15th Parliament of Sri Lanka explained

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15th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Body:Parliament of Sri Lanka
Meeting Place:Sri Lankan Parliament Building
Election:17 August 2015
Before:14th
After:16th
Chamber1:Parliamentarians
Membership1:225
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber1 Leader1:Karu Jayasuriya (UNP)
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Deputy Speaker and
Chairman of Committees
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Deputy Chairman of Committees
Chamber1 Leader3:Selvam Adaikalanathan (TELO)
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Prime Minister
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Leader of the Opposition
Chamber1 Leader6 Type:Leader of the House
Chamber1 Leader6:Lakshman Kiriella (UNP)
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Chief Government Whip
Chamber2 Leader1:Gayantha Karunathilaka (UNP)
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Chief Opposition Whip
Session1 Type:1st
Session1 Start:1 September 2015
Session1 End:12 April 2018
Session2 Type:2nd
Session2 Start:8 May 2018
Session2 End:27 October 2018
Session3 Type:3rd
Session3 Start:14 November 2018
Session3 End:3 March 2020

The 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka was the meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka with its membership determined by the results of the 2015 parliamentary election, held on 17 August 2015. The parliament met for the first time on 1 September 2015 and was dissolved on 3 March 2020.

Election

See main article: 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election. The 15th parliamentary election was held on 17 August 2015.[1] [2] [3] [4] The incumbent United National Party (UNP)-led United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) won 106 seats, an increase of 46 since the 2010 election, but failed to secure a majority in Parliament.[5] The main opposition alliance, the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) won 95 seats, a decline of 49.[5] [6] The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the largest party representing Sri Lankan Tamils, won 16 seats, an increase of two from 2010.[5] The remaining eight seats were won by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (6), Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (1) and Eelam People's Democratic Party (1).[7]

Results

The new parliament was sworn in on 1 September 2015.[8] Karu Jayasuriya was elected Speaker, Thilanga Sumathipala as the Deputy Speaker and Selvam Adaikalanathan as the Deputy Chairman of Committees.[9] [10] Lakshman Kiriella was appointed Leader of the House and Gayantha Karunathilaka was appointed Chief Government Whip.[11] [12]

The Speaker recognised TNA leader R. Sampanthan as Leader of the Opposition on 3 September 2015.[13] [14] JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was nominated to be Chief Opposition Whip.[15] [16]

The Parliament became a Constitutional Assembly on 9 March 2016 in order to formulate a new constitution for Sri Lanka.[17]

Thilanga Sumathipala resigned as Deputy Speaker on 25 May 2018.[18] [19] His replacement Ananda Kumarasiri was elected on 5 June 2018.[20] [21]

Following the withdrawal of the UPFA from the national government, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Mahinda Amaraweera were recognised as Leader of the Opposition and Chief Opposition Whip respectively on 18 December 2018.[22] [23]

Government

See main article: Cabinet of Sri Lanka and Second Sirisena cabinet.

On 20 August 2015, the central committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the main constituent party of the UPFA, agreed to form a national government with the UNP for two years.[24] [25] Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the UNP, was sworn in as Prime Minister on 21 August 2015.[26] [27] Immediately afterwards, a memorandum of understanding to work together in Parliament was signed by acting SLFP general secretary Duminda Dissanayake and UNP general secretary Kabir Hashim.[28] [29] On 3 September, Parliament voted by 143 votes (101 UNFGG, 40 UPFA, 1 EPDP, 1 SLMC) to 16 votes (11 UPFA, 5 JVP), with 63 absent (43 UPFA, 16 TNA, 3 UNFGG, 1 JVP), to approve the formation of a national government.[30] [31]

