Jayewardene cabinet

Jayewardene cabinet

10th Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed23 July 1977
Date dissolved2 January 1989
People and organisations
Head of stateWilliam Gopallawa (1977–78)
J. R. Jayewardene (1978–89)
Head of governmentJ. R. Jayewardene
Deputy head of governmentRanasinghe Premadasa
Member parties
  •   United National Party
  •   Ceylon Workers' Congress (1978–89)
Status in legislatureMajority
141 / 168 (84%)
Opposition party
Opposition leaderA. Amirthalingam (1977–83)
Anura Bandaranaike (1983–88)
History
Elections1977, 1982
Outgoing election1988
Legislature term8th
PredecessorSirimavo Bandaranaike II
SuccessorPremadasa

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.