Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment
කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්යාංශය தொழில் மற்றும் வெளிநாட்டு வேலைவாய்ப்பு அமைச்சு | |
Ministry overview | |
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Jurisdiction | Government of Sri Lanka |
Headquarters | 2nd Floor, Labour Secretariat, Colombo 6°53′30.30″N 79°52′33.80″E / 6.8917500°N 79.8760556°E |
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Ministry executive |
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Child agencies |
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Website | labourmin.gov.lk |
The Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employmentsecretary is S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna.[4]
Ministers
The Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title | Refs | ||
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Peri Sundaram | Ceylon National Congress | 1931 | 1935 | Governors of British Ceylon | Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce | [5] | |||
Claude Corea | Ceylon National Congress | 1936 | 1946 | [6] | |||||
I. X. Pereira | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | 1946 | 4 July 1947 | ||||||
T. B. Jayah | United National Party | 26 September 1947 | 1950 | D. S. Senanayake | Minister of Labour and Social Services | [7][8] | |||
M. C. M. Kaleel | United National Party | 1952 | 12 April 1956 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Labour | [9][10] | |||
John Kotelawala | [11] | ||||||||
T. B. Ilangaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 April 1956 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services | [12][13][14][15] | ||||
M. P. de Zoysa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 26 September 1959 | 8 December 1959 | W. Dahanayake |
Minister of Labour | [16] | |||
C. Wijesinghe |
Independent | 23 July 1960 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services | [17] | ||||
M. P. de Z. Sriwardene |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | [18] | |||||||
D. S. Goonesekera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 28 May 1963 | 25 March 1965 | Minister of Labour and Social Services | [18] | ||||
M. H. Mohamed | United National Party | 25 March 1965 | 29 May 1970 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing | [19][20] | |||
M. P. de Zoysa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 29 May 1970 | 23 July 1977 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Labour | [21] | |||
C. P. J. Seneviratne | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | 2 January 1989 | J. R. Jayewardene | [22][23][24] | ||||
Ranjit Atapattu | United National Party | 18 February 1989 | 5 January 1990 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | [25] | |||
D. B. Wijetunga |
United National Party | 11 January 1990 | [25] | ||||||
G. M. Premachandra | United National Party | 30 March 1990 | Minister of Labour and Vocational Training | [26] | |||||
D. B. Wijetunga |
United National Party | 14 March 1991 | 1 May 1993 | [27] | |||||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 August 1994 | 12 November 1994 | D. B. Wijetunga |
[28][29] | ||||
Alavi Moulana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 October 2000 | 10 April 2004 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Labour | [30] | |||
Athauda Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 14 September 2001 | 10 April 2004 | Minister of Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development | [31][32] | ||||
10 April 2004 | 28 January 2007 | Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment | [33][34][35][36] | ||||||
28 January 2007 | 28 January 2010 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower | [37][38][39] | |||||
Gamini Lokuge | United National Party | 23 April 2010 | 22 November 2010 | Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement | [40][41][42] | ||||
22 November 2010 | 12 January 2015 | Minister of Labour and Labour Relations | [43][44] | ||||||
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe | United National Party | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Justice and Labour Relations | [45][46][47][48] | |||
S. B. Nawinne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Minister of Labour | [49][50][51][52] | ||||
John Senewiratne |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 4 September 2015 | 22 May 2017 | Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations | [53][54][55][56] | ||||
22 May 2017 | 12 April 2018 | Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development | [56][57][58] | ||||||
Malik Samarawickrama | United National Party | 12 April 2018 | 1 May 2018 | ||||||
Ravindra Samaraweera | United National Party | 1 May 2018 | 26 October 2018 | Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations | |||||
Gamini Lokuge | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 9 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development | |||||
Daya Gamage | United National Party | 20 December 2018 | 11 January 2019 | Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Social Empowerment | |||||
Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 August 2020 | 11 January 2019 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Labour | ||||
Vidura Wickremanayake | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 | ||||||
Manusha Nanayakkara | Samagi Jana Balawegaya | 20 May 2022 | 9 July 2022 | Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment | |||||
United National Party | 22 July 2022 | Incumbent | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Secretaries
Name | Took office | Left office | Title | Refs |
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M. Madihahewa | 25 April 2010 | Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement Secretary | [59] | |
W. J. L. U. Wijeweera | 22 November 2010 | Labour and Labour Relations Secretary | [60] | |
W. Kamalini F. de Silva | 19 January 2015 | Justice and Labour Relations Secretary | [61][62][63][64] | |
S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna | 8 September 2015 | Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary | [65][66][67] | |
S.A. Nimal Saranathissa | May 2017 | Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development Secretary | ||
H.M. Gamini Senevirathne | November 2018 | Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development Secretary |
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