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Ministry Of Lands And Parliamentary Reforms
The Ministry of Tourism and Lands (Sinhala: සංචාරක හා ඉඩම් අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: சுற்றுலாத்துறை மற்றும் காணி அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for land and parliamentary reforms. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on lands and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Tourism and Lands is Harin Fernando. The ministry's secretary is W.A. Chulananda Perera.

Ministers

The Minister of Tourism and Lands is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Parties

  Governors of British Ceylon   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party   Democratic National Movement   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna   Samagi Jana Balawegaya

Ministers of Lands
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
D. S. Senanayake United National Party 1931 1946 Henry Monck-Mason Moore Minister of Agriculture and Lands
Dudley Senanayake United National Party 1946 1947
26 September 1947 26 March 1952 D. S. Senanayake
P. B. Bulankulame United National Party 26 March 1952 12 October 1953 Dudley Senanayake
12 October 1953 12 April 1956 John Kotelawala Minister of Lands and Land Development
C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 26 September 1959 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
26 September 1959 December 1959 W. Dahanayake Minister of Agriculture and Lands
M. D. Banda United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 Dudley Senanayake
C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 29 May 1970 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power
Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party Dudley Senanayake Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power
Hector Kobbekaduwa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Agriculture and Lands
Lionel Senanayake United National Party 13 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene
P. Dayaratna United National Party Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Land, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development
Gamini Atukorale United National Party 14 March 1991
D. M. Jayaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation
Salinda Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Land Development and Minor Export Agricultural Crops
Anuruddha Ratwatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power
Jeewan Kumaranatunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Land and Land Development
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 Minister of Lands and Land Development
M. K. D. S. Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 January 2015 19 January 2016 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Lands
Democratic National Movement
John Amaratunga United National Party 2 March 2016 22 May 2017
Gayantha Karunatileka United National Party 22 May 2017 21 November 2019 Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms
S. M. Chandrasena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 2019 3 April 2022 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Minister of Lands and Development
Harin Fernando Samagi Jana Balawegaya 20 May 2022 9 July 2022 Minister of Tourism and Lands
United National Party 22 July 2022 Present Ranil Wickremesinghe

Secretaries

Lands Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
T. Asoka Peiris 25 April 2010 Lands and Land Development Secretary
I. H. K. Mahanama 19 January 2015 Lands Secretary

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