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On 13 July 2022, during the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, thousands of protesters stormed and occupied the Prime Minister's Office, after the President's House, the Presidential Secretariat and Temple Trees been stormed and occupied on the 9 July 2022 demanding that both president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resign immediately.
The president's deputy is the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, who leads the ruling party in Parliament. The President can dissolve the cabinet and appoint a new one at any time. The President can dissolve the cabinet and appoint a new one at any time.
The president became the head of state and chief executive, [1] and the prime minister became a weak head of government. [2] Under the current constitution of Sri Lanka, the prime minister is the leader of the Cabinet business and also functions as a deputy to the president. In the event a president dies in office, the prime minister becomes ...
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, won a large majority in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election on 5 August 2020. [14] During their tenure, the government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa faced multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis, which culminated into widespread protests ...
Under the Soulbury Constitution, the post of Prime Minister was created in 1947 as the head of government of Ceylon in the Westminster system.In 1978, under the second amendment to the Republican Constitution of 1972, much of the powers of the premiership were transferred to the executive presidency as head of government and head of the cabinet of ministers in addition to being the head of state.
Minister of Power and Energy; Ministry of Environment. Minister of Environment; Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs; Ministry of Irrigation. Minister of Irrigation; Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment. Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment; Ministry of Public Security. Minister of Public Security
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka; Speaker of the Parliament; Chief Justice of Sri Lanka. Leader of the Opposition; Ministers of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka; Field marshal; Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka [2] Provincial Governors (within their respective provinces) Provincial Chief Ministers (within their respective provinces) State Ministers
Prime Minister, Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe [1], Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies Agency executive Mr. K M Mahinda Siriwardana, Secretary to the Treasury