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Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping of Sri Lanka
since 23 April 2010
Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping
AppointerMahinda Rajapaksa
WebsiteMinistry of Highways, Ports & Shipping

The Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for the creation, development, implementation and the governance of the highways, ports and their transport services and the headquarters of the institutions under the ministry. The post was first created in 1960 March as Minister of Nationalized Services, Shipping & Transport, in 1960 July it was renamed as the Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping. The section Highways was included in the post of the Minister of Irrigation, Power & Highways in both, 1970 and 1977 years. In the 1977, the section Shipping was included in the Minister of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism. In 1989 The responsibilities of the sections Ports and Shipping were under the Minister of Ports & Shipping and the Minister of Trade & Shipping and the responsibilities of section Highways were under the Minister of Transport & Highways. In 2000 the section of Ports was under the Minister of Ports Development & Development of the South ,the section Highways was under the Minister of Highways ,the section of Shipping was under the Minister of Internal & International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs & Shipping Development. The responsibilities of the sections of Highways and into some distance Shipping too were under the Minister of Transport, Highways & Aviation in 2001. The section Highways was under the Minister of Highways & Road Development and the sections Ports and Shipping were under the Minister of Ports & Aviation in 2005. The original name Minister of Highways,Ports and Shipping was given for the post in 2010.

List of Highways, Ports & Shipping Ministers

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

# Portrait Name Party Tenure Head(s) of Government Ministerial title
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 23 March 1960 - 1960 July !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dudley Senanayake Minister of Nationalised Services, Shipping & Transport
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 2 T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 - 1965 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 3 Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 31 May 1970 - 1977 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Irrigation, Power & Highways
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 4 Gamini Dissanayake United National Party 23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Junius Richard Jayewardene Minister of Irrigation, Power & Highways
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 4 Wimala Kannangara United National Party 23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Junius Richard Jayewardene Minister of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 5 Alick Aluvihare United National Party 14 March 1991 - 1 May 1993 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Ports & Shipping
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 5 Rupasena Karunatilake United National Party !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Ports & Shipping
5 Abdul Razak Munsoor 18 February 1989 - May 1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Trade & Shipping
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 5 Wijayapala Mendis United National Party 1989 - 1993 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Transport & Highways
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 7 Ronnie de Mel Sri Lanka Freedom Party 18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Ports Development & Development of the South
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 7 A. H. M.Fowzie Sri Lanka Freedom Party 18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Highways
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress/meta/color; color:white;"| 7 Rauff Hakeem Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress/meta/color; color:white;"| Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Internal & International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs & Shipping Development
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 8 Gamini Athukorala United National Party 19 December 2001 - 7 February 2004 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Ranil Wickremasinghe Minister of Transport, Highways & Aviation
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 9 Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 April 2004 - 6 April 2008 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Highways & Road Development
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 9 Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 April 2004 - 19 November 2005 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Highways
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 9 Mangala Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 April 2004 - 9 February 2010 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Ports & Aviation Services
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 10 Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 – present !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Mahinda Rajapaksa Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping

See also

References

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