Premadasa cabinet

Premadasa cabinet

11th Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed 2 January 1989
Date dissolved 1 May 1993
People and organizations
Head of government Ranasinghe Premadasa
Head of state Ranasinghe Premadasa
Member party United National Party
Opposition party Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Opposition leader Sirimavo Bandaranaike
History
Election(s) 1988, 1989
Legislature term(s) 8th, 9th
Previous Jayewardene cabinet
Successor Wijetunga cabinet

The Premadasa cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Ranasinghe Premadasa between 1989 and 1993. It was formed in January 1989 after the presidential election and it ended in May 1993 with Premadasa's assassination.

Cabinet members

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Party Minister Office Took office Left office
UNP Ranasinghe Premadasa President 2 January 1989 1 May 1993
Minister of Defence 1989
Minister of Buddha Sasana 1989
Minister of Minister of Policy Planning & Implementation 1989
UNP A. M. S. Adhikari Minister of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation & Social Welfare
Minister of Post & Telecommunication 14 March 1991
UNP Alick Aluwihare Minister of Post & Telecommunication
Minister of Ports & Shipping 14 March 1991
UNP Gamini Atukorale Minister of Land Irrigation & Mahaweli Development 14 March 1991
UNP Lalith Athulathmudali Minister of Agriculture, Food & Cooperatives 18 February 1989
Minister of Education & Higher Education 1990
UNP R. M. Dharmadasa Banda Minister of Agriculture & Research 1990
UNP Chandra Bandara Minister of Power & Energy 1990
UNP Sirisena Cooray Minister of Housing & Construction 18 February 1989
UNP P. Dayaratna Minister of Land, Irrigation & Mahaweli Development
Minister of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation & Social Welfare 14 March 1991
UNP Gamini Dissanayake Minister of Plantation Industries 18 February 1989 1990
UNP Tyronne Fernando Minister of Information
UNP A. C. S. Hameed Minister of Higher Education, Science & Technology 18 February 1989
Minister of Justice 1990
Harold Herath Minister of Foreign Affairs 1990
UNP Renuka Herath Minister of Health & Women's Affairs
UNP Rupasena Karunatilake Minister of Ports & Shipping
Minister of Plantation Industry
UNP W. J. M. Lokubandara Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs & Information
Minister of Cultural Affairs & Information 1990
UNP Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi Minister of Food & Cooperatives 1990
UNP Nanda Mathew Minister of Youth Affairs
Minister of Sports 1989 1993
UNP Wijayapala Mendis Minister of Transport & Highways
Abdul Razak Munsoor Minister of Trade & Shipping 18 February 1989
Minister of Trade & Commerce
UNP Festus Perera Minister of Power & Energy
Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils & Home Affairs 1990
UNP M. Joseph Michael Perera Minister of Fisheries & Aquatic Research
UNP Vincent Perera Minister of Justice
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of Environment
CWC Savumiamoorthy Thondaman Minister of Textiles and Rural Industrial Development 18 February 1989
Minister of Rural Industrial Development & Tourism 1990
UNP Ranil Wickremasinghe Minister of Industries 18 February 1989
Minister of Industries, Science & Technology 1990
UNP Wimal Wickremasinghe Minister of Environment & Parliamentary Affairs
UNP U. B. Wijekoon Minister of Textiles & Handloom Industries 1990
UNP Ranjan Wijeratne Minister of Foreign Affairs 18 February 1989
Minister of Plantation Industries 1990 2 March 1991
UNP D. B. Wijetunga Prime Minister 6 March 1989 28 March 1990
Prime Minister 30 March 1990 May 1993
Minister of Finance 18 February 1989
Minister of Labour & Vocational Training 14 March 1991

Deputy ministers and district ministers

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Party Minister Office Took office Left office
UNP Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi District Minister for Colombo
UNP Ranjan Wijeratne Minister of State for Defence / Deputy Minister of Defence 2 March 1991
UNP D. B. Wijetunga Minister of State for Defence / Deputy Minister of Defence 14 March 1991

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