Talk:Fourth Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet

Head of government
According to the United Nations, the PM is the head of government. There is such a thing as an executive head of state/weak head of government model. It's called a semi-presidential system. Calling the PM the "deputy head of government" is WP:OR. He would be literally the only PM in the world not considered a head of government, so we'd need to see a source for that. The PM is the highest-ranking member of the executive branch to serve in parliament, which is typical of the head of government in a semi-presidential system. ― Tartan357  Talk 03:54, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
 * That's not quite right, prime minister offices are differently defined in the world, e. g. in Peru, a prime minister is definitely NOT the head of the government, it's only a ceremonial title. --2003:DF:8737:2B40:4124:1783:9E79:7720 (talk) 07:07, 18 June 2022 (UTC)


 * There is a common misconception by editors from Americas (where most countries don't have Prime Ministers) and Europe (where most republics have non-executive presidents) that, because Sri Lanka has that both President and Prime Minister, that is semi-presidential and that the PM is the head of government. This misconception is unfortunately repeated by many reliable sources such as the UN.


 * The Sri Lankan constitution grants the president vast executive powers, much more than the American constitution grants the American president. Article 30 of the Sri Lankan constitution states that the president is "the Head of the State, Head of the Executive and of the Government". Article 43 states "the President shall be a member of the Cabinet of Ministers and shall be the Head of the Cabinet of Ministers". To me, it is clear that the president is the Head of Government. But I'm not the only one who's of this understanding - here are some reliable sources who are also of this understanding:
 * Encyclopedia Britannica
 * US State Department
 * CIA Word Factbook
 * Commonwealth
 * Sri Lankan Red Cross
 * --Obi2canibe (talk) 20:59, 19 June 2022 (UTC)