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Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment

The Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment[2] (Sinhala: කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: தொழில் மற்றும் வெளிநாட்டு வேலைவாய்ப்பு அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for labour, foreign employment services and development of Petroleum Resources. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on labour and other subjects which come under its purview.[3] The current Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment is Manusha Nanayakkara.[1] The ministry's secretary is S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna.[4]

Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment
කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍යාංශය
தொழில் மற்றும் வெளிநாட்டு வேலைவாய்ப்பு அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters2nd Floor, Labour Secretariat, Colombo
6°53′30.30″N 79°52′33.80″E / 6.8917500°N 79.8760556°E / 6.8917500; 79.8760556
Annual budget
  • Rs. 2 billion (2017, recurrent)
  • Rs. 4 billion (2017, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • H. M. Gamini Senevirathne, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of Labour
  • Department of Manpower and Employment
  • Employees' Provident Fund
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • National Institute of Labour Studies
  • Office of the Commissioner of Workmen’s Compensation
  • Shrama Vasana Fund
  • Employees' Trust Fund Board
  • Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
  • Ceylon Petroleum Corporation
Websitelabourmin.gov.lk

Ministers

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The Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Labour
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Peri Sundaram Ceylon National Congress 1931 1935 Governors of British Ceylon Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce [5]
Claude Corea Ceylon National Congress 1936 1946 [6]
I. X. Pereira All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1946 4 July 1947
T. B. Jayah United National Party 26 September 1947 1950 D. S. Senanayake Minister of Labour and Social Services [7][8]
M. C. M. Kaleel United National Party 1952 12 April 1956 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Labour [9][10]
John Kotelawala [11]
T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services [12][13][14][15]
M. P. de Zoysa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 26 September 1959 8 December 1959 W. Dahanayake Minister of Labour [16]
C. Wijesinghe Independent 23 July 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services [17]
M. P. de Z. Sriwardene Sri Lanka Freedom Party [18]
D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 May 1963 25 March 1965 Minister of Labour and Social Services [18]
M. H. Mohamed United National Party 25 March 1965 29 May 1970 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing [19][20]
M. P. de Zoysa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 29 May 1970 23 July 1977 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Labour [21]
C. P. J. Seneviratne United National Party 23 July 1977 2 January 1989 J. R. Jayewardene [22][23][24]
Ranjit Atapattu United National Party 18 February 1989 5 January 1990 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Labour and Social Welfare [25]
D. B. Wijetunga United National Party 11 January 1990 [25]
G. M. Premachandra United National Party 30 March 1990 Minister of Labour and Vocational Training [26]
D. B. Wijetunga United National Party 14 March 1991 1 May 1993 [27]
Mahinda Rajapaksa   Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 12 November 1994 D. B. Wijetunga [28][29]
Alavi Moulana Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 10 April 2004 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Labour [30]
Athauda Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 10 April 2004 Minister of Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development [31][32]
10 April 2004 28 January 2007 Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment [33][34][35][36]
28 January 2007 28 January 2010 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower [37][38][39]
Gamini Lokuge United National Party 23 April 2010 22 November 2010 Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement [40][41][42]
22 November 2010 12 January 2015 Minister of Labour and Labour Relations [43][44]
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe   United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Justice and Labour Relations [45][46][47][48]
S. B. Nawinne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 March 2015 17 August 2015 Minister of Labour [49][50][51][52]
John Senewiratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 4 September 2015 22 May 2017 Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations [53][54][55][56]
22 May 2017 12 April 2018 Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development [56][57][58]
Malik Samarawickrama United National Party 12 April 2018 1 May 2018
Ravindra Samaraweera United National Party 1 May 2018 26 October 2018 Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations
Gamini Lokuge Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 9 November 2018 15 December 2018 Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development
Daya Gamage United National Party 20 December 2018 11 January 2019 Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Social Empowerment
Nimal Siripala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 August 2020 11 January 2019 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Minister of Labour
Vidura Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 18 April 2022 9 May 2022
Manusha Nanayakkara Samagi Jana Balawegaya 20 May 2022 9 July 2022 Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment
United National Party 22 July 2022 Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe

Secretaries

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Labour Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
M. Madihahewa 25 April 2010 Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement Secretary [59]
W. J. L. U. Wijeweera 22 November 2010 Labour and Labour Relations Secretary [60]
W. Kamalini F. de Silva 19 January 2015 Justice and Labour Relations Secretary [61][62][63][64]
S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna 8 September 2015 Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary [65][66][67]
S.A. Nimal Saranathissa May 2017 Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development Secretary
H.M. Gamini Senevirathne November 2018 Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development Secretary

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