Ministry of Plantation Industries

The Ministry of Plantation Industries[2] (Sinhala: වැවිලි කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: பெருந்தோட்டக் கைத்தொழில் அமைச்சு) is a ministry in the Government of Sri Lanka.

Ministry of Plantation Industries
වැවිලි කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශය
பெருந்தோட்டக் கைத்தொழில் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Minister responsible
Websiteplantationindustries.gov.lk

List of Plantation Industries Ministers

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The Minister of Plantation Industries is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Parties

  Lanka Sama Samaja Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna   National People's Power

Name Portrait Party Tenure Head of Government Reference
Colvin R. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party 31 May 1970 – 2 September 1975 Sirimavo Bandaranaike [3][4]
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1975 – 1977 [5]
M. D. H. Jayawardena United National Party 1977 – 1979 J. R. Jayewardene [6]
Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 1979 – 1989 [7]
Gamini Dissanayake United National Party 18 February 1989 – 30 March 1990 Ranasinghe Premadasa [8][9]
Ranjan Wijeratne United National Party 30 March 1990 - 2 March 1991 [10][11]
Rupa Karunathilake United National Party 14 March 1991 - 16 August 1994 [12][13]
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 - 12 December 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga [14][15][16]
Lakshman Kiriella United National Party 12 December 2001 – 2 April 2004 [17][18]
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 - 23 November 2005 [19][20][21]
Milroy Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 November 2005 - 28 January 2007 Mahinda Rajapaksa [22]
D. M. Jayaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 - 23 April 2010 [23]
Mahinda Samarasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 – 9 January 2015 [24]
Lakshman Kiriella United National Party 12 January 2015 - 17 August 2015 Maithripala Sirisena [25][26][27]
Navin Dissanayake United National Party 4 September 2015 - 26 October 2018 [28]
S. M. Chandrasena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 November 2018 - 15 December 2018 [29]
Navin Dissanayake United National Party 20 December 2018 - 21 November 2019 [30]
Ramesh Pathirana Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 2019 - 12 August 2020 Gotabaya Rajapaksa [31]
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 12 August 2020 - 23 October 2023 [32]
Mahinda Amaraweera 23 October 2023 - 24 September 2024 Ranil Wickremesinghe [33]
Vijitha Herath National People's Power 24 September 2024 - 18 November 2024 Anura Kumara Dissanayake [34]
Samantha Vidyaratna 18 November 2024 - Present [35]

References

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