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Ministry of Fisheries (Sri Lanka)

The Ministry of Fisheries[1] (Sinhala: ධීවර අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: கடற்றொழில் அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for fisheries. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on fisheries and aquatic resources development and other subjects which come under its purview.[2] The current Minister of Fisheries is Douglas Devananda.[3] The ministry's secretary is K.D.S. Ruwanchandra.[4]

Ministry of Fisheries
ධීවර අමාත්‍යාංශය
கடற்றொழில் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed1947; 77 years ago (1947)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersNew Secretariat, Sevana Mawatha, Maligawatta, Colombo
6°55′52.90″N 79°52′02.10″E / 6.9313611°N 79.8672500°E / 6.9313611; 79.8672500
Annual budget
  • Rs. 2 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 3 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • K.D.S. Ruwanchandra, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Ceylon Fisheries Corporation
  • Ceylon Fishery Harbours Corporation
  • Cey-Nor Foundation Limited
  • Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
  • National Aquaculture Development Authority
  • National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency
Websitefisheries.gov.lk

Ministers

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The Minister of Fisheries is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Parties

  Ceylon National Congress   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Mahajana Eksath Peramuna   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna   Eelam People's Democratic Party   National People's Power

Ministers of Fisheries
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
George E. de Silva 26 September 1947 1948 D. S. Senanayake Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries [5][6][7]
C. Sittampalam Independent 1948 1948 [5]
G. G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 3 September 1948 [8][9]
19 June 1952 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Industries and Fisheries [8][10]
22 October 1953 John Kotelawala [11]
William de Silva Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 18 May 1959 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike [12][13][14][15]
W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959 [15]
W. Dahanayake
Philip Gunawardena   Mahajana Eksath Peramuna March 1965 Dudley Senanayake [16][17]
George Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Fisheries [18]
S. de S. Jayasinghe United National Party 26 September 1977 J. R. Jayewardene [19][20]
Festus Perera United National Party 23 July 1977 [19][20][21]
M. Joseph Michael Perera   United National Party 18 February 1989 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Research [22][23][24]
Indika Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 D. B. Wijetunga [25][26]
Mahinda Rajapaksa   Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 14 September 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development [27]
14 September 2001 Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries [28][29]
Mahinda Wijesekara United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources [30][31][32]
Felix Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources [33][34][35]
Rajitha Senaratne   23 April 2010 Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development [36][37][38][39][40]
M. Joseph Michael Perera   United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries [41][42][43][44]
Mahinda Amaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 March 2015 26 October 2018 Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development [45][46][47][48][49][50][51]
Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa 29 October 2018 15 December 2018 Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs
P. Harrison United National Party 20 December 2018 29 May 2019 Minister of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development
Douglas Devananda Eelam People's Democratic Party 22 November 2019 14 July 2022 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Douglas Devananda 22 July 2022 24 September 2024 Ranil Wickremesinghe Minister of Fisheries
Anura Kumara Dissanayake   National People's Power 24 September 2024 18 November 2024 Anura Kumara Dissanayake Minister of Agriculture, Land, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources [52]
Ramalingam Chandrasekar 18 November 2024 Incumbent Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources [53]


Secretaries

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Fisheries Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
A. Damitha N. de Zoysa 25 April 2010 Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Secretary [54][55]
S. D. A. B. Borelessa 19 January 2015 Home Affairs and Fisheries Secretary [56][57][58][59]
W. M. M. R. Adikari 8 September 2015 Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary [60][61][62]

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