Three UNFGG cabinet ministers were sworn in on 24 August 2015.[32] [33] A further 39 cabinet ministers, 28 from the UNFGG and 11 from the UPFA, were sworn in on 4 September 2015.[34] [35] Three more cabinet ministers, one from the UNFGG and two from the UPFA, were sworn in on 9 September 2015.[36] [37] 19 state ministers (11 UNFGG, 8 UPFA) and 21 deputy ministers (11 UNFGG, 10 UPFA) were also sworn in on 9 September 2015.[38] [39] Two more deputy ministers, both from the UPFA, were sworn in on 10 September 2015.[40] [41] A further cabinet minister from the UPFA was sworn in on 23 October 2015.[42] [43] A further cabinet minister from the UNFGG was sworn in on 25 February 2016.[44] [45] [46] A UPFA state minister and two deputy ministers (one UNFGG, one UPFA) were sworn in on 6 April 2016.[47] [48]

Constitutional crisis

See main article: 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis. The UPFA withdrew from the national government on 26 October 2018.[49] [50] President Maithripala Sirisena, leader of the UPFA, dismissed Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and replaced him with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.[51] [52] [53] [54] The following day Sirisena prorogued Parliament.[55] [56] A constitutional crisis ensued as the UNP refused to accept the changes, describing them as unconstitutional, illegal and a coup.[57] [58] Over the next few days, Sirisena appointed a new cabinet consisting of MPs from the UPFA, EPDP and defections from the UNP.[59] [60] [61] Despite the defections, the UPFA could not muster the support of a majority of MPs and with the TNA, which held the balance of power in Parliament, announcing that it would support a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Rajapaksa, Sirisena dissolved parliament on 9 November 2018 and called for fresh elections on 5 January 2019.[62] [63] [64] The UNP, TNA, JVP and several others challenged the dissolution in the Supreme Court which on 13 November 2018 issued a stay on the dissolution until 7 December 2018.[65] [66] [67]

Parliament re-convened on 14 November 2018 when 122 (100 UNFGG, 14 TNA, 6 JVP, 2 UPFA) out of 225 MPs supported the motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Rajapaksa.[68] [69] [70] Sirisena and the UPFA refused to accept the motion of no confidence, saying that Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had not followed parliamentary procedures.[71] [72] On 16 November 2018, parliament passed an amended motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Rajapaksa with the support of 122 MPs.[73] [74] Sirisena rejected the second the motion of no confidence as well, saying that he would not re-appoint Wickremesinghe as prime minister.[75] [76]

On 3 December 2018, following a quo warranto petition filed by 122 MPs, the Court of Appeal issued an interim order restraining Rajapaksa and 48 ministers from functioning.[77] [78] [79] On 12 December 2018, 117 MPs, including 14 from the TNA, supported a motion of confidence in Wickremesinghe.[80] [81] A seven-bench Supreme Court unanimously ruled on 13 December 2018 that Sirisena's dissolution of parliament on 9 November 2018 was unconstitutional and null, void ab initio and without force or effect in law.[82] [83] [84] The following day a three-bench Supreme Court refused to vacate the Court of Appeal's interim order but allowed for a full appeal to be heard in mid January 2019.[85] [86] Rajapaksa resigned as Prime Minister on 15 December 2018,[87] [88] and Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Prime Minister the following day, ending the crisis.[89] [90]

