Samaraweera}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Foreign Affairs	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Finance and Mass Media	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Ravindra\|Samaraweera}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Malik\|Samarawickrama}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Rajitha\|Senaratne}}	align=center\|75px		Democratic National Movement	Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|John\|Senewiratne}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Ranjith\|Siyambalapitiya}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Power and Renewable Energy	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Disaster Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni\|Soysa}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Irrigation and Water Resource Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|D. M.\|Swaminathan}}	align=center rowspan=4\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|United National Party	Minister of Rehabilitation and Resettlement	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|08\|24\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Chandima\|Weerakkody}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Petroleum and Gas	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Petroleum Resources Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Anura Priyadharshana\|Yapa}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Disaster Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|

State ministers

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

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rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Lakshman Yapa\|Abeywardena}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Finance	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=New State and Deputy Ministers \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86665/state-and-deputy-ministers \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=9 September 2015}}{{cite news \|title=State and Deputy Ministers take oaths (Updated Full List) \|url=http://nation.lk/online/2015/09/09/state-and-deputy-ministers-take-oaths/ \|work=The Nation \|date=9 September 2015\|access-date=12 September 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910214552/http://nation.lk/online/2015/09/09/state-and-deputy-ministers-take-oaths/ \|archive-date=10 September 2015 \|url-status=dead}}{{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=2 June 2017 \|issue=2021/53 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/6/2021-53_E.pdf \|accessdate=18 June 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
State Minister of Public Enterprise Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=New State Ministers and Deputy Ministers \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=166002 \|accessdate=18 June 2017 \|work=The Island \|date=1 June 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=New State Ministers and Deputy Ministers sworn in \|url=http://www.ft.lk/article/619191/New-State-Ministers-and-Deputy-Ministers-sworn-in \|accessdate=18 June 2017 \|work=Daily FT \|date=1 June 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|J. C.\|Alawathuwala}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Home Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|07\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	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=18 July 2018 \|issue=2080/41 \|pages=1A–2A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/7/2080-41_E.pdf \|accessdate=21 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=J.C. Alawathuwala, Lucky Jayawardana appointed in new State Ministerial posts \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/07/10/local/156445/jc-alawathuwala-lucky-jayawardana-appointed-new-state-ministerial-posts \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=10 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=President appoints two new State Ministers \|url=http://www.ft.lk/news/President-appoints-two-new-State-Ministers/56-658820 \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily FT \|date=11 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Ranjith\|Aluwihare}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	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 July 2018 \|issue=2078/14 \|pages=1A–2A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/7/2078-14_E.pdf \|accessdate=4 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Seven new State and Deputy Ministers appointed \|url=http://www.ft.lk/news/Seven-new-State-and-Deputy-Ministers-appointed/56-657110 \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily FT \|date=13 June 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=New State Ministers & Deputy Ministers sworn in \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/06/13/political/153711/new-state-ministers-deputy-ministers-sworn \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=13 June 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Wasantha\|Aluwihare}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Agriculture	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Amaraweera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Mahaweli Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|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=17 May 2018 \|issue=2071/59 \|page=2A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/5/2071-59_E.pdf \|accessdate=19 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Palitha Range\|Bandara}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	State Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Irrigation	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|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=2 May 2018 \|issue=2069/23 \|pages=3A–4A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/5/2069-23_E.pdf \|accessdate=5 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources and Disaster Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	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=2 May 2018 \|issue=2069/23 \|pages=1A–2A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/5/2069-23_E.pdf \|accessdate=5 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Narin \|first1=Jordana \|title=New State and Deputy Ministers sworn in before President \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/05/02/political/149807/new-state-and-deputy-ministers-sworn-president \|accessdate=29 October 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=2 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Swearing in ceremony of new State Ministers and Deputy Ministers commences \|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1042807/sworn-in-ceremony-of-new-state-ministers-and-deputy-ministers-commences \|accessdate=29 October 2018 \|work=The Sunday Times \|date=2 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Harsha\|de Silva}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Weerakumara\|Dissanayake}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Mahaweli Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|T. B.\|Ekanayake}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Lands	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Sudarshani\|Fernandopulle}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|A. H. M.