Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping

Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping of Sri Lanka
Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping
Final holder	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Abolished	11 January 2015

The Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping was an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka that was 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. The position was abolished and divided into the portfolios of the Minister of Ports and Shipping and Ministry of Higher Education and Highways with the portfolio reshuffle in January 2015 under the Sirisena cabinet.

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	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	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

• Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping

External links

• Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping
• Government of Sri Lanka