Ministry of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development

The Ministry of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for labour, foreign employment services and development of Petroleum Resources. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on labour and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development and State Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations are John Senewiratne and Ravindra Samaraweera respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna.[4]

Ministry of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters2nd Floor, Labour Secretariat, Colombo
6°53′30.30″N 79°52′33.80″E
Annual budget
  • Rs. 2 billion (2017, recurrent)
  • Rs. 4 billion (2017, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Gamini Lokuge, Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development
Ministry executive
  • H. M. Gamini Senevirathne, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of Labour
  • Department of Manpower and Employment
  • Employees’ Provident Fund
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • National Institute of Labour Studies
  • Office of the Commissioner of Workmen’s Compensation
  • Shrama Vasana Fund
  • Employees' Trust Fund Board
  • Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
  • Ceylon Petroleum Corporation
Websitelabourmin.gov.lk

Ministers

The Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Labour
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Peri Sundaram19311935Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce[5]
Claude Corea19361946[6]
I. X. Pereira19464 July 1947
T. B. Jayah26 September 19471950D. S. SenanayakeMinister of Labour and Social Services[7][8]
M. C. M. Kaleel1952Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Labour[9][10]
John Kotelawala[11]
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party12 April 1956S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeMinister of Labour, Housing and Social Services[12][13][14][15]
M. P. de ZoysaSri Lanka Freedom Party26 September 19598 December 1959W. DahanayakeMinister of Labour[16]
C. Wijesinghe23 July 1960Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Labour and Nationalised Services[17]
M. P. de Z. Sriwardene[18]
D. S. GoonesekeraSri Lanka Freedom Party28 May 1963Minister of Labour and Social Services[18]
M. H. MohamedUnited National PartyMarch 1965Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Labour, Employment and Housing[19][20]
M. P. de ZoysaSirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Labour[21]
C. P. J. SeneviratneUnited National Party23 July 1977J. R. Jayewardene[22][23][24]
Ranjit AtapattuUnited National Party18 February 19895 January 1990Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Labour and Social Welfare[25]
D. B. WijetungaUnited National Party11 January 1990[25]
G. M. PremachandraUnited National Party30 March 1990Minister of Labour and Vocational Training[26]
D. B. WijetungaUnited National Party14 March 1991[27]
Mahinda RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom Party19 August 1994D. B. Wijetunga[28][29]
Alavi MoulanaSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Labour[30]
Athauda SeneviratneSri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 2001Minister of Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development[31][32]
10 April 2004Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment[33][34][35]
Mahinda Rajapaksa[36]
28 January 2007Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower[37][38][39]
Gamini Lokuge23 April 2010Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement[40][41][42]
22 November 2010Minister of Labour and Labour Relations[43][44]
Wijeyadasa RajapaksheUnited National Party12 January 201522 March 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Justice and Labour Relations[45][46][47][48]
S. B. NawinneSri Lanka Freedom Party22 March 201517 August 2015Minister of Labour[49][50][51][52]
John SenewiratneSri Lanka Freedom Party4 September 201522 May 2017Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations[53][54][55][56]
22 May 2017Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development[56][57][58]
Raveendra Samaraweera United National Front 2018 Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations
Gamini Lokuge People's Alliance 2018 Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development

Secretaries
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Labour Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
M. Madihahewa25 April 2010Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement Secretary[59]
W. J. L. U. Wijeweera22 November 2010Labour and Labour Relations Secretary[60]
W. Kamalini F. de Silva19 January 2015Justice and Labour Relations Secretary[61][62][63][64]
S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna8 September 2015Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary[65][66][67]
S.A. Nimal Saranathissa May 2017 Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development Secretary
H.M. Gamini Senevirathne November 2018 Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development Secretary

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