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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.
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Cabinet members
Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the
constitution . The 19 member cabinet is as follows:
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State ministers
Ministers appointed under article 44(1) of the constitution.
Notes
References
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^ Bandara, Kelum (13 August 2020).
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"Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - Notification" (PDF) .
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . No. 2203/33. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 November 2020. p. 1A. Retrieved 28 November 2020 .
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"Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF) .
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"Part I : Section (I) — General - Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF) .
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"Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka's PM after record victory" .
Al Jazeera . Doha, Qatar. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020 .
^ Srinivasan, Meera (9 August 2020).
"Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan Prime Minister" .
The Hindu . Chennai, India. Retrieved 15 August 2020 .
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"Four more state ministers sworn in" . www.adaderena.lk . Retrieved 27 August 2022 .