Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Sri Lanka
Employees	2,882
Annual budget	Rs 11.220,108 Billion
Minister responsible	Sunil Kumara Gamage;
Website	youthskillsmin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development is the Sri Lankan government ministry responsible “to build up a young generation capable of actively participating in national development endowed with skills and personality.”

JurisdictionSri Lanka

Employees2,882

AnnualbudgetRs 11.220,108 Billion

Minister responsible

Sunil Kumara Gamage^[1]

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	Party	Tenure
Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	28 January 2007 - 23 April 2010	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Dullas Alahapperuma	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010 - 12 January 2015	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Niroshan Perera	United National Party	12 January 2015 - 17 August 2015	Maithripala Sirisena
Sagala Ratnayaka	United National Party	1 May 2018 - 26 October 2018
Maithripala Sirisena	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1 November 2018 - 20 December 2018
Ranil Wickremesinghe	United National Party	20 December 2018 - 18 March 2019
Dullas Alahapperuma	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	22 November 2019 - 12 August 2020	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Namal Rajapaksa		12 August 2020 - 18 April 2022
Thenuka Vidanagamage		18 April 2022 - 23 May 2022
Roshan Ranasinghe		23 May 2022 - 27 November 2023
Harin Fernando	United National Party	27 November 2023 - 9 August 2024	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Harini Amarasuriya	National People's Power	24 September 2024 - 18 November 2024	Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Sunil Kumara Gamage	National People's Power	18 November 2024 - Present	Anura Kumara Dissanayake	^[2]

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