Ministry Of Fisheries (Sri Lanka)
The Ministry of Fisheries (Sinhala: ධීවර අමාත්යාංශය; Tamil: கடற்றொழில் அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for fisheries. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on fisheries and aquatic resources development and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Fisheries is Douglas Devananda. The ministry's secretary is K.D.S. Ruwanchandra.
Ministers
The Minister of Fisheries is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
- Parties
Ceylon National Congress United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Eelam People's Democratic Party National People's Power
Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title | Refs | ||
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George E. de Silva | 26 September 1947 | 1948 | D. S. Senanayake | Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries | |||||
C. Sittampalam | Independent | 1948 | 1948 | ||||||
G. G. Ponnambalam | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | 3 September 1948 | |||||||
19 June 1952 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Industries and Fisheries | |||||||
22 October 1953 | John Kotelawala | ||||||||
William de Silva | Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party | 18 May 1959 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | ||||||
W. J. C. Munasinha | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 9 June 1959 | |||||||
W. Dahanayake | |||||||||
Philip Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | March 1965 | Dudley Senanayake | ||||||
George Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Fisheries | ||||||
S. de S. Jayasinghe | United National Party | 26 September 1977 | J. R. Jayewardene | ||||||
Festus Perera | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | |||||||
M. Joseph Michael Perera | United National Party | 18 February 1989 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Research | |||||
Indika Gunawardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 August 1994 | D. B. Wijetunga | ||||||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development | ||||
14 September 2001 | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries | ||||||||
Mahinda Wijesekara | United National Party | 12 December 2001 | Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources | ||||||
Felix Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 28 January 2007 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources | |||||
Rajitha Senaratne | 23 April 2010 | Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development | |||||||
M. Joseph Michael Perera | United National Party | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries | ||||
Mahinda Amaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 22 March 2015 | 26 October 2018 | Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development | |||||
Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 | Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs | ||||||
P. Harrison | United National Party | 20 December 2018 | 29 May 2019 | Minister of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development | |||||
Douglas Devananda | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 22 November 2019 | 14 July 2022 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources | ||||
Douglas Devananda | 22 July 2022 | 24 September 2024 | Ranil Wickremesinghe | Minister of Fisheries | |||||
Anura Kumara Dissanayake | National People's Power | 24 September 2024 | 18 November 2024 | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | Minister of Agriculture, Land, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources | ||||
Ramalingam Chandrasekar | 18 November 2024 | Incumbent | Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources |
Secretaries
Name | Took office | Left office | Title | Refs |
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A. Damitha N. de Zoysa | 25 April 2010 | Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Secretary | ||
S. D. A. B. Borelessa | 19 January 2015 | Home Affairs and Fisheries Secretary | ||
W. M. M. R. Adikari | 8 September 2015 | Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary |
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