\|Fowzie}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of National Integration and Reconciliation	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of National Unity and Co-existence	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	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=17 May 2018 \|issue=2071/59 \|page=1A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/5/2071-59_E.pdf \|accessdate=19 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=A.H.M. Fowzie sworn in as State Minister for National Unity and Reconciliation \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/05/11/political/150644/ahm-fowzie-sworn-state-minister-national-unity-and-reconciliation?page=31 \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=11 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Piyasena\|Gamage}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|12\|28\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Piyasena Gamage sworn in as State Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Piyasena-Gamage-sworn-in-as-State-Minister-142980.html \|accessdate=31 December 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=28 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Piyasena Gamage new State Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development \|url=http://www.ft.lk/news/Piyasena-Gamage-new-State-Minister-of-Law-and-Order-and-Southern-Development/56-646137 \|accessdate=31 December 2017 \|work=Daily FT \|date=29 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/1/2054-25_E.pdf \|date=15 January 2018 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2054/25 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
State Minister of Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Youth Affairs, Project Management and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Mohan Lal\|Grero}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of University Education	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Higher Education	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|M. L. A. M.\|Hizbullah}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Rehabilitation and Resettlement	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Highways and Road Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Piyankara\|Jayaratne}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Dec/1947_10/1947_10%20E.pdf \|date=28 December 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1947/10}}{{Dead link \|date=May 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|last1=Hannan \|first1=Rishan \|title=Piyankara Jayaratne sworn in as State Minister of Local Governments \|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2015/12/breaking-news-priyankara-jayaratne-sworn-in-as-state-minister-of-local-governments/122176 \|work=News First \|date=21 December 2015}}{{cite news \|title=New State Minister and Deputy Minister sworn in \|url=http://www.ft.lk/article/511657/New-State-Minister-and-Deputy-Minister-sworn-in \|work=Daily FT \|date=22 December 2015}}
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Lucky\|Jayawardena}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	State Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure & Community Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|07\|10\|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=18 July 2018 \|issue=2080/41 \|page=2A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/7/2080-41_E.pdf \|accessdate=21 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|07\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Vijayakala\|Maheswaran}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Child Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|07\|05\|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=11 July 2018 \|issue=2079/41 \|page=1A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/7/2079-41_E.pdf \|accessdate=21 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Vijayakala resigns \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/152281/Vijayakala-resigns \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=5 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Abeysinghe \|first1=Shiromi \|title=Vijayakala resigns \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/07/06/local/156089/vijayakala-resigns \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=6 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Ajith\|Perera}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Dilan\|Perera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Highways	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Niroshan\|Perera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|A. D. Champika\|Premadasa}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	State Minister of Industry and Commerce Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Plantation Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Velusami\|Radhakrishnan}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Up-Country People's Front}};"\|	Up-Country People's Front	State Minister of Education	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Ravindra\|Samaraweera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Wasantha\|Senanayake}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Foreign Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Sujeewa\|Senasinghe}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of International Trade	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Lakshman\|Senewiratne}}	rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Science, Technology and Research	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|04\|06\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2016/PDF/Apr/1962_08/1962_08%28E%29.pdf \|date=12 April 2016 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1962/08}}{{cite news \|title=Two deputy ministers and a state minister appointed \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/107932/Two-deputy-ministers-and-a-state-minister-appointed- \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=6 April 2016}}{{cite news \|last1=Jabbar \|first1=Zacki \|title=Three more ministers \|url=http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=143344 \|work=The Island \|date=7 April 2016 \|access-date=19 January 2020 \|archive-date=9 April 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409171531/http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=143344 \|url-status=dead }}
State Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Dilip\|Wedaarachchi}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Eran\|Wickramaratne}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Finance	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Ruwan\|Wijewardene}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Defence	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Sriyani\|Wijewickrama}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|12\|15\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Sriyani Wijewickrema sworn in as the Provincial Councils and Local Government State Minister \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/12/16/political/137529/sriyani-wijewickrema-sworn-provincial-councils-and-local-government \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=Daily News \|date=16 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Sriyani sworn in as State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government \|url=http://www.ft.lk/news/Sriyani-sworn-in-as-State-Minister-of-Provincial-Councils-and-Local-Government/56-645356 \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=Daily FT \|date=16 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/12/2050-47_E.pdf \|date=22 December 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2050/47 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|

