Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Sri Lanka)
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Jurisdiction | Government of Sri Lanka |
Headquarters | 1 D. R. Wijewardena Mawatha, Colombo 10 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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Website | transport.gov.lk |
The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for transport. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on transport and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The ministry manages the country's railways, public bus transport system and civil aviation. The ministry is not responsible for roads, ports and shipping - these come under the purview of the Ministry of Higher Education and Highways and Ministry of and Ports and Shipping respectively. The current Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation and Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation are Nimal Siripala de Silva and Ashoka Abeysinghe respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is Nihal Somaweera.[4]
Ministers
The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
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Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title | Refs | ||
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Mohamed Macan Markar | 1931 | 1936 | Minister of Communications and Works | [5] | |||||
John Kotelawala | 1936 | 1945 | [6][7] | ||||||
United National Party | 26 September 1947 | D. S. Senanayake | Minister of Transport and Works | [7][8][9] | |||||
Dudley Senanayake | [7][10][11] | ||||||||
1953 | 1954 | John Kotelawala | [7][12] | ||||||
Montague Jayawickrama | [12] | ||||||||
Maithripala Senanayake | ![]() |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 April 1956 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | [13][14][15] | ||||
8 December 1959 | W. Dahanayake | Minister of Transport and Power | [16] | ||||||
Montague Jayawickrama | United National Party | 23 March 1960 | 1960 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Nationalised Services, Shipping and Transport | [16] | |||
P. B. G. Kalugalla | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 July 1960 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Transport and Works | [17] | ||||
Anil Moonesinghe | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | 11 June 1964 | March 1965 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Communications | [18] | |||
E. L. B. Hurulle | 100x100px | United National Party | March 1965 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Communications | [19][20][21] | |||
Leslie Goonewardena | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | 31 May 1970 | 2 September 1975 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Transport | [22][23][24][25][26][27] | |||
K. B. Ratnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Transport | [28][29] | |||||
M. H. Mohamed | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Transport | [30][31][32] | ||||
Wijayapala Mendis | United National Party | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Transport and Highways | [33][34][35] | |||||
Srimanee Athulathmudali | Democratic United National Front (L) | 1994 | 1997 | D. B. Wijetunga | Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs | [36][37][38] | |||
Dinesh Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 19 October 2000 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Transport | [39] | ||||
14 September 2001 | Minister of Transport and Environment Protection | [40][41] | |||||||
Gamini Athukorala | United National Party | 12 December 2001 | Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation | [42][43] | |||||
Felix Perera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 10 April 2004 | Minister of Transport | [44][45][46] | |||||
A. H. M. Fowzie | 100x100px | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 November 2005 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Railways and Transport | [47][48][49] | |||
Dullas Alahapperuma | 100x100px | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 28 January 2007 | Minister of Transport | [50][51][52] | ||||
Kumara Welgama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 April 2010 | [53][54][55] | ||||||
R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara | ![]() |
United National Party | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Internal Transport | [56][57][58] | ||
Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 4 September 2015 | 14 October 2015 | Minister of Transport | [59][60][61] | ||||
14 October 2015 | Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation | [62] |
Secretaries
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Name | Took office | Left office | Title | Refs |
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M. Rajendra | 1964 | Permanent Secretary | [63][64] | |
D. S. Jayaweera | Transport Secretary | [65] | ||
D. T. P. Collure | 5 May 2008 | Transport Secretary | [66] | |
Lalithasiri Gunaruwan | 25 April 2010 | Transport Secretary | [67] | |
B. M. U. D. Basnayake | 22 November 2010 | Transport Secretary | [68] | |
Dammika Perera | 12 January 2011 | Transport Secretary | [69][70][71] | |
Lalithasiri Gunaruwan | 22 January 2015 | Internal Transport Secretary | [72][73] | |
Nihal Somaweera | 8 September 2015 | Transport Secretary | [74][75][76] |
References
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