Blast from the past. Depaarak record kadapu ewun inne
(Lanka-e-News -04.Oct.2024, 8.30 pm) As Sri Lankans, we should take pride in claiming the Guinness World Record for both the largest and smallest cabinets in the world. The largest cabinet in history was appointed during the 2010-2015 government, during Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second term as President. This cabinet included 107 ministers, of which 67 were cabinet ministers, and the remaining 40 were state ministers or ministers without portfolio. Even the ministers without a portfolio received the same privileges as cabinet ministers. Rajapaksa maintained this “jumbo” cabinet until 2015 using the tax money of the citizens.
Currently, the Guinness World Record lists the cabinet of 52 ministers appointed by Mahinda Rajapaksa on November 17, 2005, as the largest in the world. However, the 2010-2015 figure will likely be included in future updates of the Guinness World Records.
The first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, D.S. Senanayake, appointed a cabinet of 14 ministers after the country gained independence on February 4, 1948. In comparison, countries with developed economies tend to have much smaller cabinets, such as the United States (25), Japan (20), Germany (17), France (19), and Australia (23).
Sri Lanka claims the Guinness World Record for both the largest and smallest cabinet in the world..!
-Written by Shanta Jayaratne(Lanka-e-News -04.Oct.2024, 8.30 pm) As Sri Lankans, we should take pride in claiming the Guinness World Record for both the largest and smallest cabinets in the world. The largest cabinet in history was appointed during the 2010-2015 government, during Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second term as President. This cabinet included 107 ministers, of which 67 were cabinet ministers, and the remaining 40 were state ministers or ministers without portfolio. Even the ministers without a portfolio received the same privileges as cabinet ministers. Rajapaksa maintained this “jumbo” cabinet until 2015 using the tax money of the citizens.
Currently, the Guinness World Record lists the cabinet of 52 ministers appointed by Mahinda Rajapaksa on November 17, 2005, as the largest in the world. However, the 2010-2015 figure will likely be included in future updates of the Guinness World Records.
The first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, D.S. Senanayake, appointed a cabinet of 14 ministers after the country gained independence on February 4, 1948. In comparison, countries with developed economies tend to have much smaller cabinets, such as the United States (25), Japan (20), Germany (17), France (19), and Australia (23).
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