Minister of Education (Sri Lanka)
| Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education of Sri Lanka | |
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| අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන සහ වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය கல்வி, உயர்கல்வி மற்றும் தொழிற்கல்வி அமைச்சர் | |
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| Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education | |
| Appointer | The president on advice of the prime minister |
| Inaugural holder | C. W. W. Kannangara (as Chairman of Executive Committee on Education) E. A. Nugawela (as Minister of Education) |
| Formation | September 26, 1947 |
| Website | Ministry of Education |
The minister of education, higher education and vocational education[1] (Sinhala: අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන සහ වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය; Tamil: கல்வி, உயர்கல்வி மற்றும் தொழிற்கல்வி அமைச்சர்) is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
Cabinet ministers
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Independent United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna National People's Power
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Head of government | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Chairman of the Executive Committee on Education | |||||||||
| – |  | C. W. W. Kannangara සී.ඩබ්ලිව්.ඩබ්ලිව්.කන්නන්ගර (1884–1969) Galle | 7 July 1931 | 24 September 1947 | 16 years, 79 days | Independent | 1st Board of Ministers 2nd Board of Ministers | D. B. Jayatilaka D. S. Senanayake | |
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| 1 | Major E. A. Nugawela ED ඊ.ඒ.නුගවෙල (1898–1972) Kadugannawa | 24 September 1947 | 22 March 1952 | 4 years, 269 days | United National Party | D. S. Senanayake | D. S. Senanayake | ||
| 22 March 1952 | 19 June 1952 | D. Senanayake I | Dudley Senanayake | ||||||
| 2 | M. D. Banda එම්.ඩී.බණ්ඩා (1914–1974) Maturata | 19 June 1952 | 12 October 1953 | 3 years, 298 days | |||||
| 12 October 1953 | 12 April 1956 | Kotelawala | Sir John Kotelawala | ||||||
| 3 |  | Wijeyananda Dahanayake විජයානන්ද දහනායක (1902–1997) Galle | 12 April 1956 | 26 September 1959 | 3 years, 343 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | |
| 26 September 1959 | 20 March 1960 | Dahanayake | Self | ||||||
| Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| 4 | Bernard Aluwihare බර්නාඩ් අලුවිහාරේ (1902–1961) Matale | 21 March 1960 | 21 July 1960 | 122 days | United National Party | D. Senanayake II | Dudley Senanayake | ||
| Minister of Education and Broadcasting | |||||||||
| 5 | Deshamanya Badi-ud-din Mahmud බදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද් (1904–1997) | 23 July 1960 | 28 May 1963 | 2 years, 309 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | S. Bandaranaike I | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ||
| Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| 5 | P. B. G. Kalugalla පී බී ජී කළුගල්ල (1920–2007) Kegalle | 28 May 1963 | 25 March 1965 | 1 year, 301 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | S. Bandaranaike I | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ||
| 6 | I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle අයි.එම්.ආර්.ඒ.ඊරියගොල්ලේ (1907–1973) Kuliyapitiya | 25 March 1965 | 29 May 1970 | 5 years, 65 days | United National Party | D. Senanayake III | Dudley Senanayake | ||
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| (5) | Deshamanya Badi-ud-din Mahmud බදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද් (1904–1997) Appointed MP | 29 May 1970 | 23 July 1977 | 7 years, 55 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | S. Bandaranaike II | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ||
| 7 |  | Deshamanya Nissanka Wijeyeratne නිශ්ශංක පරාක්‍රම විජයරත්න (1924–2007) Dedigama | 23 July 1977 | 14 February 1980 | 2 years, 206 days | United National Party | Jayewardene | J. R. Jayewardene | |
| 8 |  | Ranil Wickremesinghe රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ (born 1949) Biyagama | 14 February 1980 | 2 January 1989 | 9 years, 0 days | ||||
| 2 January 1989 | 14 February 1989 | Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa | ||||||
| Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Information | |||||||||
| 9 |  | W. J. M. Lokubandara වි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර (1941–2021) Badulla | 18 February 1989 | 28 March 1990 | 1 year, 38 days | United National Party | Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |
| Minister of Education and Higher Education | |||||||||
| 10 |  | Lalith Athulathmudali ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි (1936–1993) Colombo | 30 March 1990 | 30 August 1991 | 1 year, 153 days | United National Party | Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |
| (9) | | W. J. M. Lokubandara වි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර (1941–2021) Badulla | 12 August 1993 | 15 August 1994 | 1 year, 3 days | Wijetunga I | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | ||
| 11 | Richard Pathirana රිචඩ් පතිරණ (1938–2008) Galle | 19 August 1994 | 12 November 1994 | 6 years, 61 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Wijetunga II | |||
| 12 November 1994 | 19 October 2000 | Kumaratunga I | Chandrika Kumaratunga | ||||||
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| 12 |  | Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත (born 1955) Colombo | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 | 330 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga II | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
| Minister of Education and Higher Education | |||||||||
| 13 |  | Sarath Amunugama සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම (born 1939) Kandy | 14 September 2001 | 10 October 2001 | 26 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga II | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
| Minister of Human Resources, Education and Culture | |||||||||
| 14 |  | Karunasena Kodituwakku කරුණාසේන කොඩිතුවක්කු (born 1945) Colombo | 12 December 2001 | 7 February 2004 | 2 years, 57 days | United National Party | Kumaratunga III | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| 15 | .jpg) | Chandrika Kumaratunga චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක (born 1945) | 10 April 2004 | 19 November 2005 | 1 year, 223 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga IV | Self | |
| (12) | | Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත (born 1955) Colombo | 23 November 2005 | 23 April 2010 | 4 years, 151 days | M. Rajapaksa | Mahinda Rajapaksa | ||
| 16 |  | Bandula Gunawardane බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන (born 1953) Colombo | 23 April 2010 | 12 January 2015 | 4 years, 264 days | ||||
| 17 | Akila Viraj Kariyawasam අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් (born 1973) Kurunegala | 12 January 2015 | 26 October 2018 | 3 years, 287 days | United National Party | Sirisena I | Maithripala Sirisena | ||
| Sirisena II | |||||||||
| Minister of Education and Higher Education | |||||||||
| 18 |  | Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ (born 1959) Colombo | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 | 47 days | United National Party | Sirisena III | Maithripala Sirisena | |
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| (17) | Akila Viraj Kariyawasam අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් (born 1973) Kurunegala | 20 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | 336 days | United National Party | Sirisena IV | Maithripala Sirisena | ||
| 18 |  | Dullas Alahapperuma ඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුම (born 1959) Matara | 22 November 2019 | 12 August 2020 | 264 days | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | G. Rajapaksa I | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | |
| 19 |  | G. L. Peiris ගාමිණී ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස් (born 1946) National List | 12 August 2020 | 16 August 2021 | 1 year, 4 days | G. Rajapaksa II | |||
| 20 | .jpg) | Dinesh Gunawardena දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන (born 1949) Colombo | 16 August 2021 | 18 April 2022 | 245 days | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | |||
| 21 | Ramesh Pathirana රමේෂ් පතිරණ (born 1969) Galle | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 | 21 days | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | G. Rajapaksa III | |||
| 22 | | Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත (born 1955) Colombo | 20 May 2022 | 23 September 2024 | 2 years, 126 days | G. Rajapaksa IV | |||
| Wickremesinghe | Ranil Wickremesinghe | ||||||||
| Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education | |||||||||
| 23 | | Harini Amarasuriya හරිනි අමරසූරිය (born 1970) Colombo | 24 September 2024 | Incumbent | 330 days | National People's Power | Dissanayake I | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | |
| Dissanayake II | |||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
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