Legislation

2015
Act No. Act Certified Text
9/2015 1 30 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2015/10/09-2015_E.pdf
10/2015 2 30 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2015/10/10-2015_E.pdf
11/2015 3 30 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2015/10/11-2015_E.pdf
12/2015 4 30 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2015/10/12-2015_E.pdf
13/2015 5 30 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2015/10/13-2015_E.pdf
14/2015 6 30 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2015/10/14-2015_E.pdf
2016
Act No. Act Certified Text
1/2016 7 17 February http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/2/01-2016_E.pdf
2/2016 8 17 February http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/2/02-2016_E.pdf
3/2016 9 23 March http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/3/03-2016_E.pdf
4/2016 10 23 March http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/3/04-2016_E.pdf
5/2016 11 26 April http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/4/05-2016_E.pdf
6/2016 12 20 May http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/5/06-2016_E.pdf
7/2016 13 30 May http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/6/07-2016_E.pdf
8/2016 14 7 July http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/7/08-2016_E.pdf
9/2016 15 21 July http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/7/09-2016_E.pdf
10/2016 16 27 July http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/7/10-2016_E.pdf
11/2016 17 27 July http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/7/11-2016_E.pdf
12/2016 18 4 August http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/8/12-2016_E.pdf
13/2016 19 23 August http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/8/13-2016_E.pdf
14/2016 20 23 August http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/8/14-2016_E.pdf
15/2016 21 7 September http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/9/15-2016_E.pdf
16/2016 22 7 September http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/9/16-2016_E.pdf
17/2016 23 5 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/10/17-2016_E.pdf
18/2016 24 17 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/11/18-2016_E.pdf
19/2016 25 17 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/11/19-2016_E.pdf
20/2016 26 1 November http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/11/20-2016_E.pdf
21/2016 27 7 November http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/11/21-2016_E.pdf
22/2016 28 7 November http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/11/22-2016_E.pdf
23/2016 29 7 November http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/11/23-2016_E.pdf
24/2016 30 10 December http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2016/12/24-2016_E.pdf
2017
Act No. Act Certified Text
1/2017 31 21 February http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/2/01-2017_E.pdf
2/2017 32 21 February http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/2/02-2017_E.pdf
3/2017 33 22 February http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/2/03-2017_E.pdf
4/2017 34 9 March http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/3/04-2017_E.pdf
5/2017 35 4 April http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/4/05-2017_E.pdf
6/2017 36 7 April http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/4/06-2017_E.pdf
7/2017 37 17 May http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/5/07-2017_E.pdf
8/2017 38 7 June http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/6/08-2017_E.pdf
9/2017 39 3 July http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/7/09-2017_E.pdf
10/2017 40 21 July http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/7/10-2017_E.pdf
11/2017 41 25 July http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/7/11-2017_E.pdf
12/2017 42 28 July http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/7/12-2017_E.pdf
13/2017 43 9 August http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/8/13-2017_E.pdf
14/2017 44 17 August http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/8/14-2017_E.pdf
15/2017 45 24 August http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/8/15-2017_E.pdf
16/2017 46 31 August http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/8/16-2017_E.pdf
17/2017 47 22 September http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/9/17-2017_E.pdf
18/2017 48 3 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/10/18-2017_E.pdf
19/2017 49 3 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/10/19-2017_E.pdf
20/2017 50 12 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/10/20-2017_E.pdf
21/2017 51 12 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/10/21-2017_E.pdf
22/2017 52 12 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/10/22-2017_E.pdf
23/2017 53 19 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/10/23-2017_E.pdf
24/2017 54 24 October http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/10/24-2017_E.pdf
25/2017 55 2 November http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/11/25-2017_E.pdf
26/2017 56 17 November http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/11/26-2017_E.pdf
27/2017 57 17 November http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/11/27-2017_E.pdf
28/2017 58 17 November http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/11/28-2017_E.pdf
29/2017 59 18 November http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/11/29-2017_E.pdf
30/2017 60 9 December http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/12/30-2017_E.pdf
31/2017 61 14 December http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/12/31-2017_E.pdf
32/2017 62 14 December http://documents.gov.lk/files/act/2017/12/32-2017_E.pdf

Composition

The following are the changes in party and alliance affiliations for the 15th parliament.

Date Government Opposition Speaker Vacant Total
17 August 2015 106 119 0 0 225
1 September 2015 105 119 1 0 225
National Government
3 September 2015 147 76 1 1 225
9 September 2015 150 73 1 1 225
10 September 2015 152 71 1 1 225
15 September 2015 152 70 1 2 225
22 September 2015 152 72 1 0 225
23 October 2015 153 71 1 0 225
19 January 2016 151 71 1 2 225
26 January 2016 152 71 1 1 225
9 February 2016 153 71 1 0 225
6 April 2016 154 70 1 0 225
17 January 2017 153 71 1 0 225
19 September 2017 152 72 1 0 225
30 October 2017 151 73 1 0 225
2 November 2017 150 73 1 1 225
10 November 2017 151 73 1 0 225
10 December 2017 152 72 1 0 225
11 December 2017 153 71 1 0 225
28 December 2017 152 72 1 0 225
18 January 2018 151 72 1 1 225
6 February 2018 152 72 1 0 225
15 February 2018 154 70 1 0 225
8 May 2018 138 86 1 0 225
23 May 2018 137 86 1 1 225
8 June 2018 138 86 1 0 225
26 October 2018 105 119 1 0 225
UPFA Government
26 October 2018 97 127 1 0 225
28 October 2018 98 126 1 0 225
29 October 2018 100 124 1 0 225
30 October 2018 101 123 1 0 225
2 November 2018 103 121 1 0 225
4 November 2018 105 119 1 0 225
6 November 2018 104 120 1 0 225
14 November 2018 100 124 1 0 225
UNFGG Government
16 December 2018 103 121 1 0 225
18 December 2018 106 118 1 0 225

