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denotes the first female minister of that particular department.
| Minister |
Position |
Year Appointed |
Administration
|
| Government
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
President of Sri Lanka |
1994 |
Herself
|
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
1960 |
Oliver Goonetilleke
William Gopallawa
|
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
1970 |
William Gopallawa
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
1994 |
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
|
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
1994 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga
|
| Harini Amarasuriya |
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
2024 |
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
|
| Minister of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Buddhist Affairs, Ethnic Relations and National Integration |
1994 |
|
| Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs
|
| Sunethra Ranasinghe |
Minister of Women's Affairs and Teaching Hospitals |
1985 |
|
| Renuka Menike Herath |
Minister of Health and Women's Affairs |
1989 |
|
| Chandra Karunaratne |
Minister of State of Women's Affairs |
1990 |
|
| Srimani Athulathmudali |
Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs |
1994 |
|
| Sumedha Gunawathie Jayasena |
Minister of Women’s Affairs |
1999 |
|
| Sumedha Gunawathie Jayasena |
Minister of Women's Empowerment |
2004 |
|
| Sumedha Gunawathie Jayasena |
Minister of Child's Affairs |
2005 |
|
| Ferial Ismail Ashraff |
Minister of Women’s Affairs |
2001 |
|
| Harini Amarasuriya |
Minister of Women, Child and Youth Affairs and Sports |
2024 |
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
|
| Minister of Defence
|
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Minister of Defence |
1960 |
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Defence |
1994 |
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Defence |
2003 |
|
| Minister of Education
|
| Renuka Menike Herath |
Minister of State of Education |
1989 |
|
| Sunethra Ranasinghe |
Minister of State of Education |
1989 |
|
| R.M. Pulendran |
Minister of State of Education |
1990 |
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Education |
2004 |
|
| Harini Amarasuriya |
Minister of Education, Science and Technology |
2024 |
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
|
| Minister of Environment
|
| Srimani Athulathmudali |
Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs |
1994 |
|
| Ministry of Finance and Planning
|
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Minister of Finance, Planning and Plan Implementation |
1970 |
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Finance and Planning |
1994 |
|
| Nirupama Deepika Rajapaksa |
Minister of Plan Implementation |
1999 |
|
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi |
Minister of Land and Plan Implementation |
2000 |
|
| Minister of Fisheries
|
| Irene Wimala Kannangara |
Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism |
1977 |
|
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
|
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
1960 |
|
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
1970 |
|
| Minister of Health
|
| Vimala Wijewardene |
Minister of Health |
1956 |
|
| Siva Obeysekere |
Minister of Health |
1976 |
|
| Renuka Menike Herath |
Minister of Health and Women's Affairs |
1982 |
|
| Sunethra Ranasinghe |
Minister of Health |
1983 |
|
| Harini Amarasuriya |
Minister of Health |
2024 |
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
|
| Minister of Highways and Road Development
|
| Srimani Athulathmudali |
Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs |
1994 |
|
| Minister of Housing and Construction Industry
|
| Ferial Ismail Ashraff |
Minister of Housing |
2004 |
|
| Ferial Ismail Ashraff |
Minister of Construction Industry |
2004 |
|
| Minister of Mass Media and Communication
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism |
2001 |
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Interior, Information and Media |
2003 |
|
| Minister of Justice
|
| Harini Amarasuriya
|
Minister of Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour
|
2024
|
|
| Minister of Lands and Land Development
|
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi |
Minister of Land and Plan Implementation |
2000 |
|
| Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development
|
| Irene Wimala Kannangara |
Minister of Rural Development |
1978 |
|
| Ferial Ismail Ashraff |
Minister of Development and Reconstruction of the East and Rural Housing |
2000 |
|
| Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement
|
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Minister of Employment |
1960 |
|
| Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils
|
| Vimala Wijewardene |
Minister of Local Government and Housing |
1959 |
|
| Minister of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs
|
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi |
Minister of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs |
2010 |
|
| Minister of Petroleum Industries
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development |
2005 |
|
| Minister of Ports and Aviation
|
| Irene Wimala Kannangara |
Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism |
1977 |
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism |
2001 |
|
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi |
Minister of Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation |
2004 |
|
| Minister of Post and Telecommunication
|
| Irene Wimala Kannangara |
Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism |
1977 |
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism |
2001 |
|
| Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
|
| P.M. Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake |
Minister of State of Home Affairs |
1988
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Interior, Information and Media |
2003 |
|
| Minister of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development |
2005 |
|
| Minister of Resources & Enterprise Development
|
| Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Minister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development |
2005 |
|
| Minister of Social Services
|
| Amantha Karunaratne |
Minister of State of Social Services |
1989 |
|
| Amantha Karunaratne |
Minister of State of Reconstruction and Social Welfare |
1990 |
|
| Sumedha Gunawathi Jayasena |
Minister of Social Services |
1999 |
|
| Sumedha Gunawathi Jayasena |
Minister of Social Welfare |
2004 |
|
| Minister of Trade
|
| Harini Amarasuriya
|
Minister of Trade, Commercial, Food Security, Co-operative Development, Industries and Entrepreneur Development
|
2024
|
|
| Minister of Youth Affairs
|
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi |
Minister of Youth Affairs |
2007 |
|
| Minister without Portfolio
|
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Minister without Portfolio |
1994 |
|
