# Kumaratunga cabinets

The Kumaratunga cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Chandrika Kumaratunga between 1994 and 2005. It was formed in November 1994 when Kumaratunga was elected president and it ended in November 2005 when her second limited term ended. The Kumaratunga cabinet saw the only significant period of co-habitation in Sri Lanka since the executive presidency was introduced in 1978. Between 2001 and 2004 President Kumaratunga, leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party/People's Alliance, had to share power with her opponents, the United National Party/United National Front.

## Cabinet members

| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | President | 12 November 1994 | 19 November 2005 |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Defence | | |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Finance and Planning | | 5 December 2001 |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Media | | |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Samurdhi Affairs | | |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Tourism and Aviation | | |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Buddha Sasana | | |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order | | |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Education | | |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Prime Minister | 14 November 1994 | 9 August 2000 |
| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Prime Minister | 10 August 2000 | 7 December 2001 |
| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Buddha Sasana Religious Affairs and Plantation Industries | 19 October 2000 | |
| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Buddha Sasana | 26 May 2004 | |
| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Public Security, Law and Order | 26 May 2004 | |
| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Agriculture | 27 July 2005 | |
| Ranil Wickremesinghe | United National Party | Prime Minister | 9 December 2001 | 2 April 2004 |
| Ranil Wickremesinghe | United National Party | Minister of Policy Planning | 12 December 2001 | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries | 14 September 2001 | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Prime Minister | 6 April 2004 | 19 November 2005 |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Highways | 10 April 2004 | |
| Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage | 25 July 2005 | |
| A. R. M. Abdul Cader | United National Party | Minister of Co-operatives | 12 December 2001 | |
| Alick Aluwihare | United National Party | Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government | 12 December 2001 | |
| John Amaratunga | United National Party | Minister of Interior | 12 December 2001 | 4 November 2003 |
| Sarath Amunugama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management | 19 October 2000 | |
| Sarath Amunugama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Education and Higher Education | 14 September 2001 | |
| Sarath Amunugama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Finance | 10 April 2004 | 22 November 2005 |
| Sarath Amunugama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Industry and Investment Promotion | 22 August 2005 | |
| Ferial Ashraff | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Minister of Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the East, Rural Housing Development and Women's Affairs | 14 September 2001 | |
| Ferial Ashraff | National Unity Alliance | Minister of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education and Irrigation Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| A. L. M. Athaullah | National Congress | Minister of Infrastructure Development in the Eastern Province | 10 April 2004 | |
| Tissa Attanayake | United National Party | Minister of Central Region Development | 12 December 2001 | |
| Gamini Atukorale | United National Party | Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation | 12 December 2001 | |
| Anura Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Promotion | 10 April 2004 | |
| Anura Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Industry and Investment Promotion | 17 September 2004 | |
| Anura Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Tourism | 17 September 2004 | |
| Anura Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 22 August 2005 | |
| K. N. Choksy | United National Party | Minister of Finance | 12 December 2001 | 2 April 2004 |
| Reginald Cooray | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Ethnic Affairs and National Integration | 19 October 2000 | |
| Reginald Cooray | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Information and Media | 10 April 2004 | |
| P. Dayaratna | United National Party | Minister of Health | 12 December 2001 | |
| Ronnie de Mel | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Ports Development and Development of the South | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| Ronnie de Mel | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Trade, Industrial Development and Rural Industries | 14 September 2001 | |
| Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services | 14 September 2001 | |
| Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva-Wellassa Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| Douglas Devananda | Eelam People's Democratic Party | Minister of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the North | 19 October 2000 | |
| Douglas Devananda | Eelam People's Democratic Party | Minister of Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the North and North East Tamil Affairs | 14 September 2001 | |
| Douglas Devananda | Eelam People's Democratic Party | Minister of Agricultural Marketing Development, Hindu Affairs and Tamil Language Schools and Vocational Training (North) | 10 April 2004 | |
| Salinda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Land Development and Minor Export Agricultural Crops | 19 October 2000 | |
| S. B. Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Samurdhi, Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs | 19 October 2000 | |
| S. B. Dissanayake | United National Party | Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Welfare | 12 December 2001 | |
| Amarasiri Dodangoda | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Vocational Training | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| Amarasiri Dodangoda | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Human Resources Development, Technical and Vocational Education | 14 September 2001 | |
