Minister of Education (Sri Lanka)
Sri Lankan cabinet minister
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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.
AppointerThe president on advice of the prime minister
Inaugural holderC. W. W. Kannangara (as Chairman of Executive Committee on Education)
E. A. Nugawela (as Minister of Education)
E. A. Nugawela (as Minister of Education)
FormationSeptember 26, 1947
WebsiteMinistry of Education
| Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education of Sri Lanka | |
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| අධ්යාපන, උසස් අධ්යාපන සහ වෘත්තීය අධ්යාපන අමාත්ය கல்வி, உயர்கல்வி மற்றும் தொழிற்கல்வி அமைச்சர் | |
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| Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education | |
| Appointer | The president on advice of the 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 |
| Website | Ministry of Education |
Cabinet ministers
- Parties
Independent United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Chairman of the Executive Committee on Education | |||||||||
| – |  |
C. W. W. Kannangara සී.ඩබ්ලිව්.ඩබ්ලිව්.කන්නන්ගර (1884–1969) Galle |
7 July 1931 |
24 September 1947 |
16 years, 79 days | Independent | 1st Board of Ministers 2nd Board of Ministers |
D. B. Jayatilaka D. S. Senanayake | |
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| 1 | Major E. A. Nugawela ED ඊ.ඒ.නුගවෙල (1898–1972) Kadugannawa |
24 September 1947 |
22 March 1952 |
4 years, 269 days | United National Party | D. S. Senanayake | D. S. Senanayake | ||
| 22 March 1952 |
19 June 1952 |
D. Senanayake I | Dudley Senanayake | ||||||
| 2 | M. D. Banda එම්.ඩී.බණ්ඩා (1914–1974) Maturata |
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) Galle |
12 April 1956 |
26 September 1959 |
3 years, 343 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | 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) Matale |
21 March 1960 |
21 July 1960 |
122 days | United National Party | D. Senanayake 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 | S. Bandaranaike I | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ||
| Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| 5 | P. B. G. Kalugalla පී බී ජී කළුගල්ල (1920–2007) Kegalle |
28 May 1963 |
25 March 1965 |
1 year, 301 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | S. Bandaranaike I | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ||
| 6 | I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle අයි.එම්.ආර්.ඒ.ඊරියගොල්ලේ (1907–1973) Kuliyapitiya |
25 March 1965 |
29 May 1970 |
5 years, 65 days | United National Party | D. Senanayake 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 | S. Bandaranaike II | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ||
| 7 |  |
Deshamanya Nissanka Wijeyeratne නිශ්ශංක පරාක්රම විජයරත්න (1924–2007) Dedigama |
23 July 1977 |
14 February 1980 |
2 years, 206 days | United National Party | Jayewardene | J. R. Jayewardene | |
| 8 |  |
Ranil Wickremesinghe රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ (born 1949) Biyagama |
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) Badulla |
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) Colombo |
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) Badulla |
12 August 1993 |
15 August 1994 |
1 year, 3 days | Wijetunga I | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | ||
| 11 | Richard Pathirana රිචඩ් පතිරණ (1938–2008) Galle |
19 August 1994 |
12 November 1994 |
6 years, 61 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Wijetunga II | |||
| 12 November 1994 |
19 October 2000 |
Kumaratunga I | Chandrika Kumaratunga | ||||||
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| 12 |  |
Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්රේමජයන්ත (born 1955) Colombo |
19 October 2000 |
14 September 2001 |
330 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga II | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
| Minister of Education and Higher Education | |||||||||
| 13 |  |
Sarath Amunugama සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම (born 1939) Kandy |
14 September 2001 |
10 October 2001 |
26 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga II | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
| Minister of Human Resources, Education and Culture | |||||||||
| 14 |  |
Karunasena Kodituwakku කරුණාසේන කොඩිතුවක්කු (born 1945) Colombo |
12 December 2001 |
7 February 2004 |
2 years, 57 days | United National Party | Kumaratunga III | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
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Chandrika Kumaratunga චන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක (born 1945) |
10 April 2004 |
19 November 2005 |
1 year, 223 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga IV | Self | |
| (12) | |
Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්රේමජයන්ත (born 1955) Colombo |
23 November 2005 |
23 April 2010 |
4 years, 151 days | M. Rajapaksa | Mahinda Rajapaksa | ||
| 16 |  |
Bandula Gunawardane බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන (born 1953) Colombo |
23 April 2010 |
12 January 2015 |
4 years, 264 days | ||||
| 17 | Akila Viraj Kariyawasam අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් (born 1973) 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) Colombo |
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) Kurunegala |
20 December 2018 |
21 November 2019 |
336 days | United National Party | Sirisena IV | Maithripala Sirisena | ||
| 18 |  |
Dullas Alahapperuma ඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුම (born 1959) Matara |
22 November 2019 |
12 August 2020 |
264 days | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | G. Rajapaksa I | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | |
| 19 |  |
G. L. Peiris ගාමිණී ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස් (born 1946) National List |
12 August 2020 |
16 August 2021 |
1 year, 4 days | G. Rajapaksa II | |||
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Dinesh Gunawardena දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන (born 1949) Colombo |
16 August 2021 |
18 April 2022 |
245 days | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | |||
| 21 | Ramesh Pathirana රමේෂ් පතිරණ (born 1969) Galle |
18 April 2022 |
9 May 2022 |
21 days | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | G. Rajapaksa III | |||
| 22 | |
Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්රේමජයන්ත (born 1955) Colombo |
20 May 2022 |
23 September 2024 | 2 years, 126 days | G. Rajapaksa IV | |||
| Wickremesinghe | Ranil Wickremesinghe | ||||||||
| Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education | |||||||||
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Harini Amarasuriya හරිනි අමරසූරිය (born 1970) Colombo |
24 September 2024 |
Incumbent | 1 year, 336 days | National People's Power | Dissanayake I | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | |
| Dissanayake II | |||||||||