Deputy ministers

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

scope=col\|Name ! scope=col class=unsortable\|Portrait ! scope=col colspan="2"\|Party ! scope=col width=300px\|Office ! scope=col\|Took office ! scope=col\|Left office ! scope=col width=50px class=unsortable\|{{Tooltip\|{{sup\|Refs.}}\|References}}
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Ashoka\|Abeysinghe}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Transport	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Lasantha\|Alagiyawanna}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Megapolis and Western Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Finance and Mass Media	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|J. C.\|Alawathuwala}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|07\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Ameer\|Ali\|Ameer Ali (politician)}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|All Ceylon Makkal Congress}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|All Ceylon Makkal Congress	Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Indika\|Bandaranaike}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Tharanath\|Basnayake}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Harsha\|de Silva}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Cassim\|Faizal}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}};"\|	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	Deputy Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Arundika\|Fernando}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|09\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Sri Lankan deputy Minister sacked \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/sri-lankan-deputy-minister-sacked/article19671857.ece \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=The Hindu \|agency=Press Trust of India \|date=12 September 2017 \|location=Chennai, India}}{{cite news \|title=Arundika sacked \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/09/13/local/128079/arundika-sacked?page=4007 \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=Daily News \|date=13 September 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/9/2036-20_E.pdf \|date=12 September 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2036/20 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Anoma\|Gamage}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Petroleum and Petroleum Gas Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Petroleum Resources Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Dunesh\|Gankanda}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Disaster Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Edward\|Gunasekara}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|H. M. M.\|Harees}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	Deputy Minister of Sports	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy City Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Nalin Bandara\|Jayamaha}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Management and Law and Order	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Anuradha\|Jayaratne}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Two more Dy. Ministers sworn in \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86799/two-more-dy-ministers-sworn-in \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=10 September 2015}}{{cite news \|title=Two more Deputy Ministers sworn in \|url=http://nation.lk/online/2015/09/10/two-more-deputy-ministers-sworn-in/ \|work=The Nation \|date=10 September 2015}}
{{Sortname\|Sumedha G.\|Jayasena}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Nimal\|Lanza}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|12\|19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Nimal Lanza resigns as Deputy Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Nimal-Lanza-resigns-as-Deputy-Minister-142451.html \|accessdate=31 December 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=19 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Palihawadana \|first1=Norman \|title=Lanza says high CoL made him resign \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=176880 \|accessdate=31 December 2017 \|work=The Island \|date=20 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/1/2055-10_E.pdf \|date=23 January 2018 \|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2055/10 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Ajith\|Mannapperuma}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Environment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Cader Cader\|Masthan}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Northern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Dushmantha\|Mithrapala}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Justice	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Seyed Ali Zahir\|Moulana}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}};"\|	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	Deputy Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Nishantha\|Muthuhettigama}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Manusha\|Nanayakkara}}	rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|04\|06\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Karu\|Paranawithana}}	align=center rowspan=4\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|03\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Karu Paranavitrhana sworn in as Deputy Minister of Parliament Reforms and Mass Media \|url=http://www.news.lk/news/sri-lanka/item/11177-karu-paranavitrhana-sworn-in-as-deputy-minister-of-parliament-reforms-and-mass-media \|work=news.lk \|date=5 December 2015}}
Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Buddhika\|Pathirana}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=UNP MP Buddika Pathirana sworn in as Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce \|url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2018/06/19/unp-mp-buddika-pathirana-sworn-in-as-deputy-minister-of-industry-and-commerce/ \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=News First \|date=19 June 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Buddhika Pathirana sworn in as Deputy Minister \|url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news/48176/buddhika-pathirana-sworn-in-as-deputy-minister \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Ada Derana \|date=19 June 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Ajith\|Perera}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Lakshman Wasantha\|Perera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Susantha\|Punchinilame}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Angajan\|Ramanathan}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Agriculture	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Ranjan\|Ramanayake}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Muthu\|Sivalingam}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Ceylon Workers' Congress}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Ceylon Workers' Congress	Deputy Minister of Primary Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|15\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Muthu Sivalingam appointed Primary Industries Deputy Minister \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/02/15/local/142951/muthu-sivalingam-appointed-primary-industries-deputy-minister \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=15 February 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Dias \|first1=Keshala \|title=Muthu Sivalingam appointed Deputy Minister of Primary Industries \|url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2018/02/muthu-sivalingam-appointed-deputy-minister-primary-industries/ \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=News First \|date=15 February 2018 \|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=28 February 2018 \|issue=2060/16 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/2/2060-16_E.pdf \|accessdate=1 March 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Deputy Minister of Social Welfare and Primary Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Palitha\|Thewarapperuma}}	rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|04\|06\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Eran\|Wickramaratne}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Duleep\|Wijesekera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Post, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|10\|29\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Duleep Wijesekera removed \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Duleep-Wijesekera-removed-139372.html \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=29 October 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Deputy Minister Wijesekera removed \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/10/30/local/132895/deputy-minister-wijesekera-removed \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=Daily News \|date=30 October 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/10/2043-01_E.pdf \|date=30 October 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2043/1 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}

