Jayewardene cabinet

Jayewardene cabinet
Jayewardene cabinet
	; 10th Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed	23 July 1977
Date dissolved	2 January 1989
People and organisations
Head of state	William Gopallawa (1977–78); J. R. Jayewardene (1978–89)
Head of government	J. R. Jayewardene
Deputy head of government	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Member party	United National Party; Ceylon Workers' Congress (1978-89);
Status in legislature	Majority 141 / 168 (84%)
Opposition party	Tamil United Liberation Front (1977–83); Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1983-89);
Opposition leader	A. Amirthalingam (1977–83); Anura Bandaranaike (1983–88)
History
Election(s)	1977, 1982
Outgoing election	1988
Legislature term(s)	8th
Predecessor	Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet
Successor	Premadasa cabinet

The Jayewardene cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by Prime Minister (later President) J. R. Jayewardene between 1977 and 1989. It was formed in July 1977 after the parliamentary election and it ended in January 1989 when Jayewardene's second limited term ended. The Jayewardene cabinet saw Sri Lanka move from being a parliamentary republic to the current executive presidency in February 1978.

Cabinet members

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
J. R. Jayewardene	United National Party	Prime Minister	23 July 1977	4 February 1978	[1]
		President	4 February 1978	2 January 1989	[2]
		Minister of Defence	23 July 1977		[3][4]
		Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][4]
		Minister of Plan Implementation	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
		Minister of Higher Education	14 February 1980
Ranasinghe Premadasa	United National Party	Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
		Prime Minister	6 February 1978	2 January 1989	[1]
		Minister of Highways			[5]
Ranjit Atapattu	United National Party	Minister of Health
Lalith Athulathmudali	United National Party	Minister of Trade	23 July 1977		[3][4]
		Minister of Trade and Shipping			[5]
		Minister of National Security	23 March 1983		[6]
Ananda Tissa de Alwis	United National Party	Minister of State			[5]
Ronnie de Mel	United National Party	Minister of Finance	23 July 1977		[3][4][7]
Ronnie de Mel	United National Party	Minister of Finance and Planning		18 January 1988	[3][5]
K. W. Devanayakam	United National Party	Minister of Justice	23 July 1977		[3][4]
K. W. Devanayakam	United National Party	Minister of Home Affairs	14 February 1980		[5][8]
Gamini Dissanayake	United National Party	Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways	23 July 1977		[3][4]
		Minister of Lands and Land Development			[5]
		Minister of Mahaweli Development			[5]
A. C. S. Hameed	United National Party	Minister for Foreign Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
Srisena Bandara Herath	United National Party	Minister of Food and Co-operatives	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
E. L. B. Hurulle	United National Party	Minister of Cultural Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
Shelton Jayasinghe	United National Party	Minister Posts and Telecommunications	23 July 1977		[3][4]
S. de S. Jayasinghe	United National Party	Minister of Fisheries		26 September 1977	[3][4]
Gamini Jayasuriya	United National Party	Minister of Health	23 July 1977		[3][5]
Montague Jayawickrama	United National Party	Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][4]
		Minister of Public Administration			[5]
		Minister of Plantation Industries			[5]
M. D. H. Jayawardena	United National Party	Minister of Plantation Industries	23 July 1977		[3][4]
Wimala Kannangara	United National Party	Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism	23 July 1977		[3][4]
Wimala Kannangara	United National Party	Minister of Rural Development			[5]
Asoka Karunaratne	United National Party	Minister of Social Services	23 July 1977		[3][5]
M. H. M. Naina Marikar	United National Party	Minister of Finance	10 January 1988	3 January 1989	[7]
Cyril Mathew	United National Party	Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
Wijayapala Mendis	United National Party	Minister of Textile Industry	23 July 1977		[3][4]
Wijayapala Mendis	United National Party	Minister of Textile Industries			[5]
M. H. Mohamed	United National Party	Minister of Transport	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
Festus Perera	United National Party	Minister of Fisheries	30 October 1977		[3][4][5]
Vincent Perera	United National Party	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Sports	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
C. Rajadurai	United National Party	Minister of Regional Development	5 April 1979		[5][8]
C. Rajadurai	United National Party	Minister of Hindu Religious Affairs			[8]
Lionel Senanayake	United National Party	Minister of Agriculture and Lands	23 July 1977		[3][4]
Lionel Senanayake	United National Party	Minister of Agricultural Development and Research			[5]
C. P. J. Seneviratne	United National Party	Minister of Labour	23 July 1977		[3][4][5]
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman	Ceylon Workers' Congress	Minister of Rural Industrial Development	7 September 1978		[5][8]
Ranil Wickremesinghe	United National Party	Minister of Youth Affairs and Employment	5 October 1978		[5][8]
Ranil Wickremesinghe	United National Party	Minister of Education	14 February 1980		[5][8]
Nissanka Wijeyeratne	United National Party	Minister of Education	23 July 1977		[3][4]
Nissanka Wijeyeratne	United National Party	Minister of Justice	14 February 1980		[5][8]
D. B. Wijetunga	United National Party	Minister of Information and Broadcasting	23 July 1977		[3][4]
		Minister of Posts and Telecommunications			[5]
		Minister of Power and Energy			[5]
		Minister of Food, Agricultural Development and Research
		Minister of Finance

