Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping

Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping
Agency overview
Formed 1960
Preceding agencies Ministry of Nationalised Services, Shipping & Transport
Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping
Ministry of Irrigation, Power & Highways
Ministry of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism
Ministry of Ports & Shipping
Ministry of Transport & Highways
Jurisdiction Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Minister responsible Mahinda Rajapaksa, the President of the Democratic Socialist republic of Sri Lanka.
Agency executive R.W.R.Pemasiri
Website http://www.mohsl.gov.lk/

The Ministry of Highways,Ports and Shipping is the Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for the governance,implementation,creation and development of Ports including Colombo, Galle and Trincomalee ports, Highways including Southern expressway, Colombo Outer Circular expressway, Katunayake exprssway and their transport services.

History

It was created in 1960, at the Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet as the Ministry of Nationalised Services, Shipping & Transport.It included most of the subjects of the current ministry. Then it was renamed as the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping at the First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet. The section Highways was included in the Ministry of Irrigation, Power & Highways in both, Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet and Jayewardene cabinet. In the Jayewardene Cabinet, the section Shipping was included in the Ministry of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism. In the Premadasa cabinet The sections Ports and Shipping were included in the Ministry of Ports & Shipping and the Ministry of Trade & Shipping and the section Highways was included in the Ministry of Transport & Highways. In the Kumaratunge cabinet (2000) the section of Ports was included in the Ministry of Ports Development & Development of the South,the section Highways was included in the Ministry of Highways,the section of Shipping was included in the Ministry of Internal & International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs & Shipping Development. The section of Highways and into some distance the section of Shipping too included in Ministry of Transport, Highways & Aviation of Ranil Wickramasinghe cabinet. The section Highways was included in the Ministry of Highways & Road Development and the sections Ports and Shipping were included in the Ministry of Ports & Aviation in the First Mahinda Rajapaksha cabinet.

The original name Ministry of Highways, Ports and Shipping was created in Second Mahinda Rajapaksha cabinet in 2010.

Officials

Current and past ministers

Parties

      Sri Lanka Freedom Party       United National Party       Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

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Name Portrait Party Tenure Head(s) of Government Ministerial title
Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 23 March 1960 - 1960 July Dudley Senanayake Minister of Nationalised Services, Shipping & Transport
T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 - 1965 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping
Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 31 May 1970 - 1977 Minister of Irrigation, Power & Highways
Gamini Dissanayake United National Party 23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989 Junius Richard Jayewardene
Wimala Kannangara United National Party 23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989 Minister of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism
Alick Aluvihare United National Party 14 March 1991 - 1 May 1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Ports & Shipping
Rupasena Karunatilake United National Party
Abdul Razak Munsoor United National Party 18 February 1989 - May 1993 Minister of Trade & Shipping
Wijayapala Mendis United National Party 1989 - 1993 Minister of Transport & Highways
Ronnie de Mel Sri Lanka Freedom Party 18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Ports Development & Development of the South
A. H. M.Fowzie Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Highways
Rauff Hakeem Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Minister of Internal & International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs & Shipping Development
Gamini Athukorala United National Party 19 December 2001 - 31 December 2001 Minister of Transport, Highways & Aviation
United National Party 1 January 2002 - 7 February 2004
Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 April 2004 - 19 November 2005 Minister of Highways
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 April 2004 - 6 April 2008 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Highways & Road Development
Mangala Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 April 2004 - 9 February 2007 Minister of Ports & Aviation Services
Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 – 09 January 2015 Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping
Kabir Hashim United National Party 12 January 2015 – Present Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion

Duties and Functions

Departments

Departments, with their heads As of 2014:

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See also

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