| Amarasiri Dodangoda | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs | 10 April 2004 | |
| Nandimithra Ekanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government | 19 October 2000 | |
| Milroy Fernando | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Social Services and Fishing Community Housing Development | 19 October 2000 | |
| Milroy Fernando | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Christian and Parliamentary Affairs | 10 April 2004 | |
| Tyronne Fernando | United National Party | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 12 December 2001 | |
| Jeyaraj Fernandopulle | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Civil Aviation and Airports Development | 19 October 2000 | |
| Jeyaraj Fernandopulle | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs | 10 April 2004 | |
| A. H. M. Fowzie | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Highways | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| A. H. M. Fowzie | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Highways and Muslim Religious Affairs | 14 September 2001 | |
| A. H. M. Fowzie | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Environment and Natural Resources | 10 April 2004 | |
| Piyasena Gamage | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Skills Development, Vocational and Technical Education | 10 April 2004 | |
| Leslie Gunawardana | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Minister of Science and Technology | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| Monty Gopallawa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Cultural Affairs | 19 October 2000 | |
| D. E. W. Gunasekera | Communist Party | Minister of Constitutional Reform | 26 May 2004 | |
| Bandula Gunawardane | United National Party | Minister of Rural Economy | 12 December 2001 | |
| Dinesh Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Minister of Transport | 19 October 2000 | |
| Dinesh Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Minister of Transport and Environment Protection | 14 September 2001 | |
| Dinesh Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Minister of Urban Development and Water Supply | 10 April 2004 | |
| Indika Gunawardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Higher Education and Information Technology Development | 19 October 2000 | |
| Indika Gunawardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication | 14 September 2001 | |
| Rauff Hakeem | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Minister of Internal and International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs and Shipping Development | 19 October 2000 | 20 June 2001 |
| Rauff Hakeem | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Minister of Ports Development and Shipping | 12 December 2001 | |
| Maheepala Herath | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Rural Industrial Development | 19 October 2000 | |
| D. M. Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Agriculture | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| D. M. Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Co-operative Development | 14 September 2001 | |
| D. M. Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Udarata Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| Sumedha G. Jayasena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Women's Affairs | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| Sumedha G. Jayasena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Women's Empowerment and Social Welfare | 10 April 2004 | |
| Karu Jayasuriya | United National Party | Minister of Power and Energy | 12 December 2001 | |
| Lakshman Kadirgamar | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Foreign Affairs | | |
| Lakshman Kadirgamar | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 10 April 2004 | 12 August 2005 |
| Tissa Karalliyadde | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Indigenous Medicine | 19 October 2000 | |
| Tissa Karalliyadde | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Indigenous Medicine | 10 April 2004 | |
| Lakshman Kiriella | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Tourism and Sports | 19 October 2000 | |
| Lakshman Kiriella | United National Party | Minister of Plantation Industries | 12 December 2001 | |
| Ananda Kularatne | United National Party | Minister of Southern Regional Development | 12 December 2001 | |
| Jeewan Kumaranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Youth Affairs | 19 October 2000 | |
| Jeewan Kumaranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs | 10 April 2004 | |
| W. J. M. Lokubandara | United National Party | Minister of Justice, Law Reform and Buddhist Affairs | 12 December 2001 | |
| Gamini Lokuge | United National Party | Minister of Tourism | 12 December 2001 | |
| Tilak Marapana | United National Party | Minister of Defence | 12 December 2001 | 4 November 2003 |
| Wijayapala Mendis | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister Without Portfolio | 19 October 2000 | |
| M. H. Mohamed | United National Party | Minister of Western Region Development | 12 December 2001 | |
| Alavi Moulana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Labour | 19 October 2000 | |
| S. B. Nawinne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Regional Infrastructure Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| Richard Pathirana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Administrative Reforms | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| Richard Pathirana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development | 14 September 2001 | |
| G. L. Peiris | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Industrial Development | 19 October 2000 | |
| G. L. Peiris | United National Party | Minister of Industrial Development | 12 December 2001 | |
| Dilan Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Estate Housing, Infrastructure and Community Development | 21 October 2005 | |
| Felix Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Transport | 10 April 2004 | |
| Felix Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Railways | 25 July 2005 | |
| Gamini Jayawickrama Perera | United National Party | Minister of Irrigation and Water Management | 12 December 2001 | |
| Susil Premajayantha | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Education | 19 October 2000 | |
