Minister of Education (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lankan cabinet minister

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Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education of Sri Lanka

අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන සහ වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය
கல்வி, உயர்கல்வி மற்றும் தொழிற்கல்வி அமைச்சர்

Emblem of Sri Lanka

Incumbent
Harini Amarasuriya

since 24 September 2024

Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
Appointer| The President with advice of Prime Minister
Inaugural holder| C. W. W. Kannangara (as Chairman of Executive Committee on Education)
E. A. Nugawela (as Minister of Education)
Formation| September 26, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-09-26)
Website| Ministry of Education

The Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education[1] (Sinhala: අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන සහ වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය; Tamil: கல்வி, உயர்கல்வி மற்றும் தொழிற்கல்வி அமைச்சர்) is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

## Cabinet Ministers

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Parties

Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Sinhala Language Front Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna National People's Power

No.  | Portrait  | Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency | Term of office  | Political party  | Ministry  | Head of Government

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From  | To  | Period
Chairman of the Executive Committee on Education
\-  |  |  | C. W. W. Kannangara
සී.ඩබ්ලිව්.ඩබ්ලිව්.කන්නන්ගර
(1884–1969)
MP for Galle District | 7 July
1931  | 24 September
1947  | 16 years, 79 days | \-  | First Board of Ministers
Second Board of Ministers | D. B. Jayatilaka
D. S. Senanayake
Minister of Education
1  |  |  | Major
E. A. Nugawela ED
ඊ.ඒ.නුගවෙල
(1898–1972)
MP for Kadugannawa District | 24 September
1947  | 22 March
1952  | 4 years, 269 days | United National Party | Don Stephen | D. S. Senanayake
22 March
1952  | 19 June
1952  | Dudley I | Dudley Senanayake
2  |  |  | M. D. Banda
එම්.ඩී.බණ්ඩා
(1914–1974)
MP for Maturata District | 19 June
1952  | 12 October
1953  | 3 years, 298 days
12 October
1953  | 12 April
1956  | Kotelawala | Sir John Kotelawala
3  |  |  | Wijeyananda Dahanayake
විජයානන්ද දහනායක
(1902–1997)
MP for Galle District
(Prime Minister from
26 September 1959)  | 12 April
1956  | 26 September
1959  | 3 years, 343 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Solomon | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
26 September
1959  | 20 March
1960  | Dahanayake | Self
Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs
4  |  |  | Bernard Aluwihare
බර්නාඩ් අලුවිහාරේ
(1902–1961)
MP for Matale District | 21 March
1960  | 21 July
1960  | 122 days | United National Party | Dudley II | Dudley Senanayake
Minister of Education and Broadcasting
5  |  |  | Deshamanya
Badi-ud-din Mahmud
බදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද්
(1904–1997) | 23 July
1960  | 28 May
1963  | 2 years, 309 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo I | Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs
5  |  |  | P. B. G. Kalugalla
පී බී ජී කළුගල්ල
(1920–2007)
MP for Kegalle District | 28 May
1963  | 25 March
1965  | 1 year, 301 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo I | Sirimavo Bandaranaike
6  |  |  | I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle
අයි.එම්.ආර්.ඒ.ඊරියගොල්ලේ
(1907–1973)
MP for Kuliyapitiya District | 25 March
1965  | 29 May
1970  | 5 years, 65 days | United National Party | Dudley III | Dudley Senanayake
Minister of Education
(5)  |  |  | Deshamanya
Badi-ud-din Mahmud
බදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද්
(1904–1997)
Appointed MP | 29 May
1970  | 23 July
1977  | 7 years, 55 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo II | Sirimavo Bandaranaike
7  |  |  | Deshamanya
Nissanka Wijeyeratne
නිශ්ශංක පරාක්‍රම විජයරත්න
(1924–2007)
MP for Dedigama District | 23 July
1977  | 14 February
1980  | 2 years, 206 days | United National Party | Jayewardene | J. R. Jayewardene
8  |  |  | Ranil Wickremesinghe
රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ
(born 1949)
MP for Biyagama District | 14 February
1980  | 2 January
1989  | 9 years, 0 days
2 January
1989  | 14 February
1989  | Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa
Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Information
9  |  |  | W. J. M. Lokubandara
වි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර
(1941–2021)
MP for Badulla District | 18 February
1989  | 28 March