Non-cabinet ministers

	Party	Office	Refs
Ranjit Atapattu	United National Party	Non-Cabinet Minister of Colombo Group Hospitals	[5]
Dharmasena Attygalle	United National Party	Non-Cabinet Minister of Indigenous Medicine	[5]
Harold Herath	United National Party	Non-Cabinet Minister of Coconut Industries	[5]
Lionel Jayatilleke	United National Party	Non-Cabinet Minister of Education Services	[5]
T. B. Werapitiya	United National Party	Non-Cabinet Minister of Internal Security	[5]

Deputy ministers

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
M. A. Abdul Majeed	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Lands	23 July 1977		[3]
M. A. Abdul Majeed	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Power and Energy			[5]
S. S. Abeysundera	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Fisheries	23 July 1977		[3][5]
Sumanadasa Abeywickrama	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Agricultural Development and Research			[6]
A. M. S. Adikari	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways	23 July 1977		[3]
A. M. S. Adikari	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Lands and Land Development			[5]
Alick Aluwihare	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries	23 July 1977		[3][5]
M. S. Amarasiri	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Trade	23 July 1977		[3]
M. S. Amarasiri	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Trade and Shipping			[5]
John Amaratunga	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Finance	19 January 1988	9 January 1988	[7]
Lalith Athulathmudali	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Defence	1984
R. B. Attanayake	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Higher Education			[5]
Dharmasena Attygalle	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Health	23 July 1977		[3]
Gamini Atukorale	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Employment			[5]
R. M. Dharmadasa Banda	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Textile Industry	23 July 1977		[3]
R. M. Dharmadasa Banda	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Textile Industries			[5]
W. M. G. T. Banda	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][5]
K. D. M. C. Bandara	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Agricultural Development and Research			[5]
Harindra Corea	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Public Administration			[5]
Denzil Fernando	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs	23 July 1977		[3][5]
Tyronne Fernando	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs			[5]
Premaratne Gunasekera	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Public Omnibus Transport			[6]
Premaratne Gunasekera	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Health			[5]
Harold Herath	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Janatha Estates Development			[5]
P. C. Imbulana	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction	23 July 1977		[3][5]
Lionel Jayatilaka	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Education	23 July 1977		[3]
Chandra Karunaratne	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting	23 July 1977		[3]
Chandra Karunaratne	United National Party	Deputy Minister of State			[5]
Hiripitiyage Kularatne	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Transport	23 July 1977		[3][5]
Mervyn Kularatne	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Defence			[6]
M. H. M. Naina Marikar	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs	23 July 1977		[3]
M. H. M. Naina Marikar	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning	6 February 1978	19 January 1988	[3][5][7]
Nanda Mathew	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism	23 July 1977		[3]
Nanda Mathew	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development			[5]
Festus Perera	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Finance	23 July 1977	5 February 1978	[3][7]
Joseph Michael Perera	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Labour	23 July 1977		[3][5]
Abeyratne Pilapitiya	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications	23 July 1977		[3][5]
S. K. Piyadasa	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Rural Industrial Development			[5]
G. M. Premachandra	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Highways			[5]
G. V. Punchinilame	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Regional Development			[5]
Sarathchandra Rajakaruna	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Food and co-operatives	23 July 1977		[3][5]
Shelton Ranaraja	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Justice	23 July 1977		[3][5]
Percy Samaraweera	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs	23 July 1977		[3]
Percy Samaraweera	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Home Affairs			[5]
Weerawanni Samaraweera	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Education			[5]
J. L. Sirisena	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Social Services	23 July 1977		[3][5]
Edwin Tillakaratne	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Sports	23 July 1977		[3][5][6]
Harshanath Wanigasekera	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Rural Development			[6][5]
D. B. Welagedara	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Plan Implementation	23 July 1977		[3][5]
T. B. Werapitiya	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Defence	23 July 1977		[3][5]
Ranil Wickremesinghe	United National Party	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	23 July 1977		[3]
V. L. Wijemanne	United National Party	Deputy Minister of State Plantations			[6][5]

