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The '''Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Food Security'''<ref>((cite web|url=http://documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2022/5/2281-41_E.pdf|title=Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)|website=documents.gov.lk|accessdate=2022-06-10))</ref> (((lang-si|වෙළඳ, වාණිජ හා ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතා අමාත්‍යාංශය)); ((lang-ta|வர்த்தக, வாணிப மற்றும் உணவுப் பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சு))) is the [[Sri Lankan government ministry]] responsible for "Promotion of competitive and [[fair trade]] in the market while securing the interests of local manufacturer and consumer, promotion of co-operative services and contribution to the development of human resources in order to create a knowledge based economy."

==List of ministers==
The '''Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security''' is an appointment in the [[Cabinet of Sri Lanka]].

;Parties
((legend2|((party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party))|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA))
((legend2|((party color|United National Party))|[[United National Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA))

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="2"| Name
! Portrait
! Party
! Tenure
! Designation
|-
| !align="centre" style="background:((party color|United National Party)); color:white;"|  
| [[A. Ratnayake]] 
| 
| [[United National Party]] 
| 1947-1952
| Minister of Food and Cooperative Undertakings  
|-
| !align="centre" style="background:((party color|United National Party)); color:white;"|  
| [[Felix Dias Bandaranaike]] 
| 
| [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] 
| 1963-1965
| Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development
|-
| !align="centre" style="background:((party color|United National Party)); color:white;"|  
| [[S. K. K. Suriarachchi]] 
| 
| [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] 
| 1970-1977
| Minister of Food, Co-operatives and Small Industries
|-
| !align="centre" style="background:((party color|United National Party)); color:white;"|  
| [[Wijeyananda Dahanayake]] 
| 
| [[United National Party]] 
| 1986-1988
| Minister of Co-operatives
|-
| !align="centre" style="background:((party color|United National Party)); color:white;"|  
| [[Lalith Athulathmudali]] 
| 
| [[United National Party]] 
| 18 February 1989 - 28 March 1990
| [[Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operatives (Sri Lanka)|Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operatives]]
|-
| !align="centre" style="background:((party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party)); color:white;"|  
| [[Johnston Fernando]] 
| [[File:2009JF.png|80px|]] 
| [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] 
|  23 April 2010 - 9 January 2015
| Ministry of Co-operatives and Internal Trade
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Ministries of Sri Lanka]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* ((URL|https://www.trade.gov.lk/|Official website))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150810070644/http://www.priu.gov.lk/ Government of Sri Lanka]

((Ministries of Sri Lanka))

((authority control))

[[Category:Lists of government ministers of Sri Lanka|Trade, Commerce and Food Security]]
[[Category:Government ministries of Sri Lanka|Trade, Commerce and Food Security]]
[[Category:Cooperatives in Sri Lanka]]

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