The minister of education, higher education and vocational education (; ) is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
Cabinet ministers Parties
No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryHead of government From To Period Chairman of the Executive Committee on Education – C. W. W. Kannangara සී.ඩබ්ලිව්.ඩබ්ලිව්.කන්නන්ගර7 July193124 September1947 Independent1st Board of Ministers 2nd Board of MinistersD. B. Jayatilaka D. S. Senanayake Minister of Education 1 E. A. Nugawela ඊ.ඒ.නුගවෙල24 September194722 March1952 United National Party D. S. SenanayakeD. S. Senanayake22 March195219 June1952 D. Senanayake I Dudley Senanayake 2 M. D. Bandaඑම්.ඩී.බණ්ඩා19 June195212 October1953 12 October195312 April1956 KotelawalaSir John Kotelawala 3 Wijeyananda Dahanayakeවිජයානන්ද දහනායක12 April195626 September1959 Sri Lanka Freedom Party S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeS. W. R. D. Bandaranaike26 September195920 March1960 DahanayakeSelf Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs4Bernard Aluwihareබර්නාඩ් අලුවිහාරේ21 March196021 July1960United National Party D. Senanayake IIDudley Senanayake Minister of Education and Broadcasting5Badi-ud-din Mahmudබදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද්23 July196028 May1963Sri Lanka Freedom Party S. Bandaranaike ISirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs5P. B. G. Kalugallaපී බී ජී කළුගල්ල28 May196325 March1965Sri Lanka Freedom Party S. Bandaranaike ISirimavo Bandaranaike6I. M. R. A. Iriyagolleඅයි.එම්.ආර්.ඒ.ඊරියගොල්ලේ25 March196529 May1970United National Party D. Senanayake IIIDudley Senanayake Minister of Education(5)Badi-ud-din Mahmudබදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද්29 May197023 July1977Sri Lanka Freedom Party S. Bandaranaike IISirimavo Bandaranaike7Nissanka Wijeyeratneනිශ්ශංක පරාක්‍රම විජයරත්න23 July197714 February1980 United National Party Jayewardene J. R. Jayewardene 8 Ranil Wickremesingheරනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ14 February19802 January1989 2 January198914 February1989 PremadasaRanasinghe Premadasa Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Information9W. J. M. Lokubandaraවි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර18 February198928 March1990United National Party PremadasaRanasinghe Premadasa Minister of Education and Higher Education10Lalith Athulathmudaliලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි30 March199030 August1991 United National Party PremadasaRanasinghe Premadasa(9)W. J. M. Lokubandaraවි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර12 August199315 August1994 Wijetunga I Dingiri Banda Wijetunga 11 Richard Pathiranaරිචඩ් පතිරණ19 August199412 November1994 Sri Lanka Freedom Party Wijetunga II12 November199419 October2000 Kumaratunga IChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Education12Susil Premajayanthaසුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත19 October200014 September2001Sri Lanka Freedom Party Kumaratunga IIChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Education and Higher Education13Sarath Amunugamaසරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම14 September200110 October2001Sri Lanka Freedom Party Kumaratunga IIChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Human Resources, Education and Culture14Karunasena Kodituwakkuකරුණාසේන කොඩිතුවක්කු12 December20017 February2004United National Party Kumaratunga IIIChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Education15Chandrika Kumaratungaචන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක10 April200419 November2005 Sri Lanka Freedom Party Kumaratunga IVSelf(12)Susil Premajayanthaසුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත23 November200523 April2010 M. Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa16Bandula Gunawardaneබන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන23 April201012 January2015 17 Akila Viraj Kariyawasamඅකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් 12 January2015 26 October2018 United National Party Sirisena I Maithripala Sirisena Sirisena II Minister of Education and Higher Education18Wijeyadasa Rajapaksheවිජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ29 October201815 December2018United National Party Sirisena IIIMaithripala Sirisena Minister of Education(17)Akila Viraj Kariyawasamඅකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම්20 December201821 November2019United National Party Sirisena IVMaithripala Sirisena18Dullas Alahapperumaඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුම22 November201912 August2020 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna G. Rajapaksa I Gotabaya Rajapaksa19 G. L. Peirisගාමිණී ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස්12 August202016 August2021 G. Rajapaksa II20Dinesh Gunawardenaදිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන16 August202118 April2022Mahajana Eksath Peramuna21Ramesh Pathiranaරමේෂ් පතිරණ18 April20229 May2022 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna G. Rajapaksa III 22 Susil Premajayanthaසුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත 20 May2022 23 September 2024 G. Rajapaksa IV WickremesingheRanil Wickremesinghe Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education 23 Harini Amarasuriyaහරිනි අමරසූරිය 24 September2024 Incumbent National People's Power Dissanayake IAnura Kumara Dissanayake Dissanayake II
See also Ministry of Education
References
External links Ministry of Education Government of Sri Lanka