# Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet

The second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It was formed in August 2020 after the parliamentary election and ended in April 2022 after all 26 cabinet ministers resigned en masse amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan protests.

## Cabinet members

Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution.
| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | President | 18 November 2019 | |
| Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Defence | 26 November 2020 | |
| Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Technology | 26 November 2020 | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Prime Minister | 21 November 2019 | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs | 12 August 2020 | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Economic Policy and Plan Implementation | 8 July 2021 | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Finance | 12 August 2020 | 8 July 2021 |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Urban Development and Housing | 12 August 2020 | |
| Rohitha Abeygunawardena | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Ports and Shipping | 12 August 2020 | |
| Dullas Alahapperuma | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Power | 12 August 2020 | |
| Mahindananda Aluthgamage | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Agriculture | 12 August 2020 | |
| Mahinda Amaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Environment | 12 August 2020 | |
| S. M. Chandrasena | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Lands | 12 August 2020 | |
| Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Labour | 12 August 2020 | |
| Douglas Devananda | Eelam People's Democratic Party | Minister of Fisheries | 12 August 2020 | |
| Johnston Fernando | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Highways | 12 August 2020 | |
| Udaya Gammanpila | Pivithuru Hela Urumaya | Minister of Energy | 12 August 2020 | 3 March 2022 |
| Bandula Gunawardena | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Trade | 12 August 2020 | |
| Dinesh Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Minister of Foreign Relations | 22 November 2019 | |
| Gamini Lokuge | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Transport | 12 August 2020 | |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | Democratic Left Front | Minister of Water Supply | 12 August 2020 | |
| Ramesh Pathirana | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Plantation | 12 August 2020 | |
| G. L. Peiris | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Education | 12 August 2020 | |
| Basil Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Finance | 8 July 2021 | |
| Chamal Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Irrigation | 12 August 2020 | |
| Namal Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Youth and Sports | 12 August 2020 | |
| Keheliya Rambukwella | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Mass Media | 12 August 2020 | |
| Prasanna Ranatunga | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Tourism | 12 August 2020 | |
| C. B. Ratnayake | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation | 12 August 2020 | |
| Ali Sabry | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Justice | 12 August 2020 | |
| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government | 12 August 2020 | |
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Health | 12 August 2020 | |
| Sarath Weerasekara | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Public Security | 26 November 2020 | |
| Wimal Weerawansa | National Freedom Front | Minister of Industries | 12 August 2020 | 3 March 2022 |

