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The parliament of the Sri Lanka has set of ministers. They are categorized either as the ministers of cabinet and non cabinet. According to the 19th amendment the number of cabinet ministers is limited to 28.
In Sri Lanka, the Cabinet of Ministers is the council of senior ministers responsible and answerable to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The President is a member of the cabinet and its head. [1] The Dissanayake cabinet is the incumbent central government of Sri Lanka led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The Council exercised executive power and advised the governor. As a result of the First Manning Reforms three non-officials were elected to the executive council. With enactment of the new constitution of the Dominion of Ceylon in 1947 the Executive Council was replaced by a National Cabinet.
In the Sri Lankan Government, ministers are members of Parliament who hold appointments from the President to perform certain functions of government. This includes formulating and implementing policies and heading government ministries. Ministers collectively make up the executive branch of the Government of Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972 was a constitution of Sri Lanka, replaced by the 1978 constitution currently in force. It was Sri Lanka's first republican constitution, and its second since independence in 1948. The constitution changed the country's name from Ceylon to Sri Lanka, and established it as an independent republic.
Articles 42 to 47 of the Constitution govern the appointment of cabinet ministers, non-cabinet ministers, and deputy ministers. These articles also outline the assignment of subjects, functions, departments, statutory institutions, and public corporations to the ministries. The members of the Cabinet are as follows: [2]
State Ministers; Deputy Speaker of Parliament; Deputy Ministers; Deputy Chairman of Committees; Chief Government Whip; Ambassadors and High Commissioners (according to date of presentation of Letters of Credence or of assumption of duty) and Foreign Ministers and Envoys. Members of the Constitutional Council; Attorney General of Sri Lanka ...
Central Provincial Council The chief minister of Central Province , Sri Lanka , is the head of the provincial board of ministers, a body which aids and advises the governor , the head of the provincial government, in the exercise of his executive power. [ 1 ]