Ministry of Fisheries (Sri Lanka)

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The Ministry of Fisheries[1] (Sinhala: ධීවර අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: கடற்றொழில் அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for fisheries. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on fisheries and aquatic resources development and other subjects which come under its purview.[2] The current Minister of Fisheries is Ramalingam Chandrasekar.[3] The current secretary to the ministry is K.D.S. Ruwanchandra.[4]

Formed1947; 79 years ago (1947)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersNew Secretariat, Sevana Mawatha, Maligawatta, Colombo
6°55′52.90″N 79°52′02.10″E
Annualbudget
  • Rs. 2 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 3 billion (2016, capital)
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Ministry of Fisheries
ධීවර අමාත්‍යාංශය
கடற்றொழில் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed1947; 79 years ago (1947)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersNew Secretariat, Sevana Mawatha, Maligawatta, Colombo
6°55′52.90″N 79°52′02.10″E
Annual budget
  • Rs. 2 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 3 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • K.D.S. Ruwanchandra, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Ceylon Fisheries Corporation
  • Ceylon Fishery Harbours Corporation
  • Cey-Nor Foundation Limited
  • Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
  • National Aquaculture Development Authority
  • National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency
Websitefisheries.gov.lk
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Ministers

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

Parties

  Independent   United National Party   All Ceylon Tamil Congress   Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Mahajana Eksath Peramuna   Democratic National Movement   Eelam People's Democratic Party   National People's Power

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Ministers of Fisheries
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
George E. de SilvaUnited National Party26 September 19471948D. S. SenanayakeMinister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries[5][6][7]
C. SittampalamIndependent19481948[5]
G. G. PonnambalamAll Ceylon Tamil Congress3 September 1948[8][9]
19 June 1952Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Industries and Fisheries[8][10]
22 October 1953John Kotelawala[11]
William de SilvaViplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party18 May 1959S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike[12][13][14][15]
W. J. C. MunasinhaSri Lanka Freedom Party9 June 1959[15]
W. Dahanayake
Philip GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaMarch 1965Dudley Senanayake[16][17]
George RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom PartySirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Fisheries[18]
S. de S. JayasingheUnited National Party26 September 1977J. R. Jayewardene[19][20]
Festus PereraUnited National Party23 July 1977[19][20][21]
M. Joseph Michael PereraUnited National Party18 February 1989Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Fisheries and Aquatic Research[22][23][24]
Indika GunawardenaSri Lanka Freedom Party19 August 1994D. B. Wijetunga[25][26]
Mahinda RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 200014 September 2001Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development[27]
14 September 2001Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries[28][29]
Mahinda WijesekaraUnited National Party12 December 2001Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources[30][31][32]
Felix PereraSri Lanka Freedom Party28 January 2007Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources[33][34][35]
Rajitha SenaratneDemocratic National Movement23 April 2010Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development[36][37][38][39][40]
M. Joseph Michael PereraUnited National Party12 January 201522 March 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Home Affairs and Fisheries[41][42][43][44]
Mahinda AmaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party22 March 201526 October 2018Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development[45][46][47][48][49][50][51]
Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 29 October 2018 15 December 2018 Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs
P. Harrison United National Party 20 December 2018 29 May 2019 Minister of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development
Douglas Devananda Eelam People's Democratic Party 22 November 2019 24 September 2024 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Ranil Wickremesinghe Minister of Fisheries
Anura Kumara Dissanayake National People's Power 24 September 2024 18 November 2024 Anura Kumara Dissanayake Minister of Agriculture, Land, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources [52]
Ramalingam Chandrasekar National People's Power 18 November 2024 Incumbent Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources [3]
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Secretaries

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Fisheries Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
A. Damitha N. de Zoysa25 April 2010Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Secretary[53][54]
S. D. A. B. Borelessa19 January 2015Home Affairs and Fisheries Secretary[55][56][57][58]
W. M. M. R. Adikari8 September 2015Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary[59][60][61]
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