Notes

References

Category:2015 establishments in Sri Lanka

Category:2018 disestablishments in Sri Lanka

Category:Cabinets established in 2015

Category:Cabinets disestablished in 2018

Category:Cabinet of Sri Lanka

Category:Maithripala Sirisena

scope=col\|Name ! scope=col class=unsortable\|Portrait ! scope=col colspan="2"\|Party ! scope=col width=300px\|Office ! scope=col\|Took office ! scope=col\|Left office ! scope=col width=50px class=unsortable\|{{Tooltip\|{{sup\|Refs.}}\|References}}
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rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Maithripala\|Sirisena}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	President	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous\|Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.}}	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Next\|Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1896_29/1896_29%20%28E%29.pdf \|date=10 January 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General Government Notifications Proclamation \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1896/29 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132428/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1896_29/1896_29%20%28E%29.pdf \|archive-date=28 January 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}
Minister of Defence	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Next}}	align=center\|{{cite web \|title=Government Ministers \|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/Govt_Ministers/Indexministers.html\|publisher=Policy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204130931/http://www.priu.gov.lk/Govt_Ministers/Indexministers.html \|archive-date=4 December 2003 \|df=dmy-all}}
Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Next}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Ranil\|Wickremesinghe}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Prime Minister	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1929_02/1929_02%28E%29.pdf \|date=24 August 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1929/02 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223734/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1929_02/1929_02%28E%29.pdf \|archive-date=23 September 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{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 October 2018 \|issue=2094/43 \|page=1A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/10/2094-43_E.pdf \|accessdate=29 October 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Sri Lanka in political turmoil after prime minister Wickremesinghe sacked \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/27/sri-lanka-in-turmoil-after-prime-minister-wickremesinghe-sacked \|accessdate=28 October 2018 \|work=The Guardian \|date=27 October 2018 \|location=London, U.K.}}{{cite news \|title=Sri Lanka plunges into crisis as President Maithripala Sirisena sacks Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe \|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka-president-maithripala-sirisena-sacks-prime-minister-ranil-wickremesinghe \|accessdate=28 October 2018 \|work=The Straits Times \|agency=Agence France-Presse \|date=26 October 2018 \|location=Singapore}}
Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_07/1932_07%20E.pdf \|date=14 September 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1932/07}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=New Cabinet \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=4 September 2015}}{{cite news \|title=The new Cabinet \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=4 September 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907020713/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html \|archive-date=7 September 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{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 October 2018 \|issue=2094/43A \|page=1A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/10/2094-43_E.pdf \|accessdate=29 October 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Law and Order	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|03\|08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|last1=Marasinghe \|first1=Sandasen \|last2=Mallawaarachchi \|first2=Amali \|title=President reshuffles UNP pack \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/02/26/local/143918/president-reshuffles-unp-pack \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=26 February 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=PM sworn is as law and order minister in low key reshuffle \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=180547 \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=The Island \|date=26 February 2018 \|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=14 March 2018 \|issue=2062/27 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2062-27_E.pdf \|accessdate=20 March 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Vajira\|Abeywardena}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Home Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|John\|Amaratunga}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Lands	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|03\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2016/PDF/Mar/1957_20/1957_20%28E%29.pdf \|date=10 March 2016 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1957/20}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=Amarathunga sworn in as Lands Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/106264/Amarathunga-sworn-in-as-Lands-Minister \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=2 March 2016}}{{cite news \|title=John Amaratunga took oath as the Minister of Lands before President Maithripala Sirisena ..... \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=141337 \|work=The Island \|date=3 March 2016}}
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Amaraweera}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf \|date=26 March 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1907/48 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223820/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf \|archive-date=23 September 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news \|title=More Ministers appointed \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/66935/more-ministers-appointed \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=22 March 2015}}{{cite news \|title=Cabinet balloons to 40 as 26 more SLFPers luck out \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=121883 \|work=The Island \|date=23 March 2015}}{{cite news \|last1=Weerasinghe \|first1=Chamikara \|title=SLFPers take oaths as ministers in National Govt \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/slfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt \|work=Daily News \|date=23 March 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329061438/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fslfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt \|archive-date=29 March 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{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=1 May 2018 \|issue=2069/17 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/5/2069-17_E.pdf \|accessdate=5 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Agriculture	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=18 Ministers sworn in at Cabinet reshuffle \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/149335/-Ministers-sworn-in-at-Cabinet-reshuffle \|accessdate=13 May 2018 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=1 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Jayawardene \|first1=Feron \|title=Eighteen new Ministers sworn-in by President \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/05/02/local/149802/eighteen-new-ministers-sworn-president \|accessdate=13 May 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=2 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Sarath\|Amunugama\|Sarath Amunugama (politician)}}	align=center rowspan=4\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Special Assignment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Oct/1937_36/G%2022531%20%28E%29.pdf \|date=24 October 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1937/36}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=Dr. Sarath Amunugama sworn in as Minister \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=political/dr-sarath-amunugama-sworn-minister \|work=Daily News \|date=24 October 2015}}{{cite news \|last1=Fernando \|first1=Tharushan \|title=Dr. Amunugama sworn in as Minister for Special Assignments \|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2015/10/dr-amunugama-sworn-in-as-minister-for-special-assignments/115431 \|work=News First \|date=23 October 2015}}
