Sarath Amunugama SLAS
සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම சரத் லீலானந்த பண்டார அமுனுகம
Minister for Special Projects
In office 23 October 2015 – 26 October 2018
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister of Irrigation & Water Resources Management
In office 2000–2001
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Minister of Finance
In office 14 April 2004 – 22 November 2005
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded by	K. N. Choksy
Succeeded by	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Minister of Public Administration & Home Affairs
In office 23 November 2005 – 28 January 2007
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Preceded by	Amarasiri Dodangoda
Succeeded by	Karu Jayasuriya
Minister Enterprise Development & Investment Promotion
In office 2007–2010
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Deputy Minister of Finance & Planning
In office 2010 – 12 January 2015
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Member of Parliament for National List
In office 2015–2020
Member of Parliament for Kandy District
In office 1994–2015
Personal details
Born	(1939-07-10) July 10, 1939 (age 84)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party
Other political affiliations	United People's Freedom Alliance
Residence(s)	50/1, Siripa Road, Colombo 05, Sri Lanka.
Occupation	Civil servant

Sarath Leelananda Bandara Amunugama (Sinhala:සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම), MP, SLAS (born July 10, 1939) is a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He was the Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning until April 2010. He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

He studied at the Trinity College, Kandy and graduated from the University of Ceylon.^[1] He joined the Ceylon Civil Service (CCS) in its last intake of cadets in 1962. Following the disestablishment of the CCS he was transferred to its successor the Ceylon Administrative Service which was later renamed as the Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS). During his career in the SLAS he served as Government Agent of the Kandy District, Director of Information, Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and later Chairman, The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. Before entering active politics he worked as an International Civil Servant for UNESCO headquarters in Paris. He resides in Colombo.