| Susil Premajayantha | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Power and Energy | 10 April 2004 | |
| Reggie Ranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Food and Marketing Development | 19 October 2000 | |
| Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake | United National Party | Minister of Women's Affairs | 12 December 2001 | |
| C. B. Ratnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Estate Community Infrastructure | 10 April 2004 | |
| C. B. Ratnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Medium and Small Scale Plantation Industries and Rural Human Resources Development | 17 September 2004 | |
| Anuruddha Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Power and Energy | 19 October 2000 | |
| Anuruddha Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power | 14 September 2001 | |
| Mangala Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Public Utilities | 19 October 2000 | |
| Mangala Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Urban Development, Public Utilities, Housing and Sports | 14 September 2001 | |
| Mangala Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Ports and Aviation | 10 April 2004 | |
| H. B. Semasinghe | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Co-operative Development | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| Rukman Senanayake | United National Party | Minister of Environment and Natural Resources | 12 December 2001 | |
| Athauda Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development | 14 September 2001 | |
| Athauda Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment | 10 April 2004 | |
| John Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Health | 19 October 2000 | |
| John Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Justice and Judicial Reforms | 10 April 2004 | |
| Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Mahaweli Development | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Mahaweli Development and Parliamentary Affairs | 14 September 2001 | |
| Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of River Basin Development and Rajarata Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| Muthu Sivalingam | Ceylon Workers' Congress | Minister of Estate Housing, Infrastructure and Community Development | 10 September 2004 | |
| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government | 10 April 2004 | |
| Arumugam Thondaman | Ceylon Workers' Congress | Minister of Estate Infrastructure and Livestock Development | 19 October 2000 | |
| Arumugam Thondaman | Ceylon Workers' Congress | Minister of Livestock Development and Estate Infrastructure | September 2001 | |
| Arumugam Thondaman | Ceylon Workers' Congress | Minister of Housing and Plantation Infrastructure | 12 December 2001 | |
| Tissa Vitharana | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Minister of Science and Technology | 10 April 2004 | |
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Plan Implementation | 19 October 2000 | |
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation | 10 April 2004 | |
| Wiswa Warnapala | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | 23 August 2005 | |
| Batty Weerakoon | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Minister of Justice | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 |
| Batty Weerakoon | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Minister of Justice, Ethnic Affairs and National Integration | 14 September 2001 | |
| Mahinda Wijesekara | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Forestry and Environment | 19 October 2000 | |
| Mahinda Wijesekara | United National Party | Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources | 12 December 2001 | |
| Anura Priyadharshana Yapa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Information and Media | 19 October 2000 | |
| Anura Priyadharshana Yapa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Plantation Industries | 10 April 2004 | |

## Project ministers

| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Vajira Abeywardena | United National Party | Project Minister of Public Administration | 12 December 2001 | |
| A. L. M. Athaullah | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Project Minister of Highways | 12 December 2001 | |
| A. H. M. Azwer | United National Party | Project Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | 12 December 2001 | |
| Rohitha Bogollagama | United National Party | Project Minister of Industries | 12 December 2001 | |
| P. Chandrasekaran | Up-Country People's Front | Project Minister of Estate Infrastructure | 12 December 2001 | |
| Johnston Fernando | United National Party | Project Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports | 12 December 2001 | |
| Lal Gamage | United National Party | Project Minister of Assisting Foreign Affairs | 12 December 2001 | |
| Earl Gunasekara | United National Party | Project Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government | 12 December 2001 | |
| P. Harrison | United National Party | Project Minister of Housing Development | 12 December 2001 | |
| Kabir Hashim | United National Party | Project Minister of Tertiary Education | 12 December 2001 | |
| Jayalath Jayawardena | United National Party | Project Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Refugees | 12 December 2001 | |
| Ravi Karunanayake | United National Party | Project Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs | 12 December 2001 | |
| Karunasena Kodituwakku | United National Party | Project Minister of Human Resources, Education and Culture | 12 December 2001 | |
| T. Maheswaran | United National Party | Project Minister of Hindu Affairs | 12 December 2001 | |
| M. Mahroof | United National Party | Project Minister of Urban Public Utilities | 12 December 2001 | |
| Imithiyas Bakeer Makar | United National Party | Project Minister of Mass Communication | 12 December 2001 | 4 November 2003 |
| Noordeen Mashoor | United National Party | Project Minister of Assisting Vanni Rehabilitation | 12 December 2001 | |
| Milinda Moragoda | United National Party | Project Minister of Economic Reforms, Science and Technology | 12 December 2001 | |
| H. G. P. Nelson | United National Party | Project Minister of Irrigation | 12 December 2001 | |
| Upali Piyasena | United National Party | Project Minister of State Transport | 12 December 2001 | |
| Jayathilaka Podinilame | United National Party | Project Minister of North West Regional Development | 12 December 2001 | |
