# Third Sirisena cabinet

The third Sirisena cabinet was a short-lived central government of Sri Lanka led by President Maithripala Sirisena during the 2018 constitutional crisis. The cabinet and the prime minister was declared as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.

## 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 | | |
| Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Defence | | 1 November 2018 |
| Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment | | |
| Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Defence, Law and Order and Youth Affairs | 1 November 2018 | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Prime Minister | 26 October 2018 | 11 November 2018 |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Prime Minister | 11 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs | 29 October 2018 | 11 November 2018 |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs | 11 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Industry and Commerce | 9 November 2018 | 11 November 2018 |
| Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Industry and Commerce | 11 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Mahinda Amaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Agriculture | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Sarath Amunugama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| S. M. Chandrasena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Plantation Industries | 9 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Douglas Devananda | Eelam People's Democratic Party | Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Duminda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| S. B. Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Highways and Road Development | 7 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Johnston Fernando | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Trade, Consumer Affairs, Co-operative Development and Christian Religious Affairs | 9 November 2018 | 11 November 2018 |
| Johnston Fernando | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Trade, Consumer Affairs, Co-operative Development and Christian Religious Affairs | 11 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Udaya Gammanpila | Pivithuru Hela Urumaya | Minister of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs | 9 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Bandula Gunawardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion | 8 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Dinesh Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Minister of Megapolis and Western Development | 4 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| M. L. A. M. Hizbullah | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of City Planning and Water Supply | 9 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Dayasiri Jayasekara | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Gamini Lokuge | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development | 9 November 2018 | 11 November 2018 |
| Gamini Lokuge | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development | 11 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Faiszer Musthapha | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | Democratic Left Front | Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation, and Official Languages | 4 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| S. B. Nawinne | United National Party | Minister of Cultural Affairs, Internal Affairs and Regional Development | 2 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Susil Premajayantha | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Justice | 8 November 2018 | 11 November 2018 |
| Susil Premajayantha | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Justice | 11 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Chamal Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine | 7 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe | United National Party | Minister of Education and Higher Education | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| C. B. Ratnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | 9 November 2018 | 11 November 2018 |
| C. B. Ratnayake | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | 11 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Mahinda Samarasinghe | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Ports and Shipping | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Wasantha Senanayake | United National Party | Minister of Tourism and Wild Life | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Arumugam Thondaman | Ceylon Workers' Congress | Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Wimal Weerawansa | National Freedom Front | Minister of Housing and Social Welfare | 9 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |

## State ministers

Ministers appointed under article 44(1) of the constitution.
| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| S. M. Chandrasena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Social Empowerment | 8 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Salinda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Indigenous Medicine | 8 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| A. H. M. Fowzie | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of National Unity, Co-existence and Muslim Religious Affairs | 3 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Piyasena Gamage | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Youth, Women and Child Affairs | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Dunesh Gankanda | United National Party | State Minister of Environment | 30 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Mohan Lal Grero | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Education and Higher Education | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| M. L. A. M. Hizbullah | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Highways and Road Development | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Lakshman Wasantha Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of International Trade and Investment Promotion | 8 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Keheliya Rambukwella | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Mass Media and Digital Infrastructure | 4 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| C. B. Rathnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Transport | 8 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Lakshman Senewiratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Defence | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Petroleum Resources Development | 7 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Sriyani Wijewickrama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Anura Priyadharshana Yapa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | State Minister of Finance | 8 November 2018 | 11 November 2018 |
| Anura Priyadharshana Yapa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | State Minister of Finance | 11 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |

## Deputy ministers

Ministers appointed under article 45(1) of the constitution.
| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Ananda Aluthgamage | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wild Life | 29 October 2018 | 11 November 2018 |
| Ananda Aluthgamage | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wild Life | 11 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Indika Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Development | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Cader Cader Masthan | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Northern Development | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Dushmantha Mithrapala | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Nishantha Muthuhettigama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Manusha Nanayakkara | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment | 1 November 2018 | 6 November 2018 |
| Ashoka Priyantha | United National Party | Deputy Minister of Cultural and Internal Affairs and Regional Development (North Western) | 4 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| Angajan Ramanathan | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Agriculture | 1 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |
| S. Viyalendiran | People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam | Deputy Minister of Regional Development (Eastern Development) | 2 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 |