Light shading indicates majority (113 seats or more); dark shading indicates two-thirds majority (150 seats or more); no shading indicates minority government.

The 15th parliament saw a number of defections and counter-defections:

Members

Deaths and resignations

The 15th parliament saw the following deaths, resignations and disqualifications:

List

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Deputy Minister of Transport (15-18).
State Minister of Finance (17-18). State Minister of Public Enterprise Development (17-18).
Minister of Industry and Commerce (18-).
Minister of Home Affairs (15-18).
Deputy Chairman of Committees (15-18).
Deputy Minister of Megapolis and Western Development (15-17). Deputy Minister of Finance and Mass Media (17-18).
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs (18). State Minister of Home Affairs (18).
Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs (15-18). Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs (18).
Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wild Life (18-).
State Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs (18).
State Minister of Agriculture (15-18).
Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs (15-18). Minister of Lands (16-18).
Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development (15-18). State Minister of Mahaweli Development (17-18). Minister of Agriculture (18, 18-). Chief Opposition Whip (18).
Minister of Special Assignment (15-18). Minister of Science, Technology and Research (18). Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training (18). Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development, Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage (18). Minister of Foreign Affairs (18-).
Minister of Foreign Employment (15-18). Minister of Justice (17-18). Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms (18).
Minister of Industry and Commerce (15-18).
State Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training (15-47). State Minister of Irrigation (17-18). State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources and Disaster Management (18).
Minister of Public Administration and Management (15-18). Minister of Law and Order (18). Minister of Public Administration, Management, Law and Order (18).
Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction (15-18). Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Development (18-).
Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure (15-18).
Minister of Plantation Industries (18-). State Minister of Social Empowerment (18-).
Resigned. Replaced by Lakshman Senewiratne.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (15-17). Deputy Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs (17-18). State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs (18).
Minister of Transport (15). Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (15-18, 18-).
Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs (18-).
Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development (15-18).
Chief Opposition Whip (15-18).
Minister of Agriculture (15-18). Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management (18, 18-).
Minister of Plantation Industries (15-18).
State Minister of Mahaweli Development (18).
Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare (15-17). Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage (17-18). Minister of Highways and Road Development (18-).
FState Minister of Indigenous Medicine (18-).
State Minister of Lands (15-18).
Deputy Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine (15-18).
Deputy Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs (15-17).
Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure (15-18). Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment (18).
Minister of Trade, Consumer Affairs, Co-operative Development and Christian Religious Affairs (18-).
State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply (15-18).
Replaces M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana. Minister of Regional Development (16-18). Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development (18).
State Minister of National Integration and Reconciliation (15-18). State Minister of National Unity and Co-existence (18). State Minister of National Unity, Co-existence and Muslim Religious Affairs (18-).
Deputy Minister of Petroleum and Petroleum Gas Affairs (15). Deputy Minister of Petroleum Resources Development (15-18).
Minister of Primary Industries (15-18). Minister of Social Welfare and Primary Industries (18).
Replaces Geetha Kumarasinghe. State Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development (17-18). State Minister of Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development (18). State Minister of Youth Affairs, Project Management and Southern Development (18). State Minister of Youth, Women and Child Affairs (18-).
PHU PHU Minister of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs (18-).
Minister of National Dialogue (15). Minister of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages (15-18). Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages (18).
Deputy Minister of Disaster Management (15-18). Deputy Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms (18). State Minister of Environment (18-).
State Minister of University Education (15). State Minister of Higher Education (15-18). State Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs (18). State Minister of Education and Higher Education (18-).
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development (18).
DNM DNM Minister of Lands (15-16). Died. Replaced by Sarath Fonseka.
Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion (18-).
Minister of Megapolis and Western Development (18-).
Resigned. Replaced by M. S. Thowfeek.
Minister of City Planning and Water Supply (15-18).
Minister of Post, Postal Service and Muslim Affairs (15-18).
Deputy Minister of Sports (15-18). Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy City Development (18).
Minister of Rural Economy (15-18). Minister of Social Empowerment (18).
Minister of Public Enterprise Development (15-18). Minister of Higher Education and Highways (18). Minister of Highways and Road Development(18).
State Minister of Rehabilitation and Resettlement (15-18). State Minister of Highways and Road Development (18). Minister of City Planning and Water Supply (18-). State Minister of Highways and Road Development (18-).
Replaces M. H. M. Navavi.
Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Management and Law and Order (18).
Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment (15-18).
State Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms (15-18).
Minister of Sports (15-18). Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training (18-).
Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife (15-18).
Minister of Women and Child Affairs (15-18).
Speaker (15-18).
State Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure & Community Development (18). State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply (18).
Minister of Education (15-18).
Minister of Finance (15-17). Minister of Foreign Affairs (17).
Chief Government Whip (15-). Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media (15-17). Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms (17-18).
Leader of the House (15-). Minister of University Education and Highways (15). Minister of Higher Education and Highways (15-18). Minister of Public Enterprises and Kandy Development (18). Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy City Development (18).
