denotes the first female minister of that particular department. Minister Position Year Appointed AdministrationGovernment Chandrika Kumaratunga President of Sri Lanka 1994 Herself Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1960 Oliver GoonetillekeWilliam Gopallawa Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1970 William Gopallawa Chandrika Kumaratunga Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1994 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1994 Chandrika Kumaratunga Harini Amarasuriya Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 2024 Anura Kumara DissanayakeMinister of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Buddhist Affairs, Ethnic Relations and National Integration 1994 Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs Sunethra Ranasinghe Minister of Women's Affairs and Teaching Hospitals 1985 Renuka Menike Herath Minister of Health and Women's Affairs 1989 Chandra Karunaratne Minister of State of Women's Affairs 1990 Srimani Athulathmudali Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs 1994 Sumedha Gunawathie Jayasena Minister of Women’s Affairs 1999 Sumedha Gunawathie Jayasena Minister of Women's Empowerment 2004 Sumedha Gunawathie Jayasena Minister of Child's Affairs 2005 Ferial Ismail Ashraff Minister of Women’s Affairs 2001 Harini Amarasuriya Minister of Women, Child and Youth Affairs and Sports 2024 Anura Kumara DissanayakeMinister of Defence Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Defence 1960 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Defence 1994 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Defence 2003 Minister of Education Renuka Menike Herath Minister of State of Education 1989 Sunethra Ranasinghe Minister of State of Education 1989 R.M. Pulendran Minister of State of Education 1990 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Education 2004 Harini Amarasuriya Minister of Education, Science and Technology 2024 Anura Kumara DissanayakeMinister of Environment Srimani Athulathmudali Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs 1994 Ministry of Finance and Planning Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Finance, Planning and Plan Implementation 1970 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Finance and Planning 1994 Nirupama Deepika Rajapaksa Minister of Plan Implementation 1999 Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Minister of Land and Plan Implementation 2000 Minister of Fisheries Irene Wimala Kannangara Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism 1977 Minister of Foreign Affairs Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Foreign Affairs 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Foreign Affairs 1970 Minister of Health Vimala Wijewardene Minister of Health 1956 Siva Obeysekere Minister of Health 1976 Renuka Menike Herath Minister of Health and Women's Affairs 1982 Sunethra Ranasinghe Minister of Health 1983 Harini Amarasuriya Minister of Health 2024 Anura Kumara DissanayakeMinister of Highways and Road Development Srimani Athulathmudali Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs 1994 Minister of Housing and Construction Industry Ferial Ismail Ashraff Minister of Housing 2004 Ferial Ismail Ashraff Minister of Construction Industry 2004 Minister of Mass Media and Communication Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Interior, Information and Media 2003 Minister of JusticeHarini AmarasuriyaMinister of Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour2024Minister of Lands and Land Development Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Minister of Land and Plan Implementation 2000 Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development Irene Wimala Kannangara Minister of Rural Development 1978 Ferial Ismail Ashraff Minister of Development and Reconstruction of the East and Rural Housing 2000 Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Employment 1960 Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils Vimala Wijewardene Minister of Local Government and Housing 1959 Minister of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Minister of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs 2010 Minister of Petroleum Industries Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development 2005 Minister of Ports and Aviation Irene Wimala Kannangara Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism 1977 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism 2001 Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Minister of Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation 2004 Minister of Post and Telecommunication Irene Wimala Kannangara Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism 1977 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism 2001 Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs P.M. Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Minister of State of Home Affairs 1988 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Interior, Information and Media 2003 Minister of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development 2005 Minister of Resources & Enterprise Development Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development 2005 Minister of Social Services Amantha Karunaratne Minister of State of Social Services 1989 Amantha Karunaratne Minister of State of Reconstruction and Social Welfare 1990 Sumedha Gunawathi Jayasena Minister of Social Services 1999 Sumedha Gunawathi Jayasena Minister of Social Welfare 2004 Minister of TradeHarini AmarasuriyaMinister of Trade, Commercial, Food Security, Co-operative Development, Industries and Entrepreneur Development2024Minister of Youth Affairs Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Minister of Youth Affairs 2007 Minister without Portfolio Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister without Portfolio 1994
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