| Susantha Punchinilame | United National Party | Project Minister of Small Holder Development | 12 December 2001 | |
| Suranimala Rajapakse | United National Party | Project Minister of School Education | 12 December 2001 | |
| Mahinda Samarasinghe | United National Party | Project Minister of Employment and Labour | 12 December 2001 | |
| Ravindra Samaraweera | United National Party | Project Minister of Social Welfare | 12 December 2001 | |
| Rajitha Senaratne | United National Party | Project Minister of Land | 12 December 2001 | |
| Lakshman Senewiratne | United National Party | Project Minister of Water Management | 12 December 2001 | |
| R. A. D. Sirisena | United National Party | Project Minister of Samurdhi | 12 December 2001 | |

## Deputy ministers

| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Mohideen Abdul Cader | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development | 3 November 2000 | |
| Mohideen Abdul Cader | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Deputy Minister of Fisheries | 12 December 2001 | |
| M. N. Abdul Majeed | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Post and Telecommunication | 3 November 2000 | |
| Rohitha Abeygunawardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Post and Telecommunications and Udarata Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition | 10 April 2004 | |
| Lasantha Alagiyawanna | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Transport | 10 April 2004 | |
| Dullas Alahapperuma | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Samurdhi, Rural Development, Parliamentary Affairs and Up-Country Development | 3 November 2000 | |
| Mahindananda Aluthgamage | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Highways | 3 November 2000 | |
| Mahindananda Aluthgamage | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Power and Energy | 10 April 2004 | |
| Mahindananda Aluthgamage | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation | 12 August 2005 | |
| Mahinda Amaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Urban Development and Water Supply | 10 April 2004 | |
| Jagath Balasuriya | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Public Utilities | 3 November 2000 | |
| Pandu Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Forestry and Environment | 3 November 2000 | |
| Pandu Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs | 10 April 2004 | |
| Indika Bandaranayake | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources | 12 December 2001 | |
| Bandula Basnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources | 10 April 2004 | |
| Hussein Ahamed Bhaila | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Deputy Minister of Small and Medium Enterprise Development | 11 October 2004 | |
| S. M. Chandrasena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Estate Community Infrastructure | 10 April 2004 | |
| S. M. Chandrasena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Women's Empowerment and Social Welfare | 11 October 2004 | |
| Harindra Corea | | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | 3 November 2000 | |
| D. M. Dassanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Agriculture | 3 November 2000 | |
| D. M. Dassanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Livestock Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| D. M. Dassanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation | 11 October 2004 | |
| Basheer Segu Dawood | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Deputy Minister of Housing | 12 December 2001 | |
| Tudor Dayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Education | 3 November 2000 | |
| Duminda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Skills Development, Vocational and Technical Education | 10 April 2004 | |
| Navin Dissanayake | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries | 12 December 2001 | |
| Rohana Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation | 10 April 2004 | |
| Salinda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Samurdhi | 14 September 2001 | |
| Salinda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of River Basin Development and Rajarata Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| Salinda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Irrigation, Mahaweli and Rajarata Development | 19 July 2005 | |
| S. B. Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Finance | 25 November 2000 | 13 September 2001 |
| Nandimithra Ekanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Post and Telecommunication | 14 September 2001 | |
| T. B. Ekanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs | 3 November 2000 | |
| T. B. Ekanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Highways | 10 April 2004 | |
| Milroy Fernando | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Fisheries | 14 September 2001 | |
| Chandrasiri Gajadeera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Vocational Training | 3 November 2000 | |
| Chandrasiri Gajadeera | Communist Party | Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education and Irrigation Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| Piyasena Gamage | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Industrial Development | 3 November 2000 | |
| Siripala Gamalath | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Agricultural Marketing Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| S. Ganeshamoorthy | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Ethnic Affairs and National Integration | 3 November 2000 | |
| Monty Gopallawa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana, Cultural and Religious Affairs | 14 September 2001 | |
| Bandula Gunawardane | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Finance | 12 December 2001 | 7 February 2004 |
| Dinesh Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Deputy Minister of Education | 10 April 2004 | |
| Lionel Gunawardena | | Deputy Minister of Health | 3 November 2000 | |
| H. M. N. Herath | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Food and Marketing Development | 3 November 2000 | |
| Jayarathna Herath | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Public Security, Law and Order | 10 April 2004 | |
| Maheepala Herath | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Rural Industries | 14 September 2001 | |
| Maheepala Herath | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Transport | 10 April 2004 | |
| M. H. Cegu Isadean | National Unity Alliance | Deputy Minister of Information and Media | 10 April 2004 | |
