Wijetunga cabinet

Wijetunga cabinet

12th Cabinet of Sri Lanka
Date formed1 May 1993
Date dissolved12 November 1994
People and organisations
Head of stateD. B. Wijetunga
Head of governmentD. B. Wijetunga
Deputy head of governmentRanil Wickremesinghe (1993–94)
Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994)
Member party
  •   United National Party (1993–94)
  •   People's Alliance (1994)
Status in legislatureMajority government
125 / 225 (56%)
(1993-94)
Majority coalition
121 / 225 (54%)
(1994)
Opposition party
Opposition leaderSirimavo Bandaranaike (1993–94)
Gamini Dissanayake (1994)
Ranil Wickremesinghe (1994)
History
Election1994 parliamentary
Outgoing election1994 presidential
Legislature terms9th, 10th
PredecessorPremadasa
SuccessorKumaratunga

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.