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GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA President Head of the Cabinet Minister of Defence Minister of of Ministers Technology MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA CHAMAL RAJAPAKSA CHAMAL RAJAPAKSA (PRESIDENT’S BROTHER) (PRESIDENT’S BROTHER) (PRESIDENT’S BROTHER) (PRESIDENT’S BROTHER) (PRESIDENT’S BROTHER) (PRESIDENT’S BROTHER) Prime Minister Minister of Economic Minister of Minister of Urban Minister of State Minister of Policies & Plan Buddhasasana, Development & Housing Irrigation National Security, Implementation Religious & Cultural Disaster Management Affairs and Home Affairs BASIL RAJAPAKSA BASIL RAJAPAKSA BASIL RAJAPAKSA BASIL RAJAPAKSA SHASHEENDRA (PRESIDENT’S BROTHER) (PRESIDENT’S BROTHER) (PRESIDENT’S BROTHER) (PRESIDENT’S BROTHER) RAJAPAKSA Finance Minister Special envoy of the Presidential Task Presidential Task (SON OF CHAMAL President Force in charge of Force on Creating a RAJAPAKSA) Economic Revival and Green Sri Lanka with State Minister of BASIL RAJAPAKSA Poverty Eradication Sustainable Solutions Organic Fertilizer, MINISTER OF FINANCE (Chairman) to Climate Change Supply and Regulation and the Paddy and Grains, Organic Food, Vegetables, Fruits, Chillies, Onions and Potato Cultivation Promotion, Seed Production and Advanced Technology for Agriculture NAMAL RAJAPAKSA NAMAL RAJAPAKSA NAMAL RAJAPAKSA YOSHITHA RAJAPAKSA (PRIME MINISTER’S (PRIME MINISTER’S (PRIME MINISTER’S (PRIME MINISTER’S SON) SON) SON) SON) Minister of Sports Minister of Head of Prime Minister’s and Youth Affairs State for Digital Presidential Task Chief of Staff and Enterprise Force for “Gama Development Samaga Pilisandara” (Dialogue with the Village) rural development NIPUNA RANAWAKA NIPUNA RANAWAKA NIPUNA RANAWAKA THILAK WEERASINGHE DIEDRE DE LIVERA (PRESIDENT’S (PRESIDENT’S (PRESIDENT’S (PRIME MINISTER’S (PRIME MINISTER’S NEPHEW) NEPHEW) NEPHEW) SON NAMAL SON ROHITHA Chairman of Member, Ministerial Member, Committee RAJAPAKSA’S FATHER RAJAPAKSA’S MOTHER Matara District Consultative on Public Petitions IN LAW,) IN LAW) Development Committee on Board member, Sri Director, Airport Committee Tourism Lanka Tourism and Aviation Development Company Authority JULY 2021 under the national budget, state Investment MINISTER OF SPORTS AND YOUTH AFFAIRS – PM’S and National Development Programme and also by SON, NAMAL RAJAPAKSA PRESIDENT - GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA1 State Corporations and Statutory Institutions. This includes the 7 institutes pertaining to In this role controlling the new Colombo Port sports, and youth organisations. City Economic Commission which is a huge FINANCE MINISTER – PRESIDENT’S BROTHER, BASIL Chinese built infrastructure project and the RAJAPAKSA MINISTER OF STATE FOR DIGITAL AND ENTERPRISE Board of Investment. Also heading 10 newly MINISTER OF FINANCE – BASIL RAJAPAKSA DEVELOPMENT – PM’S SON NAMAL RAJAPAKSA created presidential task forces dealing with This role involves administration of 48 This includes control of science and technology security, drugs, Covid, vaccination, the East, institutions including Treasury affairs, institutes, information parks, biotech, nano the economy, education, climate change, mineral Government Revenue Management Affairs, Bank tech and industrial technology. extraction and rural development.2 As well as Financial and Capital Market Policies and the COVID fund.3 Regulatory Affairs, Funds Management and HEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE FOR “GAMA handling of Institutions to be liquidated SAMAGA PILISANDARA” (DIALOGUE WITH THE VILLAGE) HEAD OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS - GOTABAYA or amalgamated with other Institutions. This RURAL DEVELOPMENT, PM’S SON, NAMAL RAJAPAKSA RAJAPAKSA includes trade and investment, public finance A powerful body that will oversee almost all and accounts, auditing, taxation, legal affairs, government institutions down to the village MINISTER OF DEFENCE - GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA4 customs and excise, the Lotteries Board, import level and can report to the President any In this role controlling the military including and export control, the Central Bank, all State instance in which any public servant or official the Chief of Defence Staff, intelligence Banks and Insurance bodies and subsidiaries and of a Ministry, Department, Corporation or such agencies, the coast guard, military training related institutions, the Security and Exchange institution delays or neglects the duties and education establishments and Ministry of Commission, Export Credit Insurance and 14 assigned to him by the Task Force. “Gama Finance training. trust funds including the Employees’ Trust Fund Samaga Pilisandara” is a programme where the (private sector employees social security). President visits villages and directs officials MINISTER OF TECHNOLOGY - GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA to provide solutions to issues bypassing local In this role controlling the various SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE PRESIDENT – PRESIDENT’S authorities. Many of the directives like bodies that regulate telecommunications and BROTHER, BASIL RAJAPAKSA constructing bridges, school buildings etc are Information technology, Sri Lankan Telecom, carried out by the military thus creating a different science and technology institutes, PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC positive image of the security forces. as well as the Department of Registration of REVIVAL AND POVERTY ERADICATION6 – CHAIRMAN - Persons. PRESIDENT’S BROTHER, BASIL RAJAPAKSA This reports to the President and its members STATE MINISTER OF ORGANIC FERTILIZER PRIME MINISTER – PRESIDENT’S BROTHER, MAHINDA are powerful civil servants in key ministries7. PRODUCTION, SUPPLY AND REGULATION AND PADDY RAJAPAKSA It is authorised to commandeer the service of AND GRAINS, ORGANIC FOOD, VEGETABLES, FRUITS, all public officials. CHILLIES, ONION AND POTATO CULTIVATION MINISTER OF ECONOMIC POLICIES & PLAN PROMOTION, SEED PRODUCTION AND ADVANCED IMPLEMENTATION - MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON CREATING A GREEN SRI TECHNOLOGY FOR AGRICULTURE – SHASHEENDRA In this role controlling the National LANKA WITH SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE RAJAPAKSA (SON OF CHAMAL RAJAPAKSA) Planning Department, Department of Census CHANGE8 - PRESIDENT’S BROTHER, BASIL RAJAPAKSA and Statistics, Institute of Policy Studies, This can seek funds from international finance CHAIRMAN OF MATARA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT Sustainable Development Council, Office of bodies and embassies for projects and reports COMMITTEE – PRESIDENT’S NEPHEW, NIPUNA RANAWAKA Comptroller General, Department of Valuation, to the President. (NEPHEW)9 Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing, Standard Monitoring Board, Public Utilities Commission, MINISTER OF IRRIGATION – PRESIDENT’S BROTHER, MEMBER, MINISTERIAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON Welfare Benefits Board, Public Service Mutual CHAMAL RAJAPAKSA TOURISM - PRESIDENT’S NEPHEW, NIPUNA RANAWAKA Provident Fund, Buddha Sasana Fund, Buddhist This includes control of major development Renaissance Fund, Central Cultural Fund. projects. MEMBER, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PETITIONS - PRESIDENT’S NEPHEW, NIPUNA RANAWAKA MINISTER OF BUDDHASASANA, RELIGIOUS & CULTURAL STATE MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY, DISASTER AFFAIRS - PRESIDENT’S BROTHER, MAHINDA MANAGEMENT AND HOME AFFAIRS - PRESIDENT’S PRIME MINISTER’S CHIEF OF STAFF – PM’S SON, RAJAPAKSA BROTHER, CHAMAL RAJAPAKSA YOSHITHA RAJAPAKSA In this role controlling administration of the This ministry includes control of all District major religious bodies in Sri Lanka, museums, Secretariats and Divisional Secretariats, the BOARD MEMBER, SRI LANKA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT archives, and the film corporation. Department of Immigration and Emigration, the AUTHORITY – PM’S SON NAMAL RAJAPAKSA’S FATHER Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations, IN LAW, THILAK WEERASINGHE10 MINISTER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT & HOUSING - the National Disaster Management Council and PRESIDENT’S BROTHER, MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA5 Disaster Management Centre. DIRECTOR, AIRPORT AND AVIATION COMPANY – This role involves implementation of projects PM’S SON ROHITHA RAJAPAKSA’S MOTHER-IN-LAW 1 https://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/index.php/2020/11/26/ priorities and self-employment and to meet smallish economic Ministries of Finance, Economy and Policy Development, Roads ministry-of-technology-comes-under-presidents-purview/ livelihood needs of those engaged in traditional vocations and Highways, Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial http://documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/11/2202-25_E.pdf and the sources and methodologies of extraction of such Councils & Local Government, Plantation Industries and 2 1. Presidential Task Force to study and provide resources. Export Agriculture, Industries and Supply Chain Management, instructions on measures to be taken by all Armed Forces 10. Presidential Task Force for National Deployment and Power & Energy, Women & Child Affairs and Social Security, to prevent Corona virus infection among Members of the Tri- Vaccination plan for COVID-19 Vaccine. Mahaweli, Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Development, Forces; NOTE: amended to include ‘those addicted to drugs 3 https://covid19.gov.lk/donations.html Urban Development, Water Supply and Housing Facilities, now under rehabilitation as well as inmates of the Prisons’. 4 All institutions are listed according to Gazette Defence, Internal Trade, Food Security and Consumer Welfare, 2. Presidential Task Force to build a Secure Country, notification of 06 October 2020 unless noted otherwise. Foreign Relations. Disciplined, Virtuous and Lawful Society. 5 The following
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