Cabinet of Sri Lanka
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The Cabinet of Sri Lanka is the council of cabinet ministers , responsible to parliament. The Cabinet is appointed by the President under the advice of the Prime Minister and serve at his pleasure. Officially the prime minister is the head of the cabinet, but the cabinet is chaired by the president and is the ed-facto head of the cabinet. The Cabinet meets several times a week to discuss vital issues. Outside of the cabinet there are a number of junior ministers, these include non-cabinet ministers and deputy ministers under reporting directly to a senior minister.
[edit] Current Cabinet
The Cabinet of Sri Lanka, as of 31 January 2007, is as follows:
- Hon. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - Prime Minister & Minister of Internal Administration
- Hon. Karu Jayasuriya - Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
- Hon. Maithripala Sirisena - Minister of Agricultural Development & Agrarian Services Development
- Hon. D. M. Jayaratne - Minister of Plantation Industries
- Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva - Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition
- Hon. A. H. M. Fowzie - Minister of Petroleum & Petroleum Resources Development
- Hon. Susil Premajayantha - Minister of Education
- Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena - Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development
- Hon. Douglas Devananda - Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare
- Hon. (Mrs.) Ferial Ashraff - Minister of Housing and Common Amenities
- Hon. P.Chandrasekeran - Minister of Community Development and Social Inequity Eradication
- Hon. A. L. M. Athaullah - Minister of Water Supply and Drainage
- Hon. Prof. Tissa Vitharana - Minister of Science and Technology
- Hon. D. E. W. Gunasekera - Minister of Constitutional Affairs & National Integration
- Hon. Abdul Risath Bathiyutheen - Minister of Resettlement & Disaster Relief Services
- Hon. P. Dayaratne - Minister of Plan Implementation
- Hon. R. M. Dharmadasa Banda - Minister of Supplementary Crops Development
- Hon. M.H. Mohomed - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
- Hon. Prof. G. L. Peiris - Minister of Export Development & International Trade
- Hon. John Seneviratne - Minister of Power & Energy
- Hon. (Mrs.) Sumedha Jayasena - Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs
- Hon. Dr. Sarath Amunugama - Minister of Enterprise Development & Investment Promotion
- Hon. Milroy Fernando - Minister of Public Estate Management & Development
- Hon. Jeewan Kumaranatunga - Minister of Land and Land Development
- Hon. Pavithra Wanniarachchi - Minister of Youth Affairs
- Hon. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa - Minister of Mass Media and Information
- Hon. Tissa Karaliyadde - Minister of Indigenous Medicine
- Hon. Athauda Seneviratne - Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower
- Hon. Gamini Lokuge - Minister of Sports and Public Recreation
- Hon. Bandula Gunawardena - Minister of Trade, Marketing Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs
- Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe - Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights
- Hon. Rajitha Senaratne - Minister of Construction and Engineering Services
- Hon. Mahinda Wijesekera - Minister of Special Projects
- Hon. Milinda Moragoda - Minister of Tourism
- Hon. Keheliya Rambukwelle - Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare
- Hon. Piyasena Gamage - Minister of Vocational and Technical Training
- Hon. R. M. S. B. Navinne - Minister of Rural Industries & Self-Employment Promotion
- Hon. Janaka Bandara Tennekoon - Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils
- Hon. Felix Perera - Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
- Hon. R. M. C. B. Rathnayake - Minister of Livestock Development
- Hon. Rohitha Bogollagama - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena - Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Hon. Prof. Wiswa Warnapala - Minister of Higher Education
- Hon. Chamal Rajapaksa - Minister of Irrigation, Water Management & Minister of Ports and Aviation
- Hon. Kumara Welgama - Minister of Industrial Development
- Hon. Dullas Alahaperuma - Minister of Transport
- Hon. Amarasiri Dodangoda - Minister of Justice
- Hon. Champika Ranawaka - Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
- Hon. Arumugan Thondaman - Minister of Youth Empowerment & Socio Economic Development
