Rajapakse retained key posts of finance and defence, while premier Ratnasiri Wickremanayake picked up the portfolio of disaster management.
The foreign ministry portfolio went to Mangala Samaraweera, who also retained the portfolios of ports and aviation.
| Cabinet Ministers and Deputy | ||
| Minister | Portfolio | Deputy Minister |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Finance | Ranjith Siyambalapitya |
| Rohana Dissanayake | ||
| Religious Affairs | Tissa Karaliyadda | |
| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | Disaster Management | |
| D M Jayaratne | Post & Telecommunications | Rohitha Abeygunawardene |
| Rural Economic Development | Milroy Fernando | |
| Amarasiri Dodangoda | Justice & Judicial Reform | Dilan Perera |
| Mangala Samaraweera | Foreign Affairs | Wijedasa Rajapakse |
| Ports & Aviation | Duminda Dissanayake | |
| Anura Bandaranaike | Tourism | Arjuna Ranatunga |
| Nimal Siripala de Silva | Health & Nutrition | Jayaratne Herath |
| A H M Fowzie | Rail & Transport | Lasantha Alagiyawanna |
| Petroleum & Petroleum Resources Development | ||
| Jeyraj Fernandopulle | Trade, Commerce & Consumer Affairs | H R Mithrapala |
| Highways | Anton Dayasritha Tissera | |
| Maithripala Sirisena | Mahaweli | R A Jayatissa |
| Irrigation | Pandu Dias Bandaranaike | |
| Agriculture | ||
| Environment | Panduka Dias Bandaranaike | |
| John Seneviratne | Power & Energy | Mahindananda Aluthgama |
| Sumedha Jayasena | Women & Children's Affairs | R A Jayatissa |
| Sarath Amunugama | Public Administration & Home Affairs | T B Ekanayake |
| Anura Priyadharshana Yapa | Mass Media & Information | Segu Issadeen |
| Dinesh Gunawardene | Urban Development & Water Supply | Mahinda Amaraweera |
| Douglas Devananda | Social Services and social welfare | Jagath Pushpakumara |
| Ferial Ashroff | Housing & Construction | Gunaratne Weerakoon |
| Susil Premajayantha | Education | Niramala Kotelawala |
| Athauda Seneviratne | Labour relations | Mervyn Silva |
| Foreign Employment | ||
| S B Nawinna | Rural Industries and Self employment | Premalal Jayasekera |
| Piyasena Gamage | Vocational & technical Training | |
| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | Local Government and Provincial Council | Abdul Majeed |
| A L M Athaullah | Fisheries Housing Development | |
| Rohitha Bogallagama | Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion | Jagath Pushpakumara |
| Tissa Vitharana | Science & Technology | Salinda Dissanayake |
| D E W Gunasekera | Constitutional Affairs | Dilan Perera |
| National Integration | ||
| Nation Building and Development | D M Dassanayake | |
| Higher Education | Ranjith Siyambalapitya | |
| Consumer Services & Agricultural Marketing Development | Siripala Gamlath | |
| Planning & Implementation | H A Hussain Baila | |
| Non-Cabinet Ministers | |
| Minister | Portfolio |
| Milroy Fernando | Plantation Industries |
| Jeevan Kumaratunga | Sports & Youth Affairs |
| Pavithra Wanniarachchi | Samurdhi |
| Poverty Alleviation | |
| Tissa Karaliyadda | Indigenous Medicine |
| Felix Perera | Fisheries & Aquatic Resources |
| C B Ratnayake | Estate Infrastructure & Livestock Dev |
| Salinda Dissanayake | Coconut Development |
| Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene | Cultural and National Heritage |
| W A Vishwa Warnapala | Parliamentary Affairs |
| M N Abdul Majid | Cooperative Development |
| Abdul Rishath Bathiyutheen | Resettlement |
| Amir Ali Sihabdeen | Disaster Relief |
| Chandrasiri Gajadir | Home Affairs |
| Chamal Rajapakse | Agriculture |
| Kumara Welgama | Industries Development |
| T B Ekanayake | Roads and Dev |
| Rohitha Abeygunawardene | Foreign Employment Promo |
| Anwer Ismail | Irrigation |