Minister of Science, Technology and Research	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Four Acting Ministers sworn-in \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/04/13/local/148350/four-acting-ministers-sworn?page=11 \|accessdate=13 May 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=13 April 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Dias \|first1=Keshala \|title=President appoints acting ministers \|url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2018/04/president-appoints-acting-ministers/ \|accessdate=12 May 2018 \|work=News First \|date=12 April 2018 \|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=19 April 2018 \|issue=2067/9 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/4/2067-09_E.pdf \|accessdate=21 April 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development, Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Thalatha\|Atukorale}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Foreign Employment	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf \|date=18 January 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1897/16 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115111/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf \|archive-date=28 January 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news \|title=New Cabinet ministers sworn in \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61073/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=12 January 2015}}{{cite news \|title=New Cabinet takes oaths \|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html \|work=The Nation \|date=12 January 2015\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118145912/http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html\|archivedate=18 January 2015}}{{cite news \|last1=Imtiaz \|first1=Zahrah \|last2=Moramudali \|first2=Umesh \|title=27-member cabinet 10 State ministers 08 Deputy ministers \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=13 January 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118144216/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html \|archive-date=18 January 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite magazine \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|date=14 March 2018 \|issue=2062/26 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2062-26_E.pdf \|accessdate=17 March 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Justice	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Thalatha new Justice Minister \|url=https://ceylontoday.lk/print20170401CT20170630.php?id=28525 \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=26 August 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Thalatha Atukorale appointed as Sri Lanka's justice minister \|url=http://www.tamilguardian.com/content/thalatha-atukorale-appointed-sri-lankas-justice-minister \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=Tamil Guardian \|date=25 August 2017}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/9/2036-30_E.pdf \|date=14 September 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2036/30 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Risad\|Badhiutheen}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|All Ceylon Makkal Congress}};"\|	All Ceylon Makkal Congress	Minister of Industry and Commerce	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|R. M. Ranjith Madduma\|Bandara}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Public Administration and Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Law and Order	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|03\|08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Ranjith Madduma Bandara new Law and Order Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/146949/Ranjith-Madduma-Bandara-new-Law-and-Order-Minister \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=8 March 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Ranjith Madduma Bandara appointed Law and Order Minister \|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2018/03/08/ranjith-madduma-bandara-appointed-law-and-order-minister/ \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=The Sunday Leader/Colombo Gazette \|date=8 March 2018 \|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=22 March 2018 \|issue=2063/39 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2063-39_E.pdf \|accessdate=24 March 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Public Administration, Management, Law and Order	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Nimal Siripala\|de Silva}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Transport	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Oct/1938_14/1938_14%20E.pdf \|date=30 October 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1938/14}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Sortname\|Palani\|Digambaran}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)}};"\|	National Union of Workers	Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Duminda\|Dissanayake}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Agriculture	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Navin\|Dissanayake}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Plantation Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|S. B.\|Dissanayake}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	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=26 May 2017 \|issue=2020/76 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/5/2020-76_E.pdf \|accessdate=27 May 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Nine Ministers take oaths following Cabinet reshuffle \|url=http://dailynews.lk/2017/05/22/local/116604/nine-ministers-take-oaths-following-cabinet-reshuffle \|accessdate=28 May 2017 \|work=Daily News \|date=22 May 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Cabinet reshuffle: 9 portfolios change \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/article20170401CT20170930.php?id=5170 \|accessdate=28 May 2017 \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=22 May 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Harin\|Fernando}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Sarath\|Fonseka}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)}};"\|	Democratic Party	rowspan=2\|Minister of Regional Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|06\|30\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2016/PDF/Mar/1956_23/1956_23%20E.pdf \|date=2 March 2016 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1956/23}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=Sarath Fonseka sworn in as Sri Lanka minister \|url=http://www.arabnews.com/news/886466 \|work=Arab News \|agency=Reuters \|date=26 February 2016}}{{cite news \|title=SF Regional Development Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/105983/SF-Regional-Development-Minister \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=25 February 2016}}{{cite news \|title=Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka sworn in as Regional Development Minister \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2016/02/26/local/field-marshal-sarath-fonseka-sworn-regional-development-minister \|work=Daily News \|date=26 February 2016}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|06\|30\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Fonseka joins UNP, becomes Kelaniya organizer \|url=http://www.ft.lk/article/552134/ft \|work=Daily FT \|date=1 July 2016}}{{cite news \|title=Ex-Lanka army chief Fonseka joins ruling UNP \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ex-lanka-army-chief-fonseka-joins-ruling-unp/1/705009.html \|work=India Today \|agency=Press Trust of India \|date=30 June 2016}}
Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Daya\|Gamage}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Primary Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Social Welfare and Primary Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Mano\|Ganesan}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Democratic People's Front}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Democratic People's Front	Minister of National Dialogue	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Dec/1945_40/1945_40%20E.pdf \|date=18 December 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1945/40}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|M. K. D. S.\|Gunawardena}}^✝	align=center\|75px		Democratic National Movement{{cite news \|last1=Edirisinghe \|first1=Dasun \|title=DNM demands vacant UNP seat \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=138992 \|work=The Island \|date=22 January 2016}}{{cite news \|last1=Gooneratne \|first1=Lankesh \|title=Ekanayake scotches rumours \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-116880-news-detail-ekanayake-scotches-rumours.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607144930/https://ceylontoday.lk/51-116880-news-detail-ekanayake-scotches-rumours.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=7 June 2020 \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=2 February 2016}}	Minister of Lands	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|01\|19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|last1=Riza \|first1=Shaahidah \|title=M.K.D.S. no more \|url=https://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-115667-news-detail-mkds-no-more.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=20 January 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129060437/https://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-115667-news-detail-mkds-no-more.html \|archive-date=29 January 2016 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news \|title=Minister M.K.A.D.S Gunawardana passes away \|url=http://nation.lk/online/2016/01/19/26713/ \|work=The Nation \|date=19 January 2016\|access-date=23 January 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204023745/http://nation.lk/online/2016/01/19/26713/ \|archive-date=4 February 2016 \|url-status=dead}}
