Ministry of Tourism and Lands
Appearance
සංචාරක හා ඉඩම් අමාත්යාංශය சுற்றுலாத்துறை மற்றும் காணி அமைச்சு | |
Department of Surveyor General | |
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The Ministry of Tourism and Landssecretary is W.A. Chulananda Perera.[4]
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
Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title | Refs | ||
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D. S. Senanayake | ![]() |
United National Party | 1931 | 1946 | Henry Monck-Mason Moore | Minister of Agriculture and Lands | [5] | ||
Dudley Senanayake | ![]() |
United National Party | 1946 | 1947 | [6] | ||||
26 September 1947 | 26 March 1952 | D. S. Senanayake | [7][8] | ||||||
P. B. Bulankulame | United National Party | 26 March 1952 | 12 October 1953 | Dudley Senanayake | [9][10] | ||||
12 October 1953 | 12 April 1956 | John Kotelawala | Minister of Lands and Land Development | [11] | |||||
C. P. de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 April 1956 | 26 September 1959 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | [12][13][14] | ||||
26 September 1959 | December 1959 | W. Dahanayake |
Minister of Agriculture and Lands | [15] | |||||
M. D. Banda | United National Party | 23 March 1960 | 1960 | Dudley Senanayake | [15] | ||||
C. P. de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 July 1960 | 29 May 1970 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power | [16] | |||
Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power | [17][18] | ||||||
Hector Kobbekaduwa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Agriculture and Lands | [19][20] | |||||
Lionel Senanayake |
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United National Party | 13 July 1977 | J. R. Jayewardene | [21] | ||||
P. Dayaratna | United National Party | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Land, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development | [22][23] | |||||
Gamini Atukorale | United National Party | 14 March 1991 | [24] | ||||||
D. M. Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 August 1994 | D. B. Wijetunga |
Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation | [25][26] | ||||
Salinda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 October 2000 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Land Development and Minor Export Agricultural Crops | [27] | ||||
Anuruddha Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 14 September 2001 | Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power | [28][29] | |||||
Jeewan Kumaranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 28 January 2007 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Land and Land Development | [30][31][32] | ||||
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 April 2010 | Minister of Lands and Land Development | [33][34][35][36][37][38] | |||||
M. K. D. S. Gunawardena ✝ |
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party[39][40] | 12 January 2015 | 19 January 2016 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Lands | [41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] | ||
Democratic National Movement[50][51] | |||||||||
John Amaratunga | United National Party | 2 March 2016 | 22 May 2017 | [52][53][54] | |||||
Gayantha Karunatileka |
United National Party | 22 May 2017 | 21 November 2019 | Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms | [55][56][57] | ||||
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
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Name | Took office | Left office | Title | Refs |
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T. Asoka Peiris | 25 April 2010 | Lands and Land Development Secretary | [58][59] | |
I. H. K. Mahanama | 19 January 2015 | Lands Secretary | [60][61][62][63][64][65][66] |
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