## State ministers

Ministers appointed under article 44(1) of the constitution.
| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Lasantha Alagiyawanna | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection | 12 August 2020 | |
| Dilum Amunugama | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Vehicle Regulation, Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments and Motor Car Industry | 12 August 2020 | |
| Indika Anuruddha | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural Housing and Construction and Building Material Industries | 12 August 2020 | |
| Seetha Arambepola | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation | 12 August 2020 | |
| Tharaka Balasuriya | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Regional Co-operation | 12 August 2020 | |
| Vijitha Berugoda | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Dhamma Schools, Bhikku Education, Piriven and Buddhist Universities | 12 August 2020 | 25 September 2020 |
| Vijitha Berugoda | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Dhamma Schools, Pirivenas and Bhikkhu Education | 25 September 2020 | |
| Ajith Nivard Cabraal | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Money and Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms | 12 August 2020 | |
| D. V. Chanaka | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Aviation and Export Zones Development | 12 August 2020 | |
| Mohan de Silva | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Production and Supply of Fertilizer and Regulation of Chemical Fertilizer and Insecticide Use | 12 August 2020 | |
| Piyal Nishantha de Silva | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Women and Child Development, Pre-Schools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and School Services | 12 August 2020 | |
| Duminda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Solar Power, Wind and Hydro Power Generation Projects Development | 12 August 2020 | |
| Wimalaweera Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Wildlife Protection, Adoption of Safety Measures including the Construction of Electrical Fences and Trenches and Reforeststation and Forest Resource Development | 12 August 2020 | |
| Arundika Fernando | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Coconut, Kithul, Palmyrah and Rubber Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing and Export Diversification | 12 August 2020 | 25 September 2020 |
| Arundika Fernando | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Coconut, Kithul and Palmyrah Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing and Export Diversification | 25 September 2020 | |
| Sudarshani Fernandopulle | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Prisons Reforms and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation | 12 August 2020 | 30 November 2020 |
| Sudarshani Fernandopulle | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and Covid Disease Control | 30 November 2020 | |
| Siripala Gamalath | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Canals and Common Infrastructure Development in Settlements in Mahaweli Zones | 12 August 2020 | |
| Nalaka Godahewa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness | 12 August 2020 | |
| D. B. Herath | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy and Egg Related Industries | 12 August 2020 | |
| Kanaka Herath | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Company Estate Reforms, Tea Estate Related Crops, Tea Factory Modernization and Tea Export Promotion | 12 August 2020 | 25 September 2020 |
| Kanaka Herath | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Company Estate Reforms, Tea and Rubber Estates Related Crops Cultivation and Factories Modernization and Tea and Rubber Export Promotion | 25 September 2020 | |
| Sisira Jayakody | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and Community Health | 12 August 2020 | |
| Anuradha Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Tanks, Reservoirs and Irrigation Development Related to Rural Paddy Fields | 12 August 2020 | |
| Piyankara Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotions and Market Diversification | 12 August 2020 | |
| Dayasiri Jayasekara | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Batik, Handloom and Local Apparel Products | 12 August 2020 | |
| Channa Jayasumana | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals | 12 August 2020 | |
| Nimal Lanza | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure | 12 August 2020 | |
| Sanath Nishantha | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural and Divisional Drinking Water Supply Projects Development | 12 August 2020 | |
| Susil Premajayantha | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion | 26 August 2020 | |
| Chamal Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Internal Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management | 12 August 2020 | 26 November 2020 |
| Chamal Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of National Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management | 26 November 2020 | |
| Shasheendra Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Paddy and Grains, Organic Food, Vegetables, Fruits, Chillies, Onion and Potato Cultivation Promotion, Seed Production and Advanced Technology Agriculture | 12 August 2020 | |
| Roshan Ranasinghe | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Land Management, State Enterprises Land and Property Development | 12 August 2020 | |
| Prasanna Ranaweera | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rattan, Brass, Pottery, Furniture and Rural Industrial Promotion | 12 August 2020 | |
| Lohan Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Gem and Jewelry Related Industries | 12 August 2020 | |
| Lohan Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Prison Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation | 30 November 2020 | |
| Jayantha Samaraweera | National Freedom Front | State Minister of Warehouse Facilities, Container Yards, Port Supply Facilities and Boats and Shipping Industry Development | 12 August 2020 | |
| Shehan Semasinghe | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment, Business Development and Underutilized State Resources Development | 12 August 2020 | 25 September 2020 |
| Shehan Semasinghe | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment and Business Development | 25 September 2020 | |
| Jeevan Thondaman | Ceylon Workers' Congress | State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure | 12 August 2020 | |
| Thenuka Vidanagamage | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement | 12 August 2020 | |
| S. Viyalendiran | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Postal Services and Professional Development of Journalists | 12 August 2020 | 6 October 2020 |
| S. Viyalendiran | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Backward Rural Areas Development and Promotion of Domestic Animal Husbandry and Minor Economic Crop Cultivation | 6 October 2020 | |
| Janaka Wakkumbura | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Development of Minor Crops including Sugarcane, Maize, Cashew, Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Betel Related Industries and Export Promotion | 12 August 2020 | |
| Sarath Weerasekara | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government | 12 August 2020 | 26 November 2020 |
| Vidura Wickremanayake | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of National Heritage, Performing Arts and Rural Arts Promotion | 12 August 2020 | |
| Kanchana Wijesekera | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Ornamental Fish, Inland Fish and Prawn Farming, Fishery Harbour Development, Multiday Fishing Activities and Fish Exports | 12 August 2020 | |