District ministers

	Party	Office	Took office	Refs
R. M. Abeykoon	United National Party	District Minister for Monaragala		[5]
H. B. Abeyratne	United National Party	District Minister for Anuradhapura		[5]
Keerthisena Abeywickrama	United National Party	District Minister for Matara		[5]
M. L. M. Aboosally	United National Party	District Minister for Ratnapura		[5]
R. M. Appuhamy	United National Party	District Minister for Badulla		[5]
P. M. B. Cyril	United National Party	District Minister for Hambantota		[5][6]
P. Dayaratna	United National Party	District Minister for Ampara	1978	[5][8]
Merril de Silva	United National Party	District Minister for Polonnaruwa		[5]
W. M. P. B. Dissanayake	United National Party	District Minister for Kandy		[5]
K. W. R. M. Ekananayake	United National Party	District Minister for Matale		[5]
Tudor Gunasekara	United National Party	District Minister for Gampaha		[5][6]
Renuka Herath	United National Party	District Minister for Nuwara Eliya		[5]
Indradasa Hettiarachchi	United National Party	District Minister for Kalutara		[5]
M. Kanagaratnam	United National Party	District Minister for Batticaloa	1978	[5][8]
Rupa Karunathilake	United National Party	District Minister for Galle		[5]
M. E. H. Maharoof	United National Party	District Minister for Mannar	1978	[5][8]
G. D. Mahindasoma	United National Party	District Minister for Vavuniya	1978	[5][8]
Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi	United National Party	District Minister for Colombo		[5]
Abdul Rasak Mansoor	United National Party	District Minister for Mullaitivu	1978	[5][8]
H. G. P. Nelson	United National Party	District Minister for Trincomalee	1978	[5][8]
Ranganayaki Pathmanathan	United National Party	District Minister for Batticaloa		[8]
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera	United National Party	District Minister for Kurunegala		[5]
N. A. Seneviratne	United National Party	District Minister for Kegalle		[5]
H. B. Wanninayake	United National Party	District Minister for Puttalam		[5]
U. B. Wijekoon	United National Party	District Minister for Jaffna	1978	[5][8]

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"Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
"Heads of State". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Year Book 1977 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 17–18.
Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 25: War or peace?". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
Sri Lanka Year Book 1982 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 12–14.
Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 28: Prelude to eruption". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
"List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 27: Horsewhip Amirthalingham". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.

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[PoS-1] "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.

[2] "Heads of State". Parliament of Sri Lanka.

[YB1977-3] Sri Lanka Year Book 1977 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 17–18.

[Rajasingham25-4] Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 25: War or peace?". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.

[YB1982-5] Sri Lanka Year Book 1982 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 12–14.

[Rajasingham28-6] Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 28: Prelude to eruption". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.

[MoF-7] "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.

[Rajasingham27-8] Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 27: Horsewhip Amirthalingham". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.