First Anura Kumara Dissanayake cabinet
Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed	24 September 2024 (2024-09-24)
Date dissolved	18 November 2024 (2024-11-18)
People and organisations
Head of state	Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Head of government	Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Deputy head of government	Harini Amarasuriya
Total no. of members	3
Member parties	National People's Power
Status in legislature	Interim government
Opposition party	Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Opposition leader	Sajith Premadasa
History
Election	2024 presidential
Outgoing election	2024 parliamentary
Legislature term	16th
Predecessor	Wickremesinghe
Successor	Dissanayake II

The first Dissanayake cabinet was a central government of Sri Lanka led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. It was a 3-member interim cabinet formed in September 2024 after the presidential election. The cabinet ended in November 2024, following the parliamentary election.

Cabinet members

Ministers appointed under article 43(1) of the constitution. The members of the cabinet is as follows:

Name	Portrait	Party		Office	Took office	Left office	Refs.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake			National People's Power	President	23 September 2024		[1]
				Minister of Agriculture, Land, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Defence	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Energy	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Finance, Economic Development, Policy Formulation, Planning and Tourism	24 September 2024		[2][3]
Harini Amarasuriya			National People's Power	Prime Minister	24 September 2024		[4]
				Minister of Education, Science and Technology	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Health	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Trade, Commercial, Food Security, Co-operative Development, Industries and Entrepreneur Development	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Women, Child and Youth Affairs and Sports	24 September 2024		[2][3]
Vijitha Herath			National People's Power	Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, National Integration, Social Security and Mass Media	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Environment, Wildlife, Forest Resources, Water Supply, Plantation and Community, and Infrastructure	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Foreign Affairs	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Public Security	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Rural and Urban Development, and Housing and Construction	24 September 2024		[2][3]
				Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation	24 September 2024		[2][3]

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