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Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy
විදුලිබල හා පුණර්ජනනීය බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය
மின்வலு மற்றும் புதுப்பிக்கத்தக்க வலுசக்தி அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Headquarters72 Ananda Coomarswamy Mawatha,, Colombo 7
6°54′4.90″N 79°51′17.60″E / 6.9013611°N 79.8548889°E / 6.9013611; 79.8548889
Annual budget
  • LKR 0.5 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • LKR 0.8 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • Dr. B. M. S. Batagoda, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies
Websitepowermin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy (Sinhala: විදුලිබල හා පුණර්ජනනීය බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය Vidulibala hā Punarjananeeya Balashakthi Amathyanshaya; Tamil: மின்வலு மற்றும் புதுப்பிக்கத்தக்க வலுசக்தி அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for power and renewable energy. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on power and renewable energy and other subjects which come under its purview.[1]

The current Minister and Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy are Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and Ajith Perera respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is Dr. B. M. S. Batagoda.[4]

Ministers

Ministers of Power
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 8 December 1959 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sinhala Language Front/meta/color; color:white;"| W. Dahanayake Minister of Transport and Power [5]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dudley Senanayake Minister of Posts, Works and Power [5]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power [6]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party March 1965 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dudley Senanayake Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power [7][8]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 31 May 1970 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways [9][10]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| Gamini Dissanayake United National Party 23 July 1977 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| J. R. Jayewardene [11][12][13]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| D. B. Wijetunga United National Party Minister of Power and Energy [14]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Festus Perera United National Party 18 February 1989 28 March 1990 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Ranasinghe Premadasa [15]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| K. D. M. C. Bandara United National Party 30 March 1990 [16][17]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=3| Anuruddha Ratwatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Irrigation, Power and Energy [18][19]
19 October 2000 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=4| Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Power and Energy [20][21]
14 September 2001 Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power [22][23]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Karu Jayasuriya United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Power and Energy [24][25]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Susil Premajayanth Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 [26][27][28]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| John Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 November 2005 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=3| Mahinda Rajapaksa [29][30][31]|[32][33][34]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Jathika Hela Urumaya/meta/color;"| Champika Ranawaka Jathika Hela Urumaya 23 April 2010 [35][36][37][38]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2013 [39]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Jathika Hela Urumaya/meta/color;"| Champika Ranawaka Jathika Hela Urumaya 12 January 2015 17 August 2015 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Maithripala Sirisena [40][41][42][43]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 4 September 2015 Minister of Power and Renewable Energy [44][45][46]

Secretaries

Power Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
M. M. C. Ferdinando 25 April 2010 Power and Energy Secretary [47][48]
B. M. S. Batagoda 19 January 2015 Power and Energy Secretary [49]
8 September 2015 Power and Renewable Energy Secretary [50][51][52]

See also

References

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