The Ministry of Transport and Highways (; ) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for transport. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on transport and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Transport and Highways is Bimal Rathnayake. The ministry's secretary is Nihal Somaweera.
Ministers The Minister of Transport and Highways is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
+ Ministers of TransportNamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeHead of governmentMinisterial titleRefs Minister of Communications and Works United National Party Minister of Transport and Works Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport and Power Independent Minister of Transport and Works United National Party Minister of Nationalised Services, Shipping and Transport Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport and Works Lanka Sama Samaja Party Minister of Communications http://www.caa.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=614:history-in-brief-with-former-ministers&catid=78&lang=en&Itemid=916 United National Party Minister of Communications Lanka Sama Samaja Party Minister of Transport Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport United National Party Minister of Transport United National Party Minister of Transport and Highways Democratic United National Front (L) Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Minister of Transport Minister of Transport and Environment Protection United National Party Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Railways and Transport Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Minister of Internal Transport Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Democratic National Movement Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Mahinda AmaraweeraSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna22 November 201912 August 2020 Gotabaya RajapaksaMinistry of Transport Services ManagementGamini Lokuge 12 August 202023 May 2022Minister of TransportBandula Gunawardane 23 May 202222 July 2022Minister of Transport and Highways22 July 202224 September 2024Ranil WickremesingheVijitha HerathNational People's Power24 September 202418 November 2024Anura Kumara DissanayakeMinister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil AviationBimal Rathnayake18 November 2024Present
Secretaries
+ Transport SecretariesNameTook officeLeft officeTitleRefs Permanent Secretary Transport Secretary Transport Secretary Transport Secretary Transport Secretary Transport Secretary Internal Transport Secretary Transport Secretary
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