Ministry of Sports (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Sports
Agency overview
Formed 1972
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Minister responsible
Website sportsmin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Sports is a ministry in the Government of Sri Lanka.

List of Sports Ministers

Minister of Sports of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Dayasiri Jayasekara

since 4 September 2015
Ministry of Sports
Appointer The President with advice of Prime Minister
Inaugural holder Kiri Banda Ratnayake
Formation 1972
Website Ministry of Sports

The Minister of Sports is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. The post was created in 1972.[1]

Parties

      Sri Lanka Freedom Party       United National Party

Name Portrait Party Tenure Head(s) of Government
Kiri Banda Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1972 - 1977 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Vincent Perera United National Party 1977 - 1988 J. R. Jayewardene
Nanda Mathew United National Party 1989 - 1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
S. B. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1994 - 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga
Mangala Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 2001
Lakshman Kiriella United National Party 2001 - 2002
Johnston Fernando United National Party 2002 - 08 April 2004
Jeewan Kumaranatunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party 08 April 2004 - 28 January 2007
Gamini Lokuge United National Party (D) 28 January 2007 - 23 April 2010 Mahinda Rajapaksa
C. B. Rathnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 - 22 November 2010
Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 2010 – 12 January 2015
Navin Dissanayake United National Party 19 January 2015 - 4 September 2015 Maithripala Sirisena
Dayasiri Jayasekara Sri Lanka Freedom Party 4 September 2015 - Present

References

  1. "Former Ministers & Secretaries". Ministry of Sports. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

External links

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