Kumaratunga cabinets

Kumaratunga cabinet
10th Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed	12 November 1994
Date dissolved	19 November 2005
People and organisations
Head of state	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Head of government	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Deputy head of government	Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1994-00) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (2000–01) Ranil Wickremesinghe (2001–04) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2004–05)
Member parties	People's Alliance (1994–01, 2004–05)   Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (1994–04)   United National Front (2001–04)   United People's Freedom Alliance (2004–05)   National Congress (2004–05)   National Unity Alliance (2004–05)
Status in legislature	Majority coalition (1994–00) 121 / 225 (54%) Minority coalition (2000–01) 107 / 225 (48%) Majority coalition (2001–04) 114 / 225 (51%) Minority coalition (2004–05) 105 / 225 (47%)
Opposition party	United National Party (1994–01)   People's Alliance (2001–04)   United National Front (2004–05)
Opposition leader	Ranil Wickremesinghe (1994–01) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (2001–02) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2002–04) Ranil Wickremesinghe (2004–05)
History
Elections	1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004
Outgoing election	2005
Legislature terms	10th, 11th, 12th, 13th
Predecessor	Wijetunga
Successor	Mahinda Rajapaksa

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.