Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping

Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping of Sri Lanka
Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping
Final holder Mahinda Rajapaksa
Abolished 11 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

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

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# Portrait Name Party Tenure Head(s) of Government Ministerial title
1Montague JayawickramaUnited National Party23 March 1960 - 1960 JulyDudley SenanayakeMinister of Nationalised Services, Shipping & Transport
2T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party23 July 1960 - 1965Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping
3Maithripala SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party31 May 1970 - 1977Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Irrigation, Power & Highways
4Gamini DissanayakeUnited National Party23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989Junius Richard JayewardeneMinister of Irrigation, Power & Highways
4Wimala KannangaraUnited National Party23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989Junius Richard JayewardeneMinister of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism
5Alick AluvihareUnited National Party14 March 1991 - 1 May 1993Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Ports & Shipping
5 Rupasena KarunatilakeUnited National PartyRanasinghe PremadasaMinister of Ports & Shipping
5Abdul Razak Munsoor18 February 1989 - May 1993Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Trade & Shipping
5 Wijayapala MendisUnited National Party1989 - 1993Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Transport & Highways
7Ronnie de MelSri Lanka Freedom Party18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Ports Development & Development of the South
7A. H. M.FowzieSri Lanka Freedom Party18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Highways
7Rauff HakeemSri Lanka Muslim Congress18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Internal & International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs & Shipping Development
8Gamini AthukoralaUnited National Party19 December 2001 - 7 February 2004Ranil WickremasingheMinister of Transport, Highways & Aviation
9Jeyaraj FernandopulleSri Lanka Freedom Party22 April 2004 - 6 April 2008Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Highways & Road Development
9Mahinda RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom Party22 April 2004 - 19 November 2005Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Highways
9Mangala SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party22 April 2004 - 9 February 2010Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Ports & Aviation Services
10Mahinda RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 2010 – presentMahinda RajapaksaMinistry of Highways, Ports & Shipping

See also

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