Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine

Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters 385 Ven. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Colombo 10
6°55′12.40″N 79°51′54.60″E / 6.9201111°N 79.8651667°E / 6.9201111; 79.8651667Coordinates: 6°55′12.40″N 79°51′54.60″E / 6.9201111°N 79.8651667°E / 6.9201111; 79.8651667
Annual budget
  • Rs. 138 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 36 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Cassim Faizal, Deputy Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
Ministry executive
  • Upali Marasinghe, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Ayurvedic Medical Council
  • Department of Ayurveda
  • Department of Health Services
  • Medical Research Institute
  • National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol
  • National Health Council
  • National Health Development Fund
  • National Institute of Health Science
  • National Institute of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
  • Private Medical Institute Council
  • Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation
  • Sri Lanka Medical Council
  • Sri Lanka Thriposha Limited
  • State Pharmaceuticals Corporation
  • State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation
Website health.gov.lk

The Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for health. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on health, nutrition, indigenous medicine and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] Under the Constitution of Sri Lanka provincial councils are responsible for running public hospitals but some hospitals, known as line ministry hospitals, are the responsibility of the Ministry of Health in Colombo. There were 49 line ministry hospitals in 2011 which included all teaching hospitals in the country.[2] Together they had 33,000 beds (47% all beds in public hospitals).[2] The current Minister of Health, Nutrition Indigenous Medicine and Deputy Minister of Health, Nutrition Indigenous Medicine are Rajitha Senaratne and Cassim Faizal respectively.[3][4] The ministry's secretary is Upali Marasinghe.[5]

Ministers

The Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Health
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Panabokke, T. B.T. B. Panabokke 1931 1931 Minister of Health [6][7]
de Silva, W. A.W. A. de Silva 1936 1946 [8][9]
Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D.S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike United National Party 26 September 1947 12 July 1951 Senanayake, D. S.D. S. Senanayake Minister of Health and Local Government [10][11]
Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake United National Party 1952 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake [12]
Nugawela, E. A.E. A. Nugawela Minister of Health [13]
Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala [14]
Wijewardene, VimalaVimala Wijewardene Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 June 1959 Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D.S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike [15][16]
Jayasuriya, A. P.A. P. Jayasuriya 26 September 1959 8 December 1959 Dahanayake, W.W. Dahanayake [17]
Peiris, M. V. P.M. V. P. Peiris 23 March 1960 1960 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake Minister of Health and Social Services [17]
Jayasuriya, A. P.A. P. Jayasuriya 23 July 1960 Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Health [18]
Mahmud, Badi-ud-dinBadi-ud-din Mahmud 28 May 1963 Minister of Health and Housing [19]
Jayawardena, M. D. H.M. D. H. Jayawardena United National Party Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake Minister of Health [20][21]
Rajapaksa, GeorgeGeorge Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike [22][23]
Obeyesekere, SivaSiva Obeyesekere Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1976 1977 [24][25]
Atapattu, RanjitRanjit Atapattu United National Party Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene [26][27]
Ranasinghe, SunethraSunethra Ranasinghe United National Party 1983 1985 [28]
1985 1989 Minister of Women's Affairs and Teaching Hospitals [29]
Herath, RenukaRenuka Herath United National Party 1989 1994 Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa Minister of Health and Women's Affairs [30][31]
Fowzie, A. H. M.A. H. M. Fowzie Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1994 Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Health and Social Services [32]
Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Health, Highways and Social Services [33][34]
Seneviratne, JohnJohn Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Minister of Health [35][36]
Dayaratna, P.P. Dayaratna United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Health, Nutrition and Welfare [37][38][39]
de Silva, Nimal SiripalaNimal Siripala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services [40][41]
10 April 2004 Minister of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva-Wellassa Development [42][43][44]
23 November 2005 Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition [45][46][47]
Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 21 November 2014 Minister of Health [48][49][50][51]
Attanayake, TissaTissa Attanayake United National Party 11 December 2014 [52][53][54]
Senaratne, RajithaRajitha Senaratne 12 January 2015 17 August 2015 Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine [55][56][57]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[58][59]
Democratic National Movement[60][61]
4 September 2015 Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine [62][63][64]
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Ministers of Nutrition
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Dayaratna, P.P. Dayaratna United National Party 12 December 2001 Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Health, Nutrition and Welfare [37][38][39]
de Silva, Nimal SiripalaNimal Siripala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 Minister of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva-Wellassa Development [42][43][44]
23 November 2005 Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition [45][46][47]
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Ministers of Indigenous Medicine
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Karalliyadde, TissaTissa Karalliyadde Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Indigenous Medicine [35]
10 April 2004 [42][43]
Gamage, PiyasenaPiyasena Gamage Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa [48][49][50]
Dissanayake, SalindaSalinda Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 2010 [65][66]
Senaratne, RajithaRajitha Senaratne 12 January 2015 17 August 2015 Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine [55][56][57]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[58][59]
Democratic National Movement[60][61]
4 September 2015 Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine [62][63][64]

Secretaries

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Health Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Ruberu, T. R. C.T. R. C. Ruberu 25 April 2010 Health Secretary [67][68]
Jayathilaka, Y. D. NihalY. D. Nihal Jayathilaka 12 July 2012 Health Secretary [69]
Karunaratne, W. SudharmaW. Sudharma Karunaratne 29 May 2014 Health Secretary [70][71]
Dissanayake, D. M. R. B.D. M. R. B. Dissanayake 19 January 2015 Health and Indigenous Medicine Secretary [72][73][74][75]
Marasinghe, UpaliUpali Marasinghe 8 September 2015 Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Secretary [76][77][78]

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