{{Sortname\|Rauff\|Hakeem}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}};"\|	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	Minister of City Planning and Water Supply	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|M. H. A.\|Haleem}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Post, Postal Service and Muslim Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\| {{Sortname\|P.\|Harrison}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Rural Economy	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Social Empowerment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Kabir\|Hashim}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Public Enterprise Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Higher Education and Highways	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Highways and Road Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Dayasiri\|Jayasekara}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Sports	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Chandrani Bandara\|Jayasinghe}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Women and Child Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Akila Viraj\|Kariyawasam}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Education	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Ravi\|Karunanayake}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Finance	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Foreign Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|last1=Aneez \|first1=Shihar \|last2=Sirilal \|first2=Ranga \|title=Sri Lanka foreign minister resigns over corruption charges \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-corruption-idUSKBN1AQ0Y5 \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=Reuters \|date=10 August 2017}}{{cite news \|title=Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister resigns over alleged scandal \|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/world/sri-lankas-foreign-minister-resigns-over-alleged-scandal-4790668/ \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=The Indian Express \|agency=Press Trust of India \|date=10 August 2017 \|location=Noida, India}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/8/2033-42_E.pdf \|date=23 August 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2033/42 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Gayantha\|Karunatileka}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Lakshman\|Kiriella}}	align=center rowspan=4\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|United National Party	Minister of University Education and Highways	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Higher Education and Highways	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Public Enterprises and Kandy Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy City Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Tilak\|Marapana}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Nov/1941_26/1941_26%20E.pdf \|date=19 November 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1941/26}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=Video: Marapana resigns \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/94531/marapana-resigns \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=9 November 2015}}{{cite news \|last1=Dissanayake \|first1=Ridma \|title=Marapana resigns \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2015/11/10/local/marapana-resigns \|work=Daily News \|date=10 November 2015}}
Minister of Development Assignments	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Foreign Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|15\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Tilak Marapana sworn in as new Foreign Affairs Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Tilak-Marapana-sworn-in-as-new-Foreign-Affairs-Minister-134712.html \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=15 August 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Tilak Marapana named Sri Lanka's new foreign minister \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/tilak-marapana-named-sri-lankas-new-foreign-minister/2017/08/15/b3c19528-81b7-11e7-9e7a-20fa8d7a0db6_story.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815145308/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/tilak-marapana-named-sri-lankas-new-foreign-minister/2017/08/15/b3c19528-81b7-11e7-9e7a-20fa8d7a0db6_story.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=15 August 2017 \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|newspaper=The Washington Post \|agency=Associated Press \|date=15 August 2017 \|location=Washington D.C., U.S.A.}}
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Faiszer\|Musthapha}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_69/1932_69%20E.pdf \|date=18 September 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1932/69}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news \|title=Three more Cabinet ministers appointed \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86647/three-more-cabinet-ministers-appointed \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=9 September 2015}}{{cite news \|title=Another defeated SLFPer appointed cabinet minister \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=131460 \|work=The Island \|date=10 September 2015}}
Minister of Sports	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|S. B.\|Nawinne}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Gamini Jayawickrama\|Perera}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Buddha Sasana	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Sajith\|Premadasa}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Minister of Housing and Construction	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Susil\|Premajayanth}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Technology, Technical Education and Employment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Science, Technology and Research	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1933_17/1933_17%20E.pdf \|date=22 September 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1933/17}}{{dead link \|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Wijeyadasa\|Rajapakshe}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Justice	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1929_15/1929_15%20E.pdf \|date=26 August 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1929/15 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223738/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1929_15/1929_15%20E.pdf \|archive-date=23 September 2015 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news \|title=Three Cabinet Ministers sworn in \|url=http://nation.lk/online/2015/08/24/three-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in/ \|work=The Nation \|date=24 August 2015}}{{cite news \|title=Three ministers sworn –in today \|url=https://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-101818-news-detail-three-ministers-sworn-in-today.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=24 August 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129092059/https://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-101818-news-detail-three-ministers-sworn-in-today.html \|archive-date=29 January 2016 \|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news \|title=Sri Lankan justice minister sacked over criticism of Chinese port deal \|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-justiceminister-idUKL4N1L941I \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828232731/https://uk.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-justiceminister-idUKL4N1L941I \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=28 August 2017 \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=Reuters \|date=23 August 2017}}{{cite news \|title=Sri Lanka justice minister fired for criticising China deal \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/sri-lanka-justice-minister-fired-for-criticising-china-deal/story-tOmLYlZ4RRiQnIQdTUxu3J.html \|accessdate=27 August 2017 \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=23 August 2017 \|location=New Delhi, India}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/8/2034-12_E.pdf \|date=28 August 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2034/12 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Buddha Sasana	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|08\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/8/2034-11_E.pdf \|date=28 August 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2034/11 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Arjuna\|Ranatunga}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Democratic National Movement	Minister of Ports and Shipping	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Petroleum Resources Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Champika\|Ranawaka}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Jathika Hela Urumaya}};"\|	Jathika Hela Urumaya	Minister of Megapolis and Western Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Sagala\|Ratnayaka}}	align=center rowspan=4\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|United National Party	Minister of Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Sagala, Swaminathan sworn in as Ministers \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/94911/sagala-swaminathan-sworn-in-as-ministers \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=11 November 2015}}{{cite news \|last1=Santiago \|first1=Melanie \|title=Update: Ministers Sagala Ratnayaka and Swaminathan given additional portfolios \|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2015/11/ministers-sagala-rathnayake-and-d-m-swaminathan-given-additional-portfolios/117551 \|work=News First \|date=11 November 2015}}
Minister of Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Youth Affairs, Project Management and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Samarasinghe}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Ports and Shipping	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Mangala\|Samaraweera}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Foreign Affairs	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Finance and Mass Media	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Ravindra\|Samaraweera}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Malik\|Samarawickrama}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Rajitha\|Senaratne}}	align=center\|75px		Democratic National Movement	Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|John\|Senewiratne}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Ranjith\|Siyambalapitiya}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Power and Renewable Energy	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Disaster Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni\|Soysa}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Irrigation and Water Resource Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|D. M.\|Swaminathan}}	align=center rowspan=4\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|United National Party	Minister of Rehabilitation and Resettlement	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|08\|24\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Chandima\|Weerakkody}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Petroleum and Gas	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Petroleum Resources Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Anura Priyadharshana\|Yapa}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Disaster Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|

