Ministry of Economic Development (Sri Lanka)

Minister of Economic Development
Appointer	The President with advice of Prime Minister
Formation	23 April 2010
First holder	Basil Rajapaksa
Final holder	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Abolished	17 August 2015
Succession	Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs

Ministry of Economic Development
Ministry overview
Formed	2010
Dissolved	2015
Superseding agency	Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs;
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

The Ministry of Economic Development was a former ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka, and was a member ministry of the cabinet of Sri Lanka. It was briefly merged with several other ministries and renamed the Ministry of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs from January 2015 onwards, before being replaced by the Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs in August 2015.

Ministers

Parties

Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party

Name		Portrait	Party	Tenure	President		Ministerial title
	Basil Rajapaksa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010 – 9 January 2015		Mahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Economic Development
	Ranil Wickremesinghe		United National Party	12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015		Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs

References

External links

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