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

UNP government (1993–1994)

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs
D. B. WijetungaUnited National PartyPresident7 May 199312 November 1994
Minister of Finance31 August 1994
Minister of Buddhist Affairs
Minister of Defence7 May 199312 November 1994
Ranil WickremesingheUnited National PartyPrime Minister7 May 199319 August 1994
A. C. S. HameedUnited National PartyMinister of JusticeAugust 1993
Minister of Foreign AffairsAugust 1993
Harold HerathUnited National PartyMinister of Foreign AffairsAugust 1993
Minister of JusticeAugust 1993
W. J. M. LokubandaraUnited National PartyMinister of Cultural Affairs and InformationAugust 1993
Minister of Education and Higher EducationAugust 1993

SLFP government (1994)

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs
Chandrika KumaratungaSri Lanka Freedom PartyPrime Minister19 August 199412 November 1994
Minister of Ethnic Affairs and National Integration19 August 1994
Minister of Finance and Planning19 August 1994
M. H. M. AshraffSri Lanka Muslim CongressMinister of Shipping, Ports and Rehabilitation19 August 1994
Srimanee AthulathmudaliDemocratic United National FrontMinister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs19 August 1994
Sirimavo BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister Without Portfolio19 August 1994
Nimal Siripala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities19 August 1994
S. B. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Youth, Sport and Rural Development19 August 1994
Amarasiri DodangodaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives19 August 1994
A. H. M. FowzieSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Health and Social Services19 August 1994
C. V. GunaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Industrial Development19 August 1994
Indika GunawardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources19 August 1994
Lakshman JayakodySri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Cultural and Religious Affairs19 August 1994
D. M. JayaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation19 August 1994
Lakshman KadirgamarSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Foreign Affairs19 August 1994
Richard PathiranaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Education and Higher Education19 August 1994
G. L. PeirisSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs19 August 1994
Mahinda RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Labour and Vocational Training19 August 1994
Anuruddha RatwatteSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Irrigation, Power and Energy19 August 1994
Mangala SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Posts and Telecommunications19 August 1994
Dharmasiri SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Information, Tourism and Aviation19 August 1994
Bernard SoysaLanka Sama Samaja PartyMinister of Science Development and Human Resources Development19 August 1994
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Public Administration and Plantation Affairs19 August 1994
Kingsley WickramasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Trade, Commerce and Food19 August 1994

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