වරාය, නාවික හා ගුවන් සේවා අමාත්යාංශය துறைமுகங்கள், கப்பற்றுறை மற்றும் விமான சேவைகள் அமைச்சு | |
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The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation[2] (Sinhala: වරාය, නාවික හා ගුවන් සේවා අමාත්යාංශය; Tamil: துறைமுகங்கள், கப்பற்றுறை மற்றும் விமான சேவைகள் அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for ports and shipping. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on ports and shipping and other subjects which come under its purview.[3] The current Minister is Nimal Siripala de Silva.[1] The ministry's secretary is M.M.P.K. Mayadunne.[4]
The Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title | Refs | ||
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Montague Jayawickrama | United National Party | 23 March 1960 | 1960 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Nationalised Services, Shipping and Transport | [5] | |||
T. B. Ilangaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 July 1960 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food and Shipping | [6] | ||||
P. B. G. Kalugalla | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism | [7] | |||||
Wimala Kannangara | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | J. R. Jayewardene | [8][9] | |||||
Lalith Athulathmudali | United National Party | Minister of Trade and Shipping | [10] | ||||||
Abdul Razak Munsoor | United National Party | 18 February 1989 | 28 March 1990 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | [11][12] | ||||
Rupa Karunathilake | United National Party | 30 March 1990 | 14 March 1991 | Minister of Ports and Shipping | [13][14] | ||||
Alick Aluwihare | United National Party | 14 March 1991 | [13][14] | ||||||
M. H. M. Ashraff | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 19 August 1994 | D. B. Wijetunga | Minister of Shipping, Ports and Rehabilitation | [15][16] | ||||
Rauff Hakeem | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 19 October 2000 | 20 June 2001 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Internal and International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs and Shipping Development | [17][18][19][20] | |||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 14 September 2001 | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries | [21][22] | |||||
Rauff Hakeem | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 12 December 2001 | Minister of Ports Development and Shipping | [23][24] | |||||
Mangala Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 10 April 2004 | Minister of Ports and Aviation | [25][26][27] | |||||
23 November 2005 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | [28][29][30][31][32][33] | |||||||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 April 2010 | Minister of Ports and Aviation | [34][35] | |||||
22 November 2010 | Minister of Ports and Highways | ||||||||
Arjuna Ranatunga | 12 January 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation | [36][37][38][39] | |||||
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[40][41] | 22 March 2015 | ||||||||
22 March 2015 | Minister of Ports and Shipping | [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] | |||||||
Democratic National Movement[50][51] | 22 May 2017 | ||||||||
Mahinda Samarasinghe | align=center | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 22 May 2017 | 12 August 2020 | [49][52][53] | ||||
Rohitha Abeygunawardena | 12 August 2020 | 18 April 2022 | |||||||
Pramitha Tennakoon | 18 April 2022 |
Name | Took office | Left office | Title | Refs |
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K. V. P. Ranjith de Silva | 25 April 2010 | Ports and Aviation Secretary | [54] | |
Sujatha Cooray | 22 November 2010 | Ports and Highways Secretary | [55] | |
L. P. Jayampathy | 19 January 2015 | Ports, Shipping and Aviation Secretary | [56] | |
8 September 2015 | Ports and Shipping Affairs Secretary | [57][58][59] |