| M. I. Anwar Ismail | National Congress | Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Development in the Eastern Province | 10 April 2004 | |
| Piyankara Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs | 3 November 2000 | |
| Premalal Jayasekara | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of River Basin Development and Rajarata Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| Tissa Karalliyadde | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Indigenous Medicine | 14 September 2001 | |
| Chandana Kathriarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Public Utilities | 3 November 2000 | |
| Sarath Keerthirathna | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Agriculture | 3 November 2000 | |
| Lakshman Kiriella | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Trade and Industrial Development | 14 September 2001 | |
| Nirmala Kotalawala | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Small and Rural Industries | 12 August 2005 | |
| Jeewan Kumaranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Housing and Sports | 14 September 2001 | |
| Udagama Heenmahatmaya Liyanage | | Deputy Minister of Estate Infrastructure and Livestock Development | 3 November 2000 | |
| E. A. L Marrikar | | Deputy Minister of Education | 3 November 2000 | |
| Noordeen Mashoor | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Deputy Minister of Ethnic Affairs and National Integration | 3 November 2000 | |
| H. R. Mithrapala | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs | 12 August 2005 | |
| Alavi Moulana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Media | 14 September 2001 | |
| Faiszer Musthapha | Ceylon Workers' Congress | Deputy Minister of Tourism | 10 June 2005 | |
| K. H. G. N. Padmasiri | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries | 3 November 2000 | |
| G. L. Peiris | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Finance | 24 November 1994 | 9 August 2000 |
| G. L. Peiris | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Finance | 16 August 2000 | 10 October 2000 |
| Dilan Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Ports and Aviation | 10 April 2004 | |
| Felix Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Power and Energy | 3 November 2000 | |
| Felix Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Power | 14 September 2001 | |
| Munidasa Premachandra | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Highways | 3 November 2000 | |
| Munidasa Premachandra | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | 14 September 2001 | |
| Sajith Premadasa | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Health | 12 December 2001 | |
| Susil Premajayantha | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Urban Development and Public Utilities | 14 September 2001 | |
| Ediriweera Premaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs | 3 November 2000 | |
| Shantha Premaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management | 3 November 2000 | |
| Shantha Premaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Tourism and Aviation | 14 September 2001 | |
| Jagath Pushpakumara | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation | 10 April 2004 | |
| Chamal Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Ports Development and Development of the South | 3 November 2000 | |
| Chamal Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries | 10 April 2004 | |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Promotion | 7 May 2004 | |
| Reggie Ranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping | 14 September 2001 | |
| Jayatissa Ranaweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Land Development and Minor Export Agriculture | 3 November 2000 | |
| Jayatissa Ranaweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government | 10 April 2004 | |
| Sagala Ratnayaka | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Power and Energy | 12 December 2001 | |
| Anuruddha Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Defence | 14 September 2001 | |
| Neil Rupasinghe | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Labour | 3 November 2000 | |
| Mangala Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning | 14 September 2001 | 7 December 2001 |
| Mangala Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Education | 10 April 2004 | |
| M. S. Sellasamy | Ceylon Workers' Congress | Deputy Minister of Estate Housing, Infrastructure and Community Development | 10 September 2004 | |
| John Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services | 14 September 2001 | |
| Mervyn Silva | | Deputy Minister of Social Services and Housing Development for Fishing Community | 3 November 2000 | |
| Mervyn Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment | 11 October 2004 | |
| Muthu Sivalingam | Ceylon Workers' Congress | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock | 12 December 2001 | |
| Ranjith Siyambalapitiya | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Finance | 10 April 2004 | |
| Sripathi Sooriyarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs | 10 April 2004 | |
| Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development | 3 November 2000 | |
| Premaratnage Sumathipala | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the North and North East Tamil Affairs | 3 November 2000 | |
| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Health | 3 November 2000 | |
| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Livestock Development and Estate Infrastructure | 14 September 2001 | |
| Dayasritha Thissera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Ports and Aviation | 10 April 2004 | |
| Pavithra Wanniarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Highways | 14 September 2001 | |
| Gunaratna Weerakoon | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Regional Infrastructure Development | 10 April 2004 | |
| Ediriweera Weerawardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the East and Rural Housing Development | 3 November 2000 | |
| Kumara Welgama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Transport | 3 November 2000 | |
| Kumara Welgama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Power and Energy | 10 April 2004 | |
| Mahinda Wijesekara | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Southern Regional Development | 12 December 2001 | |
| Anura Priyadharshana Yapa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Education and Higher Education | 14 September 2001 | |