Disqualified. Replaced by Piyasena Gamage.
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs (15-17).
Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development (18-).
State Minister of Child Affairs (15-18).
Deputy Minister of Environment (18).
Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms (15). Minister of Development Assignments (17-18). Minister of Foreign Affairs (17-18).
Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Northern Development (18). Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Northern Development (18-).
Resigned. Replaced by Bimal Rathnayaka.
Deputy Minister of Justice (15-18). Deputy Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana (15-18). Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms (18). Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms (18-).
Deputy Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages (18).
Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government (15-18). Minister of Sports (18). Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports (18, 18-).
Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping Affairs (15-18). Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping (18-).
Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment (16-18). Deputy Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment (18). Deputy Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment (18).
Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation, and Official Languages (18-).
Resigned. Replaced by S. M. Mohamed Ismail.
Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs (15-18). Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development (18). Minister of Cultural Affairs, Internal Affairs and Regional Development (18-).
Replaces M. H. M. Salman.
Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government (15-17). Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training (17-18). Deputy Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage (18).
Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce (18).
Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy (15-18). State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy (18).
State Minister of Highways (15-18).
Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife (15-18). Minister of Buddha Sasana (17-18).
Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries (15-18). State Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion (18-).
State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs (15-18).
State Minister of Industry and Commerce Affairs (15-18). State Minister of Plantation Industries (18).
Minister of Housing and Construction (15-18).
Minister of Technology, Technical Education and Employment (15). Minister of Science, Technology and Research (15-18). Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Justice (18-).
Deputy Minister of Cultural and Internal Affairs and Regional Development (North Western) (18-).
Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Management (15-18).
State Minister of Education (15-18).
Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine (18-).
Prime Minister (18). Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs (18-).Leader of the Opposition (18).
Minister of Justice (15-17). Minister of Buddha Sasana (15-17). Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs (18). Minister of Education and Higher Education (18-).
Deputy Minister of Agriculture (18, 18-).
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare (15-17). Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage (17-18). Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment (18).
State Minister of Mass Media and Digital Infrastructure (18-).
DNM DNM Minister of Ports and Shipping (15-17). Minister of Petroleum Resources Development (17-18).
Minister of Megapolis and Western Development (15-18).
Replaces Sarath Chandrasiri Mayadunne.
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (18-). State Minister of Transport (18-).
Minister of Southern Development (15). Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development (15-18). Minister of Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development (18). Minister of Youth Affairs, Project Management and Southern Development (18).
Resigned. Replaced by A. L. M. Nazeer.
Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training (15-17). Minister of Ports and Shipping (17-18). Minister of Ports and Shipping (18-).
Minister of Foreign Affairs (15-17). Minister of Finance and Mass Media (17-18).
State Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations (15-18). Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife (18). Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations (18).
Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade (15-18). Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage (18). Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development (18).
Leader of the Opposition (15-18).
State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management (15-17). State Minister of Foreign Affairs(17-18). Minister of Tourism and Wild Life (18-).
DNM DNM
DNM DNM Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine (15-18).
State Minister of International Trade (15-18).
Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations (15-17). Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development (17-18).
Replaces Chamara Sampath Dassanayake. State Minister of Science, Technology and Research (15-18). State Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage (18). State Minister of Defence (18-).
Deputy Minister of Primary Industries (18). Deputy Minister of Social Welfare and Primary Industries (18).
Minister of Power and Renewable Energy (15-18). Minister of Disaster Management (18). Minister of Power and Renewable Energy (18-).
Minister of Irrigation and Water Resource Management (15-18). Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs (18, 18-).
Deputy Speaker & Chairman of Committees (15-18).
State Minister of Plantation Industries (18-).
Minister of Rehabilitation and Resettlement (15). Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs (15). Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs (15-18). Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs (18).
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs (16-18). Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development (18).
Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development (18-).
Replaces A. R. A. Hafeez.
Deputy Minister of Regional Development (Eastern Development) (18-).
State Minister of Petroleum Resources Development (18-).
State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development (15-18). State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs (18).
Minister of Petroleum and Gas (15). Minister of Petroleum Resources Development (15-17). Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training (17-18).
Minister of Housing and Social Welfare (18-).
DNM DNM
Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise Development (15-17). State Minister of Finance (17-18).
Prime Minister (15-18, 18-). Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs (15-18). Minister of Law and Order (18).
Deputy Minister of Post, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs (15-17).
State Minister of Defence (15-18).
State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government (17-18). State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports (18, 18-).
Minister of Disaster Management (15-18). State Minister of Finance (18-).

