Minister of Education (Sri Lanka) explained

The Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education^[1] (si|අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන සහ වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය; ta|கல்வி, உயர்கல்வி மற்றும் தொழிற்கல்வி அமைச்சர்) is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Cabinet Ministers

Parties

No.	Portrait		Minister	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Head of Government
				From	To	Period
Chairman of the Executive Committee on Education
-			C. W. W. Kannangara සී.ඩබ්ලිව්.ඩබ්ලිව්.කන්නන්ගර	7 July 1931	24 September 1947		-	First Board of Ministers Second Board of Ministers	D. B. Jayatilaka D. S. Senanayake
Minister of Education
1			E. A. Nugawela ඊ.ඒ.නුගවෙල	24 September 1947	22 March 1952		United National Party		Don Stephen	D. S. Senanayake
				22 March 1952	19 June 1952			Dudley I	Dudley Senanayake
2			M. D. Banda එම්.ඩී.බණ්ඩා	19 June 1952	12 October 1953
				12 October 1953	12 April 1956				Kotelawala	Sir John Kotelawala
3			Wijeyananda Dahanayake විජයානන්ද දහනායක (Prime Minister from 26 September 1959)	12 April 1956	26 September 1959		Sri Lanka Freedom Party		Solomon	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
				26 September 1959	20 March 1960				Dahanayake	Self
Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs
4			Bernard Aluwihare බර්නාඩ් අලුවිහාරේ	21 March 1960	21 July 1960		United National Party		Dudley II	Dudley Senanayake
Minister of Education and Broadcasting
5			Badi-ud-din Mahmud බදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද්	23 July 1960	28 May 1963		Sri Lanka Freedom Party		Sirimavo I	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs
5			P. B. G. Kalugalla පී බී ජී කළුගල්ල	28 May 1963	25 March 1965		Sri Lanka Freedom Party		Sirimavo I	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
6			I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle අයි.එම්.ආර්.ඒ.ඊරියගොල්ලේ	25 March 1965	29 May 1970		United National Party		Dudley III	Dudley Senanayake
Minister of Education
(5)			Badi-ud-din Mahmud බදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද්	29 May 1970	23 July 1977		Sri Lanka Freedom Party		Sirimavo II	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
7			Nissanka Wijeyeratne නිශ්ශංක පරාක්‍රම විජයරත්න	23 July 1977	14 February 1980		United National Party	Jayewardene	J. R. Jayewardene
8			Ranil Wickremesinghe රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ	14 February 1980	2 January 1989
				2 January 1989	14 February 1989				Premadasa	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Information
9			W. J. M. Lokubandara වි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර	18 February 1989	28 March 1990		United National Party		Premadasa	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Minister of Education and Higher Education
10			Lalith Athulathmudali ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි	30 March 1990	30 August 1991		United National Party		Premadasa	Ranasinghe Premadasa
(9)			W. J. M. Lokubandara වි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර	12 August 1993	15 August 1994			Wijetunga	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
11			Richard Pathirana රිචඩ් පතිරණ	19 August 1994	12 November 1994		Sri Lanka Freedom Party
				12 November 1994	19 October 2000				Kumaratunga	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Minister of Education
12			Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත	19 October 2000	14 September 2001		Sri Lanka Freedom Party		Kumaratunga	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Minister of Education and Higher Education
13			Sarath Amunugama සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම	14 September 2001	10 October 2001		Sri Lanka Freedom Party		Kumaratunga	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Minister of Human Resources, Education and Culture
14			Karunasena Kodituwakku කරුණාසේන කොඩිතුවක්කු (Project Minister)	12 December 2001	7 February 2004		United National Party		Kumaratunga	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Minister of Education
15			Chandrika Kumaratunga චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක (President)	10 April 2004	19 November 2005		Sri Lanka Freedom Party		Kumaratunga	Chandrika Kumaratunga
(12)			Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත	23 November 2005	23 April 2010			Mahinda	Mahinda Rajapaksa
16			Bandula Gunawardane බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන	23 April 2010	12 January 2015
17			Akila Viraj Kariyawasam අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම්	12 January 2015	26 October 2018		United National Party		Sirisena I	Maithripala Sirisena
									Sirisena II
Minister of Education and Higher Education
18			Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ	29 October 2018	15 December 2018		United National Party		Sirisena III	Maithripala Sirisena
Minister of Education
(17)			Akila Viraj Kariyawasam අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම්	20 December 2018	21 November 2019		United National Party		Sirisena IV	Maithripala Sirisena
18			Dullas Alahapperuma ඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුම	22 November 2019	12 August 2020		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna		Gotabaya I	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
19			G. L. Peiris ගාමිණී ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස්	12 August 2020	16 August 2021			Gotabaya II
20			Dinesh Gunawardena දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන	16 August 2021	18 April 2022		Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
21			Ramesh Pathirana රමේෂ් පතිරණ	18 April 2022	9 May 2022		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna		Gotabaya III
22			Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත	20 May 2022	23 September 2024			"	Gotabaya IV
									Wickremesinghe	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
23			Harini Amarasuriya හරිනි අමරසූරිය	24 September 2024	Incumbent		National People's Power		Dissanayake I	Anura Kumara Dissanayake
									Dissanayake II

See also

• Ministry of Education

External links

• Ministry of Education
• Government of Sri Lanka

Notes and References

1. Web site: Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions). documents.gov.lk. 2022-06-10.