List of Sri Lankan cabinets
This is a list of Sri Lankan cabinets, in the sense of successive governments, since 1947 before independence until the present.
Background
The Executive Council of Ceylon was the Executive Council created in British Ceylon by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon on March 13, 1833.At its creation the Executive Council was headed by the Governor, along with five members appointed by the Governor. These five members were officials who held the posts of the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Auditor-General, the Treasurer and the General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. The Council exercised executive power and advised the governor. As a result of the First Manning Reforms three non-officials were elected to the executive council.
With enactment of the new constitution of the Dominion of Ceylon in 1947 the Executive Council was replaced by a National Cabinet.
Cabinets
| Date | Head of State | Head of Government | Governing Party | Cabinet |
| 1947 | George VI Henry Monck-Mason Moore | Don Stephen Senanayake | United National Party | D. S. Senanayake cabinet |
| 1952 | Elizabeth II Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury | Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | First Dudley Senanayake cabinet |
| 1953 | Elizabeth II Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury | John Kotelawala | United National Party | Kotelawala cabinet |
| 1956 | Elizabeth II Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet |
| 1959 | Elizabeth II Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke | Wijeyananda Dahanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Dahanayake cabinet |
| 1960 | Elizabeth II Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke | Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet |
| 1960 | Elizabeth II Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet |
| 1965 | Elizabeth II William Gopallawa | Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet |
| 1970 | Elizabeth II William Gopallawa | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet |
| 1977 | William Gopallawa | Junius Richard Jayewardene | United National Party | Jayewardene cabinet |
| 1978 | Junius Richard Jayewardene | Junius Richard Jayewardene | United National Party | Jayewardene cabinet |
| 1989 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa | United National Party | Premadasa cabinet |
| 1993 | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | United National Party | Wijetunga cabinet |
| 1994 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga cabinet |
| 2005 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | M. Rajapaksa cabinet |
| 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirisena cabinet |
| 2019 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | G. Rajapaksa cabinet |
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