Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters Govijana Mandiraya, 80/5 Rajamalwatta Avenue, Battaramulla, Colombo
6°54′00.30″N 79°54′56.30″E / 6.9000833°N 79.9156389°E / 6.9000833; 79.9156389Coordinates: 6°54′00.30″N 79°54′56.30″E / 6.9000833°N 79.9156389°E / 6.9000833; 79.9156389
Annual budget
  • Rs. 50 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 4 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • B. Wijayaratne, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Agriculture and Agrarian Insurance Board
  • Ceylon Fertilizer Company Limited
  • Colombo Commercial Fertilizer Company
  • Department of Agrarian Development
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research & Training Institute
  • Institute of Post‐Harvest Technology
  • Janatha Fertilizer Enterprises Limited
  • Lanka Phosphate Company Limited
  • National Fertilizer Secretariat
  • Pulses & Grain Research & Production Authority
  • Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy
  • Sri Lanka National Freedom from Hunger Campaign Board
Website agrimin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Agriculture is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for agriculture. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Agriculture and State Minister of Agriculture are Duminda Dissanayake and Wasantha Aluvihare respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is B. Wijayaratne.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Agriculture is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Agriculture
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Senanayake, D. S.D. S. Senanayake 1931 1946 Minister of Agriculture and Lands [5]
Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake 1946 1947 [6]
United National Party 26 September 1947 26 March 1952 Senanayake, D. S.D. S. Senanayake [7][8]
Bulankulame, P. B.P. B. Bulankulame 26 March 1952 1952 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake [9]
Goonetilleke, OliverSenator Oliver Goonetilleke 19 June 1952 Minister of Agriculture and Food [9][10]
Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene United National Party 1953 Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala [11]
Gunawardena, PhilipPhilip Gunawardena Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 12 April 1956 18 May 1959 Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D.S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike [12][13][14][15][16]
de Silva, C. P.C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959 Minister of Agriculture [16]
December 1959 Dahanayake, W.W. Dahanayake Minister of Agriculture and Lands [16]
Banda, M. D.M. D. Banda United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake [16]
de Silva, C. P.C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power [17]
Bandaranaike, Felix DiasFelix Dias Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 May 1963 Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development [18]
Banda, M. D.M. D. Banda United National Party Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake Minister of Agriculture and Food [19]
Kobbekaduwa, HectorHector Kobbekaduwa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Agriculture and Lands [20][21]
Senanayake, LionelLionel Senanayake United National Party 13 July 1977 Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene [22]
Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga United National Party Minister of Food, Agricultural Development and Research [23]
Athulathmudali, LalithLalith Athulathmudali United National Party 18 February 1989 Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa Minister of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives [23]
Dharmadasa Banda, R. M.R. M. Dharmadasa Banda United National Party 1990 Minister of Agriculture & Research [24]
Jayaratne, D. M.D. M. Jayaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation [25][26]
19 October 2000 14 September 2001 Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Agriculture [27]
14 September 2001 Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Cooperative Development [28][29]
Dissanayake, S. B.S. B. Dissanayake United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Welfare [30][31]
Devananda, DouglasDouglas Devananda Eelam People's Democratic Party 10 April 2004 Minister of Agricultural Marketing Development, Hindu Affairs and Tamil Language Schools and Vocational Training (North) [32][33][34]
Wickremanayake, RatnasiriRatnasiri Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 27 July 2005 Minister of Agriculture [35]
Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 November 2005 Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development [36]
28 January 2007 Minister of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services [37][38][39]
Abeywardena, Mahinda YapaMahinda Yapa Abeywardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 Minister of Agriculture [40][41][42][43][44][45]
Dissanayake, DumindaDuminda Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Minister of Irrigation and Agriculture [46][47][48][49]
22 March 2015 Minister of Agriculture [50][51][52][53][54][55][56]

Secretaries

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Agriculture Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Karunatilake, K. E.K. E. Karunatilake 22 November 2010 Agriculture Secretary [57]
Wijayaratne, B.B. Wijayaratne 19 January 2015 Irrigation and Agriculture Secretary [58][59][60][61]
Wijayaratne, B.B. Wijayaratne 8 September 2015 Agriculture Secretary [62][63][64]

References

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