scope=col\|Name ! scope=col class=unsortable\|Portrait ! scope=col colspan="2"\|Party ! scope=col width=300px\|Office ! scope=col\|Took office ! scope=col\|Left office ! scope=col width=50px class=unsortable\|{{Tooltip\|{{sup\|Refs.}}\|References}}
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rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Lakshman Yapa\|Abeywardena}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Finance	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=New State and Deputy Ministers \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86665/state-and-deputy-ministers \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=9 September 2015}}{{cite news \|title=State and Deputy Ministers take oaths (Updated Full List) \|url=http://nation.lk/online/2015/09/09/state-and-deputy-ministers-take-oaths/ \|work=The Nation \|date=9 September 2015\|access-date=12 September 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910214552/http://nation.lk/online/2015/09/09/state-and-deputy-ministers-take-oaths/ \|archive-date=10 September 2015 \|url-status=dead}}{{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=2 June 2017 \|issue=2021/53 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/6/2021-53_E.pdf \|accessdate=18 June 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
State Minister of Public Enterprise Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=New State Ministers and Deputy Ministers \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=166002 \|accessdate=18 June 2017 \|work=The Island \|date=1 June 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=New State Ministers and Deputy Ministers sworn in \|url=http://www.ft.lk/article/619191/New-State-Ministers-and-Deputy-Ministers-sworn-in \|accessdate=18 June 2017 \|work=Daily FT \|date=1 June 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|J. C.\|Alawathuwala}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Home Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|07\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	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=18 July 2018 \|issue=2080/41 \|pages=1A–2A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/7/2080-41_E.pdf \|accessdate=21 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=J.C. Alawathuwala, Lucky Jayawardana appointed in new State Ministerial posts \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/07/10/local/156445/jc-alawathuwala-lucky-jayawardana-appointed-new-state-ministerial-posts \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=10 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=President appoints two new State Ministers \|url=http://www.ft.lk/news/President-appoints-two-new-State-Ministers/56-658820 \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily FT \|date=11 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Ranjith\|Aluwihare}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	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 July 2018 \|issue=2078/14 \|pages=1A–2A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/7/2078-14_E.pdf \|accessdate=4 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Seven new State and Deputy Ministers appointed \|url=http://www.ft.lk/news/Seven-new-State-and-Deputy-Ministers-appointed/56-657110 \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily FT \|date=13 June 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=New State Ministers & Deputy Ministers sworn in \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/06/13/political/153711/new-state-ministers-deputy-ministers-sworn \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=13 June 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Wasantha\|Aluwihare}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Agriculture	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Amaraweera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Mahaweli Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|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=17 May 2018 \|issue=2071/59 \|page=2A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/5/2071-59_E.pdf \|accessdate=19 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Palitha Range\|Bandara}}	align=center rowspan=3\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	State Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Irrigation	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|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=2 May 2018 \|issue=2069/23 \|pages=3A–4A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/5/2069-23_E.pdf \|accessdate=5 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources and Disaster Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	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=2 May 2018 \|issue=2069/23 \|pages=1A–2A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/5/2069-23_E.pdf \|accessdate=5 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Narin \|first1=Jordana \|title=New State and Deputy Ministers sworn in before President \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/05/02/political/149807/new-state-and-deputy-ministers-sworn-president \|accessdate=29 October 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=2 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Swearing in ceremony of new State Ministers and Deputy Ministers commences \|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1042807/sworn-in-ceremony-of-new-state-ministers-and-deputy-ministers-commences \|accessdate=29 October 2018 \|work=The Sunday Times \|date=2 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Harsha\|de Silva}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Weerakumara\|Dissanayake}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Mahaweli Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|T. B.\|Ekanayake}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Lands	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Sudarshani\|Fernandopulle}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|A. H. M.\|Fowzie}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of National Integration and Reconciliation	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of National Unity and Co-existence	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	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=17 May 2018 \|issue=2071/59 \|page=1A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/5/2071-59_E.pdf \|accessdate=19 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=A.H.M. Fowzie sworn in as State Minister for National Unity and Reconciliation \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/05/11/political/150644/ahm-fowzie-sworn-state-minister-national-unity-and-reconciliation?page=31 \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=11 May 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Piyasena\|Gamage}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|12\|28\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Piyasena Gamage sworn in as State Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Piyasena-Gamage-sworn-in-as-State-Minister-142980.html \|accessdate=31 December 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=28 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Piyasena Gamage new State Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development \|url=http://www.ft.lk/news/Piyasena-Gamage-new-State-Minister-of-Law-and-Order-and-Southern-Development/56-646137 \|accessdate=31 December 2017 \|work=Daily FT \|date=29 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/1/2054-25_E.pdf \|date=15 January 2018 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2054/25 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
State Minister of Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Youth Affairs, Project Management and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Mohan Lal\|Grero}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of University Education	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Higher Education	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|M. L. A. M.\|Hizbullah}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Rehabilitation and Resettlement	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Highways and Road Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Piyankara\|Jayaratne}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|11\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Dec/1947_10/1947_10%20E.pdf \|date=28 December 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1947/10}}{{Dead link \|date=May 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|last1=Hannan \|first1=Rishan \|title=Piyankara Jayaratne sworn in as State Minister of Local Governments \|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2015/12/breaking-news-priyankara-jayaratne-sworn-in-as-state-minister-of-local-governments/122176 \|work=News First \|date=21 December 2015}}{{cite news \|title=New State Minister and Deputy Minister sworn in \|url=http://www.ft.lk/article/511657/New-State-Minister-and-Deputy-Minister-sworn-in \|work=Daily FT \|date=22 December 2015}}
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Lucky\|Jayawardena}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	State Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure & Community Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|07\|10\|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=18 July 2018 \|issue=2080/41 \|page=2A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/7/2080-41_E.pdf \|accessdate=21 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|07\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Vijayakala\|Maheswaran}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Child Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|07\|05\|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=11 July 2018 \|issue=2079/41 \|page=1A \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/7/2079-41_E.pdf \|accessdate=21 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Vijayakala resigns \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/152281/Vijayakala-resigns \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=5 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Abeysinghe \|first1=Shiromi \|title=Vijayakala resigns \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/07/06/local/156089/vijayakala-resigns \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=6 July 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Ajith\|Perera}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Dilan\|Perera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Highways	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Niroshan\|Perera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|A. D. Champika\|Premadasa}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	State Minister of Industry and Commerce Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Plantation Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Velusami\|Radhakrishnan}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Up-Country People's Front}};"\|	Up-Country People's Front	State Minister of Education	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Ravindra\|Samaraweera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Wasantha\|Senanayake}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Foreign Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Sujeewa\|Senasinghe}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of International Trade	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Lakshman\|Senewiratne}}	rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Science, Technology and Research	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|04\|06\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2016/PDF/Apr/1962_08/1962_08%28E%29.pdf \|date=12 April 2016 \|title=Part I : Section (I) – General - Appointments & c., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=1962/08}}{{cite news \|title=Two deputy ministers and a state minister appointed \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/107932/Two-deputy-ministers-and-a-state-minister-appointed- \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=6 April 2016}}{{cite news \|last1=Jabbar \|first1=Zacki \|title=Three more ministers \|url=http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=143344 \|work=The Island \|date=7 April 2016 \|access-date=19 January 2020 \|archive-date=9 April 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409171531/http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=143344 \|url-status=dead }}
State Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Dilip\|Wedaarachchi}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Eran\|Wickramaratne}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Finance	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Ruwan\|Wijewardene}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	State Minister of Defence	align=center\|{{Efn\|name=Previous}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Sriyani\|Wijewickrama}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|12\|15\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Sriyani Wijewickrema sworn in as the Provincial Councils and Local Government State Minister \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/12/16/political/137529/sriyani-wijewickrema-sworn-provincial-councils-and-local-government \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=Daily News \|date=16 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Sriyani sworn in as State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government \|url=http://www.ft.lk/news/Sriyani-sworn-in-as-State-Minister-of-Provincial-Councils-and-Local-Government/56-645356 \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=Daily FT \|date=16 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/12/2050-47_E.pdf \|date=22 December 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2050/47 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|

