Kumaratunga cabinet

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 party	Ceylon Workers' Congress (2000–01, 2001–04, 2004–05) Communist Party (1994-01, 2004–05) Eelam People's Democratic Party (200-01, 2004–05) Lanka Sama Samaja Party (1994-01, 2004–05) Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (200-01, 2004–05) National Congress (2004–05) National Unity Alliance (2004–05) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1994-01, 2004–05) Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (1994-01, 2001–04) United National Party (2001–04) Up-Country People's Front (2001–04)
Opposition party	United National Party (1994-01) People's Alliance (2001–04) United National Party (2004–05)
Opposition leader	Ranil Wickremesinghe (1994-01) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (2001) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2001–04) Ranil Wickremesinghe (2004–05)
History
Election(s)	1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004
Outgoing election	2005
Legislature term(s)	10th, 11th, 12th, 13th
Predecessor	Wijetunga cabinet
Successor	Rajapaksa cabinet

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.