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Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping

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Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping of Sri Lanka
Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping
Final holderMahinda Rajapaksa
Abolished11 January 2015

The Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping was an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka that was responsible for the creation, development, implementation and the governance of the highways, ports and their transport services and the headquarters of the institutions under the ministry. The post was first created in 1960 March as Minister of Nationalized Services, Shipping & Transport, in 1960 July it was renamed as the Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping. The section Highways was included in the post of the Minister of Irrigation, Power & Highways in both, 1970 and 1977 years. In the 1977, the section Shipping was included in the Minister of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism. In 1989 The responsibilities of the sections Ports and Shipping were under the Minister of Ports & Shipping and the Minister of Trade & Shipping and the responsibilities of section Highways were under the Minister of Transport & Highways. In 2000 the section of Ports was under the Minister of Ports Development & Development of the South ,the section Highways was under the Minister of Highways ,the section of Shipping was under the Minister of Internal & International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs & Shipping Development. The responsibilities of the sections of Highways and into some distance Shipping too were under the Minister of Transport, Highways & Aviation in 2001. The section Highways was under the Minister of Highways & Road Development and the sections Ports and Shipping were under the Minister of Ports & Aviation in 2005. The original name Minister of Highways, Ports and Shipping was given for the post in 2010. The position was abolished and divided into the portfolios of the Minister of Ports and Shipping and Ministry of Higher Education and Highways with the portfolio reshuffle in January 2015 under the Sirisena cabinet.

List of Highways, Ports & Shipping Ministers

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Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

# Portrait Name Party Tenure Head(s) of Government Ministerial title
1 Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 23 March 1960 - 1960 July Dudley Senanayake Minister of Nationalised Services, Shipping & Transport
2 T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 - 1965 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping
3 Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 31 May 1970 - 1977 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Irrigation, Power & Highways
4 Gamini Dissanayake United National Party 23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989 Junius Richard Jayewardene Minister of Irrigation, Power & Highways
4 Wimala Kannangara United National Party 23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989 Junius Richard Jayewardene Minister of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism
5 Alick Aluvihare United National Party 14 March 1991 - 1 May 1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Ports & Shipping
5 Rupasena Karunatilake United National Party Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Ports & Shipping
5 Abdul Razak Munsoor 18 February 1989 - May 1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Trade & Shipping
5 Wijayapala Mendis United National Party 1989 - 1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Transport & Highways
7 Ronnie de Mel Sri Lanka Freedom Party 18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Ports Development & Development of the South
7 A. H. M.Fowzie Sri Lanka Freedom Party 18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Highways
7 Rauff Hakeem Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Internal & International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs & Shipping Development
8 Gamini Athukorala United National Party 19 December 2001 - 7 February 2004 Ranil Wickremasinghe Minister of Transport, Highways & Aviation
9 Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 April 2004 - 6 April 2008 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Highways & Road Development
9 Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 April 2004 - 19 November 2005 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Highways
9 Mangala Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 April 2004 - 9 February 2010 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Ports & Aviation Services
10 Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 – present Mahinda Rajapaksa Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping

See also

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References

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