Ministry of Plantation Industries

The Ministry of Plantation Industries^[2] (Sinhala: වැවිලි කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: பெருந்தோட்டக் கைத்தொழில் அமைச்சு) is a ministry in the Government of Sri Lanka.

Ministry of Plantation Industries

වැවිලි කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශය பெருந்தோட்டக் கைத்தொழில் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Minister responsible	Hon. (Dr.) Ramesh Pathirana^[1], Minister of Plantation Industries
Website	plantationindustries.gov.lk

List of Plantation Industries Ministers

The Minister of Plantation Industries is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Minister of Plantation Industries of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Hon. (Dr.) Ramesh Pathirana^[1] since 20 May 2022
Ministry of Plantation Industries
Appointer	The President with advice of Prime Minister
Website	[1]

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party

Name		Portrait	Party	Tenure	Head of Government		Reference
	Colvin R. de Silva		Lanka Sama Samaja Party	31 May 1970 – 2 September 1975		Sirimavo Bandaranaike	^[3]^[4]
	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1975 – 1977			^[5]
	M. D. H. Jayawardena		United National Party	1977 – 1979		J. R. Jayewardene	^[6]
	Montague Jayawickrama		United National Party	1979 – 1989			^[7]
	Gamini Dissanayake		United National Party	18 February 1989 – 30 March 1990		Ranasinghe Premadasa	^[8]^[9]
	Ranjan Wijeratne		United National Party	30 March 1990 - 2 March 1991			^[10]^[11]
	Rupa Karunathilake		United National Party	14 March 1991 - 16 August 1994			^[12]^[13]
	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 October 2000 - 12 December 2001		Chandrika Kumaratunga	^[14]^[15]^[16]
	Lakshman Kiriella		United National Party	12 December 2001 – 2 April 2004			^[17]^[18]
	Anura Priyadharshana Yapa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	10 April 2004 - 23 November 2005			^[19]^[20]^[21]
	Milroy Fernando		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 November 2005 - 28 January 2007		Mahinda Rajapaksa	^[22]
	D. M. Jayaratne		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	28 January 2007 - 23 April 2010			^[23]
	Mahinda Samarasinghe		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010 – 9 January 2015			^[24]
	Lakshman Kiriella		United National Party	12 January 2015 - 17 August 2015		Maithripala Sirisena	^[25]^[26]^[27]
	Navin Dissanayake		United National Party	4 September 2015 -			^[28]

References

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