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Notes and References

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  20. News: Gunasekara . Skandha . UNP Ananda Kumarasiri appointed Deputy Speaker . 4 November 2018 . . 6 June 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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  22. News: MR appointed as Opposition Leader . 18 December 2018 . . 18 December 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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  37. News: Another defeated SLFPer appointed cabinet minister. The Island. 10 September 2015.
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  42. News: Dr. Sarath Amunugama sworn in as Minister. Daily News. 24 October 2015.
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  45. News: SF Regional Development Minister. The Daily Mirror. 25 February 2016.
  46. News: Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka sworn in as Regional Development Minister. Daily News. 26 February 2016.
  47. News: Two deputy ministers and a state minister appointed. The Daily Mirror. 6 April 2016.
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  50. News: UPFA withdraws from Govt. . 14 November 2018 . . 26 October 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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  52. News: Sri Lanka plunges into crisis as President Maithripala Sirisena sacks Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe . 28 October 2018 . . . 26 October 2018 . Singapore.
  53. News: Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapaksa, former president, named as PM . 28 October 2018 . . 26 October 2018 . London, U.K..
  54. News: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena sacks Prime Minister, appoints 'strongman' Mahinda Rajapaksa . 28 October 2018 . . . 27 October 2018 . Sydney, Australia.
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  62. News: Rasheed . Zaheena . Kuruwita . Rathindra . Sri Lanka president dissolves parliament, sets January snap poll . 14 November 2018 . . 9 November 2018 . Doha, Qatar.
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  71. News: War of words between President and Speaker escalates . 16 November 2018 . . 15 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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  74. News: Amended no-faith motion against PM and Govt. passed: Speaker . 16 November 2018 . . 16 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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  94. News: Athuraliaye Rathana Thero to function as independent candidate . 15 November 2018 . . 17 January 2017 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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  115. News: Dunesh Gankanda appointed State Minister of Environment . 31 October 2018 . . 30 October 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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  123. News: Manusha resigns as Dy. Minister . 6 November 2018 . . 6 November 2018 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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