| Agency Name: | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development |
| Seal: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
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| Jurisdiction: | Sri Lanka |
| Employees: | 2,882 |
| Budget: | Rs 11.220,108 Billion |
| Minister1 Name: | Sunil Kumara Gamage[1] |
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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development is the Sri Lankan government ministry responsible “to build up a young generation capable of actively participating in national development endowed with skills and personality.”
The Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
| Name | Portrait | Party | Tenure | President | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 28 January 2007 - 23 April 2010 | !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | Mahinda Rajapaksa | ||||
| !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | 23 April 2010 - 12 January 2015 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | |||||||
| !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | Niroshan Perera | United National Party | 12 January 2015 - 17 August 2015 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Maithripala Sirisena | ||||
| !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | Sagala Ratnayaka | 1 May 2018 - 26 October 2018 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | ||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1 November 2018 - 20 December 2018 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | |||||
| !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | Ranil Wickremesinghe | United National Party | 20 December 2018 - 18 March 2019 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Dullas Alahapperuma | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 22 November 2019 - 12 August 2020 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Namal Rajapaksa | 12 August 2020 - 18 April 2022 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | ||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Thenuka Vidanagamage | 18 April 2022 - 23 May 2022 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | ||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Roshan Ranasinghe | 23 May 2022 - 27 November 2023 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | ||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Harin Fernando | United National Party | 27 November 2023 - 9 August 2024 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Ranil Wickremesinghe | ||||
| !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan="2" | Harini Amarasuriya | National People's Power | 24 September 2024 - 18 November 2024 | !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan="2" | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | ||||
| Sunil Kumara Gamage | 18 November 2024 - Present | [2] | |||||||