Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy
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The Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for power and renewable energy. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on power and renewable energy and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Power and Renewable Energy and Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy are Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and Ajith Perera respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is B. M. S. Batagoda.[4]
Ministers
The Minister of Power and Renewable Energy is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title | Refs | ||
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Senanayake, MaithripalaMaithripala Senanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 8 December 1959 | Dahanayake, W.W. Dahanayake | Minister of Transport and Power | [5] | ||||
Jayawickrama, MontagueMontague Jayawickrama | United National Party | 23 March 1960 | 1960 | Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake | Minister of Posts, Works and Power | [5] | |||
de Silva, C. P.C. P. de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 July 1960 | Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power | [6] | ||||
Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party | March 1965 | Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake | Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power | [7][8] | |||||
Senanayake, MaithripalaMaithripala Senanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 31 May 1970 | Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways | [9][10] | ||||
Dissanayake, GaminiGamini Dissanayake | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene | [11][12][13] | |||||
Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga | United National Party | Minister of Power and Energy | [14] | ||||||
Perera, FestusFestus Perera | United National Party | 18 February 1989 | 28 March 1990 | Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa | [15] | ||||
Bandara, K. D. M. C.K. D. M. C. Bandara | United National Party | 30 March 1990 | [16][17] | ||||||
Ratwatte, AnuruddhaAnuruddha Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 August 1994 | Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga | Minister of Irrigation, Power and Energy | [18][19] | ||||
19 October 2000 | Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Power and Energy | [20][21] | ||||||
14 September 2001 | Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power | [22][23] | |||||||
Jayasuriya, KaruKaru Jayasuriya | United National Party | 12 December 2001 | Minister of Power and Energy | [24][25] | |||||
Premajayanth, SusilSusil Premajayanth | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 10 April 2004 | [26][27][28] | ||||||
Seneviratne, JohnJohn Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 November 2005 | Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa | [29][30][31]|[32][33][34] | |||||
Ranawaka, ChampikaChampika Ranawaka | Jathika Hela Urumaya | 23 April 2010 | [35][36][37][38] | ||||||
Wanniarachchi, Pavithra DeviPavithra Devi Wanniarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 28 January 2013 | [39] | ||||||
Ranawaka, ChampikaChampika Ranawaka | Jathika Hela Urumaya | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena | [40][41][42][43] | ||||
Siyambalapitiya, RanjithRanjith Siyambalapitiya | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 4 September 2015 | Minister of Power and Renewable Energy | [44][45][46] |
Secretaries
Name | Took office | Left office | Title | Refs |
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Ferdinando, M. M. C.M. M. C. Ferdinando | 25 April 2010 | Power and Energy Secretary | [47][48] | |
Batagoda, B. M. S.B. M. S. Batagoda | 19 January 2015 | Power and Energy Secretary | [49] | |
8 September 2015 | Power and Renewable Energy Secretary | [50][51][52] |
References
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