Premadasa 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
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
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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