# Third Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet

The third Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It was formed in April 2022 after the mass resignation of the previous cabinet and ended in May 2022 following the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
As of 21 April 2022, the cabinet had 19 members – the president, prime minister and 17 ministers. There were also 27 state ministers who were not members of the cabinet. One cabinet minister was also a state minister.

## Cabinet members

Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution. The 19 member cabinet is as follows:
| 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 | 9 May 2022 |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs | 12 August 2020 | 9 May 2022 |
| G. L. Peiris | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 16 August 2021 | |
| Dinesh Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government | 18 April 2022 | |
| Prasanna Ranatunga | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Public Security and Tourism | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Kanchana Wijesekera | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Power and Energy | 18 April 2022 | |
| Nalaka Godahewa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Mass Media | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Channa Jayasumana | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Health | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Shehan Semasinghe | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Trade and Samurdhi Development | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Mohan Priyadharshana de Silva | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Water Supply | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Dilum Amunugama | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Transport | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Dilum Amunugama | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Industries | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Douglas Devananda | Eelam People's Democratic Party | Minister of Fisheries | 12 August 2020 | |
| Kanaka Herath | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Highways | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Wimalaweera Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Ramesh Pathirana | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Plantation Industry | 18 April 2022 | |
| Ramesh Pathirana | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Education | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Vidura Wickremanayake | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Labour | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Janaka Wakkumbura | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Agriculture | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Janaka Wakkumbura | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Irrigation | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Thenuka Vidanagamage | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | Minister of Environment | 18 April 2022 | |
| Ali Sabry | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Finance | 4 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Ali Sabry | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Justice | 12 August 2020 | 9 May 2022 |
| Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Ports and Shipping | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |

## State ministers

Ministers appointed under article 44(1) of the constitution.
| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| G. L. Peiris | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Defence | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Rohana Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Provincial Councils and Local Government | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Arundika Fernando | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Plantation Industries | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Tharaka Balasuriya | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Indika Anuruddha | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Housing | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Sanath Nishantha | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Water Supply | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Siripala Gamalath | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Mahaweli | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Anuradha Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Irrigation | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Sisira Jayakody | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Indigenous Medicine | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Prasanna Ranaweera | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Industries | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| D. V. Chanaka | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Tourism | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| D. B. Herath | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Livestock | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Kader Masthan | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Rural Economic Crop Cultivation & Promotion | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Ashoka Priyantha | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Trade | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| A. Aravind Kumar | Samagi Jana Balawegaya | Minister of State for Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Geetha Kumarasinghe | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Culture and Performing Arts | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Gunapala Ratnasekara | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Kapila Athukorala | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Minor Export Crop Development | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Gayashan Nawananda | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Health | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Diana Gamage | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Transport | 20 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Seetha Arambepola | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Education and Technology | 20 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Vijitha Berugoda | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Ports and Shipping | 20 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan | Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal | Minister of State for Rural Road Development | 20 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Suren Raghavan | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Education Services and Reform | 18 April 2022 | 20 April 2022 |
| Suren Raghavan | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Higher Education | 20 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Mohamed Muszhaaraff | All Ceylon Makkal Congress | Minister of State for Textile Industries and Local Apparel Products Promotion | 20 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |
| Sathasivam Viyalendiran | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of State for Youth and Sports | 20 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 |