Second Varuna Sriraya interim ministry

Second Varuna Sriraya interim ministry
Second Varuna Sriraya interim ministry
; Interim II Ministry of Friends Society
Date formed	11 September 2018
Date dissolved	12 October 2018
People and organisations
Head of state	Varuna Sriraya
Head of government	Varuna Sriraya (Interim)
No. of ministers	17
Member parties	Congress; Secular Party
Status in legislature	Supermajority
Opposition party	None
Opposition leader	None
History
Election(s)	2018 Presidential Elections
Outgoing election	2018 March General Elections
Predecessor	Third Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry
Successor	Seventh Varuna Sriraya ministry

The Second Varuna Sriraya interim ministry was the interim council of ministers of Friends Society that was formed following the constitutional election of Supreme Leader Varuna Sriraya as the executive president by the parliament on 11 September 2018. The president of the council of ministers (head of government), Tanishkaa Patranabish who was serving in office since 14 May 2018, tendered her resignation from office soon after being confirmed as the Speaker of the National Assembly. President Sriraya decided to continue with his predecessor's cabinet until formally designating his own cabinet on 12 October 2018.

History

The Supreme Court declared the constitutional coup and its arrangements as unconstitutional on 9 September 2018 and authorized the parliament to elect a new head of state within two days. Varuna Sriraya, who was the supreme leader since the coup announced his candidature for the position of the president to be elected by the parliament on 11 September 2018. Hours ahead of the vote, he stepped down from office and Deputy Supreme Leader Anoushkaa Patranabish was appointed as the acting head of state and sworn-in into office by chief justice Klarissa Sriraya.

Under the dual guidance of the acting head of state and the chief justice, the parliament voted to elect Varuna Sriraya as the executive president and stipulated him three months to get popularly elected to office. Sriraya was sworn-in as the executive president on 11 September 2018. Soon after assuming office as president, he appointed Anoushkaa Patranabish as the vice-president, and Tanishkaa Patranabish as the speaker of the National Assembly. As the executive president, Sriraya was also the head of government but assumed said office on interim basis and announced a continuation in the council of ministers of his predecessor.

Council of Ministers

Members of the Executive Council


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
President of the Republic Acting President of the Council of Ministers Chancellor of the Treasury	Varuna Sriraya	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC
Vice President of the Republic	Anoushkaa Patranabish	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSSP
Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers	Klarissa Sriraya	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC
Vice President of the Council of Ministers	Asmi Patranabis	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSSP
Secretary of State	Bishnu Chetry	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC
Cabinet Secretary	Arnab Sil	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC
State Counsellor	Abhiraj Kar	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC

Cabinet Ministers


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Cabinet Affairs	Anirban Phatowali	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC
Minister of Culture Minister of Information and Broadcasting Minister of Art and Literature Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs	Saikat Seal	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC
Minister of Law and Justice Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation	Sampriti Paul	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSSP
Minister of Sanitation and Hygiene Minister of Environment and Nature	Manoj Chetry	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC
Minister of Human Resource Development Minister of Regional and State Affairs	Bhargab Jyoti Medhi	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC

Parliamentary Secretaries


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Council of Ministers	Arpan Deka	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC
Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State	Harlong Terang	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC
Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Secretary	Jemina Hazarika	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC
Parliamentary Secretary to the Chancellor of the Treasury	Tanvi Sridasa	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC
Parliamentary Secretary to the State Counsellor	Pranjit Kalita	11 September 2018	12 October 2018	FSC