Ministry of Sports (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Sports
Agency overview

Formed	1966
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Minister responsible	Dayasiri Jayasekara, Minister of Sports
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 ministry was initially created in 1966, ^[1] as part of the portfolio of the Ministry of Nationalised Services. The first Minister was V. A. Sugathadasa, the first Secretary was Dr. H. S. R. Gunawardena and the first Director was Austin Rajakaruna. In 1970 the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Sports was established. In 1989 this entity was renamed the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and subsequently in 2000 as the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. In 2004 it was called the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, in 2007 the Ministry of Sports and Public Recreation of Sports and finally in 2010 by Gazete (extraordinary) No 1650/20 the Ministry of Sports.

Parties

Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party

	Party	Tenure
V. A. Sugathadasa	United National Party	1966 - 1970	Dudley Senanayake
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	Maithripala Sirisena

References

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

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