scope=col\|Name ! scope=col class=unsortable\|Portrait ! scope=col colspan="2"\|Party ! scope=col width=300px\|Office ! scope=col\|Took office ! scope=col\|Left office ! scope=col width=50px class=unsortable\|{{Tooltip\|{{sup\|Refs.}}\|References}}
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rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Ashoka\|Abeysinghe}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Transport	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Lasantha\|Alagiyawanna}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Megapolis and Western Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Finance and Mass Media	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|J. C.\|Alawathuwala}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|07\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Ameer\|Ali\|Ameer Ali (politician)}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|All Ceylon Makkal Congress}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|All Ceylon Makkal Congress	Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Indika\|Bandaranaike}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Tharanath\|Basnayake}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Harsha\|de Silva}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Cassim\|Faizal}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}};"\|	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	Deputy Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Arundika\|Fernando}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|09\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Sri Lankan deputy Minister sacked \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/sri-lankan-deputy-minister-sacked/article19671857.ece \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=The Hindu \|agency=Press Trust of India \|date=12 September 2017 \|location=Chennai, India}}{{cite news \|title=Arundika sacked \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/09/13/local/128079/arundika-sacked?page=4007 \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=Daily News \|date=13 September 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/9/2036-20_E.pdf \|date=12 September 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2036/20 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Anoma\|Gamage}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Petroleum and Petroleum Gas Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Petroleum Resources Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Dunesh\|Gankanda}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Disaster Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Edward\|Gunasekara}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|H. M. M.\|Harees}}	align=center rowspan=2\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	Deputy Minister of Sports	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy City Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Nalin Bandara\|Jayamaha}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Management and Law and Order	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Anuradha\|Jayaratne}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Two more Dy. Ministers sworn in \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86799/two-more-dy-ministers-sworn-in \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=10 September 2015}}{{cite news \|title=Two more Deputy Ministers sworn in \|url=http://nation.lk/online/2015/09/10/two-more-deputy-ministers-sworn-in/ \|work=The Nation \|date=10 September 2015}}
{{Sortname\|Sumedha G.\|Jayasena}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Nimal\|Lanza}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|12\|19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Nimal Lanza resigns as Deputy Minister \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Nimal-Lanza-resigns-as-Deputy-Minister-142451.html \|accessdate=31 December 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=19 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Palihawadana \|first1=Norman \|title=Lanza says high CoL made him resign \|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=176880 \|accessdate=31 December 2017 \|work=The Island \|date=20 December 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/1/2055-10_E.pdf \|date=23 January 2018 \|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2055/10 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Ajith\|Mannapperuma}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Environment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Cader Cader\|Masthan}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Northern Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Dushmantha\|Mithrapala}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Justice	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|21\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Seyed Ali Zahir\|Moulana}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}};"\|	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	Deputy Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Nishantha\|Muthuhettigama}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Manusha\|Nanayakkara}}	rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|04\|06\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Karu\|Paranawithana}}	align=center rowspan=4\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|03\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|12\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Karu Paranavitrhana sworn in as Deputy Minister of Parliament Reforms and Mass Media \|url=http://www.news.lk/news/sri-lanka/item/11177-karu-paranavitrhana-sworn-in-as-deputy-minister-of-parliament-reforms-and-mass-media \|work=news.lk \|date=5 December 2015}}
Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Buddhika\|Pathirana}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=UNP MP Buddika Pathirana sworn in as Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce \|url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2018/06/19/unp-mp-buddika-pathirana-sworn-in-as-deputy-minister-of-industry-and-commerce/ \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=News First \|date=19 June 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Buddhika Pathirana sworn in as Deputy Minister \|url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news/48176/buddhika-pathirana-sworn-in-as-deputy-minister \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|work=Ada Derana \|date=19 June 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Ajith\|Perera}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Lakshman Wasantha\|Perera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Susantha\|Punchinilame}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Management	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Angajan\|Ramanathan}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Agriculture	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|06\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Ranjan\|Ramanayake}}	align=center rowspan=3\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Muthu\|Sivalingam}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Ceylon Workers' Congress}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Ceylon Workers' Congress	Deputy Minister of Primary Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|02\|15\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Muthu Sivalingam appointed Primary Industries Deputy Minister \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/02/15/local/142951/muthu-sivalingam-appointed-primary-industries-deputy-minister \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=Daily News \|date=15 February 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|last1=Dias \|first1=Keshala \|title=Muthu Sivalingam appointed Deputy Minister of Primary Industries \|url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2018/02/muthu-sivalingam-appointed-deputy-minister-primary-industries/ \|accessdate=25 March 2018 \|work=News First \|date=15 February 2018 \|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=28 February 2018 \|issue=2060/16 \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/2/2060-16_E.pdf \|accessdate=1 March 2018 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
Deputy Minister of Social Welfare and Primary Industries	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Palitha\|Thewarapperuma}}	rowspan=2\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2016\|04\|06\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|05\|02\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|10\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Eran\|Wickramaratne}}	align=center\|75px	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};"\|	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise Development	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|
{{Sortname\|Duleep\|Wijesekera}}	align=center\|	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Deputy Minister of Post, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|10\|29\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite news \|title=Duleep Wijesekera removed \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Duleep-Wijesekera-removed-139372.html \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|date=29 October 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|title=Deputy Minister Wijesekera removed \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/10/30/local/132895/deputy-minister-wijesekera-removed \|accessdate=16 December 2017 \|work=Daily News \|date=30 October 2017 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/10/2043-01_E.pdf \|date=30 October 2017 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Notification \|magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|issue=2043/1 \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}