1990  | 1 year, 38 days | United National Party | Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa
Minister of Education and Higher Education
10  |  |  | Lalith Athulathmudali
ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි
(1936–1993)
MP for Colombo District | 30 March
1990  | 30 August
1991  | 1 year, 153 days | United National Party | Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa
(9)  |  |  | W. J. M. Lokubandara
වි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර
(1941–2021)
MP for Badulla District | 12 August
1993  | 15 August
1994  | 1 year, 3 days | Wijetunga | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
11  |  |  | Richard Pathirana
රිචඩ් පතිරණ
(1938–2008)
MP for Galle District | 19 August
1994  | 12 November
1994  | 6 years, 61 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party
12 November
1994  | 19 October
2000  | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga
Minister of Education
12  |  |  | Susil Premajayantha
සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත
(born 1955)
MP for Colombo District | 19 October
2000  | 14 September
2001  | 330 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga
Minister of Education and Higher Education
13  |  |  | Sarath Amunugama
සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම
(born 1939)
MP for Kandy District | 14 September
2001  | 10 October
2001  | 26 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga
Minister of Human Resources, Education and Culture
14  |  |  | Karunasena Kodituwakku
කරුණාසේන කොඩිතුවක්කු
(born 1945)
MP for Colombo District
| 12 December
2001  | 7 February
2004  | 2 years, 57 days | United National Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga
Minister of Education
15  |  |  | Chandrika Kumaratunga
චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක
(born 1945)
(President)  | 10 April
2004  | 19 November
2005  | 1 year, 223 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga
(12)  |  |  | Susil Premajayantha
සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත
(born 1955)
MP for Colombo District | 23 November
2005  | 23 April
2010  | 4 years, 151 days | Mahinda | Mahinda Rajapaksa
16  |  |  | Bandula Gunawardane
බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන
(born 1953)
MP for Colombo District | 23 April
2010  | 12 January
2015  | 4 years, 264 days
17  |  |  | Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම්
(born 1973)
MP for Kurunegala | 12 January
2015  | 26 October
2018  | 3 years, 287 days | United National Party | Sirisena I | Maithripala Sirisena
Sirisena II
Minister of Education and Higher Education
18  |  |  | Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ
(born 1959)
MP for Colombo District | 29 October
2018  | 15 December
2018  | 47 days | United National Party | Sirisena III | Maithripala Sirisena
Minister of Education
(17)  |  |  | Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම්
(born 1973)
MP for Kurunegala | 20 December
2018  | 21 November
2019  | 336 days | United National Party | Sirisena IV | Maithripala Sirisena
18  |  |  | Dullas Alahapperuma
ඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුම
(born 1959)
MP for Matara District | 22 November
2019  | 12 August
2020  | 264 days | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Gotabaya I | Gotabaya Rajapaksa
19  |  |  | G. L. Peiris
ගාමිණී ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස්
(born 1946)
National List MP | 12 August
2020  | 16 August
2021  | 1 year, 4 days | Gotabaya II
20  |  |  | Dinesh Gunawardena
දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන
(born 1949)
MP for Colombo District | 16 August
2021  | 18 April
2022  | 245 days | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
21  |  |  | Ramesh Pathirana
රමේෂ් පතිරණ
(born 1969)
MP for Galle District | 18 April
2022  | 9 May
2022  | 21 days | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Gotabaya III
22  |  |  | Susil Premajayantha
සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත
(born 1955)
MP for Colombo District | 20 May
2022  | 23 September 2024  | 2 years, 126 days | Gotabaya IV
Wickremesinghe | Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
23  |  |  | Harini Amarasuriya
හරිනි අමරසූරිය
(born 1970)
MP for Colombo District | 24 September
2024  | Incumbent  | 158 days | National People's Power | Dissanayake I | Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Dissanayake II

## See also

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* Ministry of Education

## References

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1. ^ "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.

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