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Ministry of Ports and Shipping (Sri Lanka)

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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]

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation
වරාය, නාවික හා ගුවන් සේවා අමාත්‍යාංශය
துறைமுகங்கள், கப்பற்றுறை மற்றும் விமான சேவைகள் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters19 Chaithya Road, Colombo 1
6°56′17″N 79°50′37″E / 6.938059°N 79.843677°E / 6.938059; 79.843677
Annual budget
  • LKR 0.3 billion (2017, recurrent)
  • LKR 2 billion (2017, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • M. M. P. K. Mayadunne, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies
  • Sri Lanka Ports Authority
  • Ceylon Shipping Corporation
  • Directorate of Merchant Shipping
  • Shipping and Aviation Information and Research (Private) Limited
Websiteportmin.gov.lk

Ministers

The Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Shipping
NamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeHead of governmentMinisterial titleRefs
Montague JayawickramaUnited National Party23 March 19601960Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Nationalised Services, Shipping and Transport[5]
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party23 July 1960Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Commerce, Trade, Food and Shipping[6]
P. B. G. KalugallaSri Lanka Freedom PartySirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism[7]
Wimala KannangaraUnited National Party23 July 1977J. R. Jayewardene[8][9]
Lalith AthulathmudaliUnited National PartyMinister of Trade and Shipping[10]
Abdul Razak MunsoorUnited National Party18 February 198928 March 1990Ranasinghe Premadasa[11][12]
Rupa KarunathilakeUnited National Party30 March 199014 March 1991Minister of Ports and Shipping[13][14]
Alick AluwihareUnited National Party14 March 1991[13][14]
M. H. M. AshraffSri Lanka Muslim Congress19 August 1994D. B. WijetungaMinister of Shipping, Ports and Rehabilitation[15][16]
Rauff Hakeem Sri Lanka Muslim Congress19 October 200020 June 2001Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Internal and International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs and Shipping Development[17][18][19][20]
Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 2001Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries[21][22]
Rauff Hakeem Sri Lanka Muslim Congress12 December 2001Minister of Ports Development and Shipping[23][24]
Mangala Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party10 April 2004Minister of Ports and Aviation[25][26][27]
23 November 2005Mahinda Rajapaksa[28][29][30][31][32][33]
Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 2010Minister of Ports and Aviation[34][35]
22 November 2010Minister of Ports and Highways
Arjuna Ranatunga12 January 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation[36][37][38][39]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[40][41]22 March 2015
22 March 2015Minister of Ports and Shipping[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
Democratic National Movement[50][51]22 May 2017
Mahinda Samarasinghealign=centerSri Lanka Freedom Party22 May 201712 August 2020[49][52][53]
Rohitha Abeygunawardena12 August 202018 April 2022
Pramitha Tennakoon18 April 2022

Secretaries

Shipping Secretaries
NameTook officeLeft officeTitleRefs
K. V. P. Ranjith de Silva25 April 2010Ports and Aviation Secretary[54]
Sujatha Cooray22 November 2010Ports and Highways Secretary[55]
L. P. Jayampathy19 January 2015Ports, Shipping and Aviation Secretary[56]
8 September 2015Ports and Shipping Affairs Secretary[57][58][59]

References

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