The Kumaratunga cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Chandrika Kumaratunga between 1994 and 2005. It was formed in November 1994 when Kumaratunga was elected president and it ended in November 2005 when her second limited term ended. The Kumaratunga cabinet saw the only significant period of co-habitation in Sri Lanka since the executive presidency was introduced in 1978. Between 2001 and 2004 President Kumaratunga, leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party/People's Alliance, had to share power with her opponents, the United National Party/United National Front.
Cabinet members
NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs Sri Lanka Freedom Party President Minister of Defence Minister of Finance and Planning Minister of Media Minister of Samurdhi Affairs Minister of Tourism and Aviation Minister of Buddha Sasana Minister of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order Minister of Education Sri Lanka Freedom Party Prime Minister Sri Lanka Freedom Party Prime Minister Minister of Buddha Sasana Religious Affairs and Plantation Industries Minister of Buddha Sasana Minister of Public Security, Law and Order Minister of Agriculture United National Party Prime Minister Minister of Policy Planning Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries Prime Minister Minister of Highways Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage United National Party Minister of Co-operatives United National Party Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government United National Party Minister of Interior Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister of Education and Higher Education Minister of Finance Minister of Industry and Investment Promotion Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Minister of Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the East, Rural Housing Development and Women's Affairs National Unity Alliance Minister of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education and Irrigation Development National Congress Minister of Infrastructure Development in the Eastern Province United National Party Minister of Central Region Development United National Party Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Promotion Minister of Industry and Investment Promotion Minister of Tourism Minister of Foreign Affairs United National Party Minister of Finance Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Ethnic Affairs and National Integration Minister of Information and Media United National Party Minister of Health Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Ports Development and Development of the South Minister of Trade, Industrial Development and Rural Industries Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services Minister of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva-Wellassa Development Eelam People's Democratic Party Minister of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the North Minister of Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the North and North East Tamil Affairs Minister of Agricultural Marketing Development, Hindu Affairs and Tamil Language Schools and Vocational Training (North) Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Land Development and Minor Export Agricultural Crops Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Samurdhi, Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs United National Party Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Welfare Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Vocational Training Minister of Human Resources Development, Technical and Vocational Education Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Social Services and Fishing Community Housing Development Minister of Christian and Parliamentary Affairs United National Party Minister of Foreign Affairs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Civil Aviation and Airports Development Minister of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Highways Minister of Highways and Muslim Religious Affairs Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Skills Development, Vocational and Technical Education Lanka Sama Samaja Party Minister of Science and Technology Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Cultural Affairs Communist Party Minister of Constitutional Reform United National Party Minister of Rural Economy Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Minister of Transport Minister of Transport and Environment Protection Minister of Urban Development and Water Supply Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Higher Education and Information Technology Development Minister of Posts and Telecommunication Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Minister of Internal and International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs and Shipping Development Minister of Ports Development and Shipping Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Rural Industrial Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Co-operative Development Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Udarata Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Women's Affairs Minister of Women's Empowerment and Social Welfare United National Party Minister of Power and Energy Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Foreign Affairs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Indigenous Medicine Minister of Indigenous Medicine Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Tourism and Sports United National Party Minister of Plantation Industries United National Party Minister of Southern Regional Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Youth Affairs Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs United National Party Minister of Justice, Law Reform and Buddhist Affairs United National Party Minister of Tourism United National Party Minister of Defence Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister Without Portfolio United National Party Minister of Western Region Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Labour Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Regional Infrastructure Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Administrative Reforms Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Industrial Development United National Party Minister of Industrial Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Estate Housing, Infrastructure and Community Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport Minister of Railways United National Party Minister of Irrigation and Water Management Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Education Minister of Power and Energy Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Food and Marketing Development United National Party Minister of Women's Affairs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Estate Community Infrastructure Minister of Medium and Small Scale Plantation Industries and Rural Human Resources Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Power and Energy Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Public Utilities Minister of Urban Development, Public Utilities, Housing and Sports Minister of Ports and Aviation Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Co-operative Development United National Party Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Health Minister of Justice and Judicial Reforms Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Mahaweli Development Minister of Mahaweli Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister of River Basin Development and Rajarata Development Ceylon Workers' Congress Minister of Estate Housing, Infrastructure and Community Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government Ceylon Workers' Congress Minister of Estate Infrastructure and Livestock Development Minister of Livestock Development and Estate Infrastructure Minister of Housing and Plantation Infrastructure Lanka Sama Samaja Party Minister of Science and Technology Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Plan Implementation Minister of Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Lanka Sama Samaja Party Minister of Justice Minister of Justice, Ethnic Affairs and National Integration Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Forestry and Environment United National Party Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Information and Media Minister of Plantation Industries
Project ministers
NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs United National Party Project Minister of Public Administration Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Project Minister of Highways United National Party Project Minister of Parliamentary Affairs United National Party Project Minister of Industries Up-Country People's Front Project Minister of Estate Infrastructure United National Party Project Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports United National Party Project Minister of Assisting Foreign Affairs United National Party Project Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government United National Party Project Minister of Housing Development United National Party Project Minister of Tertiary Education United National Party Project Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Refugees United National Party Project Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs United National Party Project Minister of Human Resources, Education and Culture United National Party Project Minister of Hindu Affairs United National Party Project Minister of Urban Public Utilities United National Party Project Minister of Mass Communication United National Party Project Minister of Assisting Vanni Rehabilitation United National Party Project Minister of Economic Reforms, Science and Technology United National Party Project Minister of Irrigation United National Party Project Minister of State Transport United National Party Project Minister of North West Regional Development United National Party Project Minister of Small Holder Development United National Party Project Minister of School Education United National Party Project Minister of Employment and Labour United National Party Project Minister of Social Welfare United National Party Project Minister of Land United National Party Project Minister of Water Management United National Party Project Minister of Samurdhi
Deputy ministers