Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)

Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Ravi Karunanayake since 12 January 2015
Ministry of Finance and Planning
Appointer	The President with advice of Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Junius Richard Jayewardene
Formation	26 September 1947
Website	www.treasury.gov.lk

The Minister of Finance is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. The post was created in 1947 with the Ceylon gaining independence and establishing self governess. The post has always been held by a senior member of the ruling party and in the recent years by the President with a deputy minister. The post has been known as Minister of Finance & Planning, when the portfolio includes national planning.

List of Finance Ministers

	Party	Tenure	Head(s) of Government		Ministerial title
Junius Richard Jayewardene (1st term)	United National Party	26 September 1947 - 13 October 1953		Don Stephen Senanayake	Ministry of Finance and the Treasury of Ceylon
Junius Richard Jayewardene (1st term)	United National Party	26 September 1947 - 13 October 1953		Dudley Senanayake
Oliver Goonetilleke (1st term)	United National Party	14 October 1953 - 30 June 1954		John Kotelawala
M. D. H. Jayawardena	United National Party	1 July 1954 - 18 February 1956		John Kotelawala
Stanley de Zoysa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	12 April 1956 - 22 November 1959		S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Stanley de Zoysa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	12 April 1956 - 22 November 1959		Wijeyananda Dahanayake
M. M. Musthapa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 November 1959 - 5 December 1959		Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Oliver Goonetilleke (2nd term)	United National Party	21 March 1960 - 23 April 1960		Dudley Senanayake
J. R. Jayewardene (2nd term)	United National Party \|	24 April 1960 - 20 July 1960		Dudley Senanayake
Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1st term)	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	21 July 1960 - 24 August 1962		Sirimavo Bandaranaike
C. P. de Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	28 August 1962 - 8 November 1962
P. B. G. Kalugalle	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	9 November 1962 - 10 May 1963
T. B. Ilangaratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	29 May 1963 - 10 June 1964
N. M. Perera (1st term)	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	11 June 1964 - 17 December 1964
U. B. Wanninayake	United National Party	27 March 1965 - 25 March 1970		Dudley Senanayake
N. M. Perera (2nd term)	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	10 May 1970 - 2 September 1975		Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Felix Dias Bandaranaike (2nd term)	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	3 September 1975 - 18 May 1977		Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Ronnie de Mel	United National Party	23 July 1977 - 18 January 1988		Junius Richard Jayewardene
Naina Marikkar	United National Party	18 January 1988 - 3 January 1989		Ranasinghe Premadasa
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga	United National Party	18 February 1989 - 31 August 1994		Ranasinghe Premadasa
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga	United National Party	18 February 1989 - 31 August 1994		Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Chandrika Kumaratunga	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	30 September 1994 - 5 December 2001		Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Chandrika Kumaratunga	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	30 September 1994 - 5 December 2001		Chandrika Kumaratunga
K. N. Choksy	United National Party	12 December 2001 - 2 April 2004
Sarath Amunugama	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	14 April 2004 – 22 November 2005
Mahinda Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 November 2005 – 9 January 2015		Mahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Finance and Planning
					Minister of Finance and Planning
Ravi Karunanayake	United National Party	12 January 2015 - Present	Maithripala Sirisena

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Finance Ministers of Sri Lanka

Jayewardene Goonetilleke Jayawardena de Zoysa Musthapa Goonetilleke Jayewardene Bandaranaike Silva Kalugalle Ilangaratne Perera Wanninayake Perera Bandaranaike de Mel Marikkar Wijetunga Kumaratunga Choksy Amunugama Rajapaksa Karunanayake

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Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)

List of Finance Ministers

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