Wijetunga cabinet

Wijetunga cabinet

12th cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed 1 May 1993
Date dissolved 12 November 1994
People and organisations
Head of state D. B. Wijetunga
Head of government D. B. Wijetunga
Deputy head of government Ranil Wickremesinghe (1993–94)
Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994)
Member party United National Party (1993–94)
People's Alliance (1994)
Opposition party Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1993–94)
United National Party (1994)
Opposition leader Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1993–94)
Gamini Dissanayake (1994)
Ranil Wickremesinghe (1994)
History
Election(s) 1994 parliamentary
Outgoing election 1994 presidential
Legislature term(s) 9th, 10th
Predecessor Premadasa cabinet
Successor Kumaratunga cabinet

The Wijetunga cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President D. B. Wijetunga between 1993 and 1994. It was formed in May 1993 after the assassination of Wijetunga's predecessor Ranasinghe Premadasa and it ended in November 1994 when Wijetunga chose not to contest in the 1994 presidential election. The Wijetunga cabinet saw Sri Lanka's first cohabitation government following the opposition People's Alliance's victory in the 1994 general election.

Cabinet members

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Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
D. B. WijetungaUnited National PartyPresident7 May 1993[lower-alpha 1]12 November 1994[1]
Minister of Finance[lower-alpha 2]31 August 1994[2]
Minister of Buddhist Affairs[3][4]
Minister of Defence7 May 199312 November 1994[3][4]
Ranil WickremesingheUnited National PartyPrime Minister7 May 199319 August 1994[5]
Chandrika KumaratungaSri Lanka Freedom PartyPrime Minister19 August 199412 November 1994[5][6]
Minister of Ethnic Affairs and National Integration19 August 1994[3][4]
Minister of Finance and Planning19 August 1994[lower-alpha 3][2][3][4]
M. H. M. AshraffSri Lanka Muslim CongressMinister of Shipping, Ports and Rehabilitation19 August 1994[3][4]
Srimanee AthulathmudaliDemocratic United National Front (L)Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs19 August 1994[3][4][7][8]
Sirimavo BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister Without Portfolio19 August 1994[3][4][9]
Nimal Siripala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities19 August 1994[3][4]
S. B. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Youth, Sport and Rural Development19 August 1994[3][4]
Amarasiri DodangodaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives19 August 1994[3][4]
A. H. M. FowzieSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Health and Social Services19 August 1994[3][4]
C. V. GunaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Industrial Development19 August 1994[3][4]
Indika GunawardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources19 August 1994[3][4]
A. C. S. HameedUnited National PartyMinister of Justice[lower-alpha 2]August 1993[10]
Minister of Foreign AffairsAugust 1993[10]
Harold HerathUnited National PartyMinister of Foreign Affairs[lower-alpha 2]August 1993[10]
Minister of JusticeAugust 1993[10]
Lakshman JayakodySri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Cultural and Religious Affairs19 August 1994[3][4]
D. M. JayaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation19 August 1994[3][4]
Lakshman KadirgamarSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Foreign Affairs19 August 1994[3][4]
W. J. M. LokubandaraUnited National PartyMinister of Cultural Affairs and Information[lower-alpha 2]August 1993[10]
Minister of Education and Higher EducationAugust 1993[10]
Richard PathiranaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Education and Higher Education19 August 1994[3][4]
G. L. PeirisSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs19 August 1994[3][4]
Mahinda RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Labour and Vocational Training19 August 1994[3][4]
Anuruddha RatwatteSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Irrigation, Power and Energy19 August 1994[3][4]
Mangala SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Posts and Telecommunications19 August 1994[3][4]
Dharmasiri SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Information, Tourism and Aviation19 August 1994[3][4]
Bernard SoysaLanka Sama Samaja PartyMinister of Science Development and Human Resources Development19 August 1994[3][4]
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Public Administration and Plantation Affairs19 August 1994[3][4][11]
Kingsley WickremasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Trade, Commerce and Food19 August 1994[3][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Wijetunga was acting president from 1 May 1993 to 7 May 1993.[1]
  2. 1 2 3 4 Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.
  3. ↑ Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.

References

  1. 1 2 "Heads of State". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "The New Cabinet" (PDF). Tamil Times. XIII (8): 4. 15 August 1994. ISSN 0266-4488.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "The Cabinet" (PDF). The Sri Lanka Monitor (79): 2. August 1994.
  5. 1 2 "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ Gooneratne, John (1 January 2002). "The roadblocks are gone: That's the easier part". The Island.
  7. ↑ Wickrematunge, Raisa (28 February 2010). "For Better Or For Worse…". The Sunday Leader.
  8. ↑ "Srimani Athulathmudali dies". TamilNet. 1 December 2004.
  9. ↑ Thilakarathne, Indeewara (4 March 2007). "Glimpse of History from ANCL Archives : Sirimavo R. D. Bandaranaike – an outstanding stateswoman". Sunday Observer.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sebastian, Rita (15 August 1993). "One Hundred Days of Wijetunge's Presidency" (PDF). Tamil Times. XII (8): 4. ISSN 0266-4488.
  11. ↑ Sambandan, V. S. (22 November 2005). "Ratnasiri Wickremanayake appointed Sri Lankan Premier". The Hindu.
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