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Sri Lanka's last local government elections in 2018 resulted in the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) securing a majority with 40% of the vote. [6] [7] [8]Gotabaya Rajapaksa, contesting under the SLPP, subsequently won the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election, while Mahinda Rajapaksa led the SLPP to victory in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election.
SLPP led Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance: 31 G. Rajapaksa cabinet II: 12 August 2020: 3 April 2022: 32 G. Rajapaksa cabinet III: 18 April 2022: 9 May 2022: 33 G. Rajapaksa cabinet IV: 12 May 2022: 14 July 2022: SLPP–UNP led coalition 34 Wickremesinghe cabinet: 22 July 2022: 23 September 2024: Ranil Wickremesinghe: 35 Dissanayake cabinet I ...
The National People's Power (NPP), having secured a supermajority with 159 seats, formed the next government of Sri Lanka. The new cabinet of ministers, sworn in on 18 November 2024, includes 21 members elected in the recent parliamentary election, along with the president, who will retain the portfolios of defence , finance , and digital economy.
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 ...
The election signified a major political realignment in Sri Lanka. [10] Dissanayake's victory was the first time a third-party candidate was elected president. This was also the first election where neither of the top two candidates were endorsed by the United National Party or the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
24 September 2024 [1] Nalin Fernando: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security: 20 May 2022 [b] 24 September 2024 [1] Tiran Alles: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: Minister of Public Security: 20 May 2022 [b] 24 September 2024 [1] Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen: Sri Lanka Muslim Congress: Minister of Environment: 18 ...
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.