The Ministry of Environment (; ) is the cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka with oversight of the environment and the Mahaweli Development programme, as well as the general development of the Mahaweli River, its environs and communities living within defined 'Mahaweli development zones'.
List of ministers Parties
Name Portrait Party Tenure President Rukman Senanayake United National Party 12 December 2001 24 August 2024 Chandrika Kumaratunga A. H. M. Fowzie Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 19 November 2005 Maithripala Sirisena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 November 2005 28 January 2007 Mahinda Rajapaksa Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 28 January 2013 Susil Premajayanth Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2013 12 January 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 January 2015 18 November 2019 Maithripala Sirisena S. M. Chandrasena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 2019 12 August 2020 Gotabaya RajapaksaAhamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 12 April 2022 14 July 202222 July 20226 October 2023Ranil WickremesingheKeheliya RambukwellaSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna23 October 20233 February 2024Vijitha HerathNational People's Power24 September 202418 November 2024Anura Kumara DissanayakeDammika PatabendiNational People's Power18 November 2024Incumbent
References
External links Ministry of Environment Government of Sri Lanka