# First Sirisena cabinet

The first Sirisena cabinet was a central government of Sri Lanka led by President Maithripala Sirisena. It was formed in January 2015 after the presidential election and ended in August 2015 following the parliamentary election.

## Cabinet members

Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution.
| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | President | 9 January 2015 | |
| Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Defence | 9 January 2015 | |
| Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment | 12 January 2015 | |
| Ranil Wickremesinghe | United National Party | Prime Minister | 9 January 2015 | |
| Ranil Wickremesinghe | United National Party | Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | 29 May 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 21 May 2015 |
| John Amaratunga | United National Party | Minister of Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 |
| John Amaratunga | United National Party | Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Mahinda Amaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development | 22 March 2015 | |
| Sarath Amunugama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Higher Education and Research | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Thalatha Atukorale | United National Party | Minister of Foreign Employment | 12 January 2015 | |
| Risad Badhiutheen | All Ceylon Makkal Congress | Minister of Industry and Commerce | 12 January 2015 | |
| R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara | United National Party | Minister of Internal Transport | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Reginald Cooray | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Aviation | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Palani Digambaran | National Union of Workers | Minister of Plantation Infrastructure Development | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Duminda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Irrigation and Agriculture | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 |
| Duminda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Agriculture | 22 March 2015 | |
| Navin Dissanayake | United National Party | Minister of Tourism and Sports | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| S. B. Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Rural Economic Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| A. H. M. Fowzie | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Disaster Management | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Piyasena Gamage | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| M. K. D. S. Gunawardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Lands | 12 January 2015 | |
| Rauff Hakeem | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| M. H. A. Haleem | United National Party | Minister of Muslim Religious Affairs and Posts | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| P. Harrison | United National Party | Minister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Kabir Hashim | United National Party | Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 |
| Kabir Hashim | United National Party | Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe | United National Party | Minister of Women's Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Karu Jayasuriya | United National Party | Minister of Buddha Sasana | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Karu Jayasuriya | United National Party | Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 |
| Karu Jayasuriya | United National Party | Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Democratic Governance | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Akila Viraj Kariyawasam | United National Party | Minister of Education | 12 January 2015 | |
| Ravi Karunanayake | United National Party | Minister of Finance | 12 January 2015 | |
| Gayantha Karunatileka | United National Party | Minister of Mass Media and Parliamentary Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 |
| Gayantha Karunatileka | United National Party | Minister of Mass Media | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Lakshman Kiriella | United National Party | Minister of Plantation Industries | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| S. B. Nawinne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Labour | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Felix Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Special Projects | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Gamini Jayawickrama Perera | United National Party | Minister of Food Security | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| M. Joseph Michael Perera | United National Party | Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 |
| M. Joseph Michael Perera | United National Party | Minister of Home Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Sajith Premadasa | United National Party | Minister of Housing and Samurdhi | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe | United National Party | Minister of Justice and Labour Relations | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 |
| Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe | United National Party | Minister of Justice | 22 March 2015 | |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Ports and Shipping | 22 March 2015 | |
| Champika Ranawaka | Jathika Hela Urumaya | Minister of Power and Energy | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Mangala Samaraweera | United National Party | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 12 January 2015 | |
| Rajitha Senaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine | 12 January 2015 | |
| Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Irrigation | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| D. M. Swaminathan | United National Party | Minister of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Provincial Councils and Regional Development | 22 March 2015 | 24 July 2015 |

## State ministers

Ministers appointed under article 44(1) of the constitution.
| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Hasen Ali | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | State Minister of Health | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Palitha Range Bandara | United National Party | State Minister of Power and Energy | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Pandu Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Public Administration and Democratic Governance | 29 May 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Nandimithra Ekanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Culture | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Hemal Gunasekara | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Housing and Samurdhi | 29 May 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Jeewan Kumaranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Labour | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Faiszer Musthapha | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Aviation | 12 January 2015 | 9 February 2015 |
| Dilan Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Housing and Samurdhi | 22 March 2015 | 21 May 2015 |
| Niroshan Perera | United National Party | State Minister of Youth Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Velusami Radhakrishnan | Up-Country People's Front | State Minister of Education | 12 January 2015 | |
| C. B. Rathnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Public Administration and Democratic Governance | 22 March 2015 | 21 May 2015 |
| Mahinda Samarasinghe | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Finance | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Rosy Senanayake | United National Party | State Minister of Children's Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Ranjith Siyambalapitiya | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Environment | 29 May 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| K. Velayudam | United National Party | State Minister of Plantation Industries | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Environment | 22 March 2015 | 21 May 2015 |
| Dilip Wedaarachchi | United National Party | State Minister of Fisheries | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Rajiva Wijesinha | Liberal Party | State Minister of Higher Education | 12 January 2015 | 17 February 2015 |
| Ruwan Wijewardene | United National Party | State Minister of Defence | 12 January 2015 | |

## Deputy ministers

Ministers appointed under article 45(1) of the constitution.
| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena | | Deputy Minister of Aviation | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Lasantha Alagiyawanna | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 16 July 2015 |
| Ameer Ali | All Ceylon Makkal Congress | Deputy Minister of Housing and Samurdhi | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Wasantha Aluwihare | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| K. W. Shantha Bandara | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Mass Media | 22 March 2015 | 30 July 2015 |
| Wijaya Dahanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs | 10 June 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Harsha de Silva | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Lalith Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Irrigation | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Sudarshani Fernandopulle | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Research | 22 March 2015 | 16 July 2015 |
| Anoma Gamage | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Irrigation and Agriculture | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 |
| Anoma Gamage | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Agriculture | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Dunesh Gankanda | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage Board | 14 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Regional Development | 10 June 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Tissa Karalliyadde | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana and Democratic Rule | 22 March 2015 | 2 April 2015 |
| Vijayakala Maheswaran | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Women's Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Ajith Perera | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| A. D. Champika Premadasa | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Ranjan Ramanayake | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Wasantha Senanayake | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Tourism and Sports | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Sujeewa Senasinghe | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Justice and Labour Relations | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 |
| Sujeewa Senasinghe | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Justice | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Lakshman Senewiratne | | Deputy Minister of Disaster Management | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Ranjith Siyambalapitiya | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Thilanga Sumathipala | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training | 10 June 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| C. A. Suriyaarachchi | | Deputy Minister of Lands | 29 May 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Dayasritha Thissera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Fisheries | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| M. S. Thowfeek | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Deputy Minister of Internal Transport | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Erik Weerawardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping | 10 June 2015 | 16 July 2015 |
| Eran Wickramaratne | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 |
| Eran Wickramaratne | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 |
| Neranjan Wickremasinghe$^✝$ | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs | 22 March 2015 | 12 May 2015 |
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