Ministry of Industry and Commerce (Sri Lanka)

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Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters 73/1 Galle Road, Colombo
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Annual budget
  • Rs. 2 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 3 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • T. M. K. B. Tennekoon, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Ceylon Sugar (Private) Limited
  • Consumer Affairs Authority
  • Co-operative Employees Commission
  • Co-operative Wholesale Establishment
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Co-operative Development
  • Department of Food Commissioner
  • Department of Measurement Units, Standards and Services
  • Department of Textile Industries
  • Elephant Pass Saltern
  • Hingurana Sugar Industry Limited
  • Industrial Development Board
  • Internal Trade Department
  • Kahatagaha Graphite
  • Lanka Ashok Leyland Limited
  • Lanka Cement Limited
  • Lanka General Trading Company Limited
  • Lanka Leyland Limited
  • Lanka Mineral Sands Company
  • Lanka Salusala Limited
  • Lanka Sathosa Limited
  • Lanka Textile Mills Emporium Limited
  • Manthai Salt Limited
  • National Crafts Council
  • National Design Centre
Website industry.gov.lk

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for industry and commerce. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on industry and commerce and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Industry and Commerce and State Minister of Industry and Commerce are Risad Badhiutheen and A. D. Champika Premadasa respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is T. M. K. B. Tennekoon.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Industry and Commerce is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Industry
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Peri Sundaram 1931 1935 Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce [5]
Claude Corea 1936 1947 [6]
George E. de Silva 26 September 1947 1948 D. S. Senanayake Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries [7][8][9]
C. Sittampalam Independent 1948 1948 [7]
G. G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 3 September 1948 [10][11]
19 June 1952 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Industries and Fisheries [10][12]
22 October 1953 John Kotelawala [13]
Kanthiah Vaithianathan 1953 1953 Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services [13]
William de Silva Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 18 May 1959 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Industries and Fisheries [14][15][16][17]
W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959 [17]
W. Dahanayake
Maithripala Senanayake Hon. Maithripala Senanayake.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs [18]
Philip Gunawardena Philip Gunawardana (1901-1972).jpg Mahajana Eksath Peramuna March 1965 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Industries and Fisheries [19][20]
T. B. Subasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1 March 1977 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs [21][22]
Cyril Mathew United National Party 23 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene [23][24][25]
Ranil Wickremesinghe Ranil Wickremesinghe.jpg United National Party 18 February 1989 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Industries [26][27]
30 March 1990 Minister of Industries, Science and Technology [28][29]
C. V. Gunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Industrial Development [30][31]
G. L. Peiris 100x100px Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Industrial Development [32][33]
Ronnie de Mel Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 Minister of Trade, Industrial Development and Rural Industries [34][35]
G. L. Peiris 100x100px United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Industrial Development [36][37]
Anura Bandaranaike Anura Bandaranaike portrait.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Promotion [38][39][40]
17 September 2004 Minister of Industry and Investment Promotion [41]
Sarath Amunugama Dr.Sarath Amunugama.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 August 2005 [42]
Kumara Welgama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Industrial Development [43][44][45]
Risad Badhiutheen Risad Badhiutheen.jpg All Ceylon Muslim Congress 23 April 2010 22 December 2014 Minister of Industry and Commerce [46][47][48][49][50]
12 January 2015 Maithripala Sirisena [51][52][53][54][55][56][57]

Secretaries

Industry Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Tilak Collure 25 April 2010 Industries and Commerce Secretary [58][59]
Anura Siriwardana 12 July 2012 Industry and Commerce Secretary [60]
S. S. Miyanawala 19 January 2015 Industries and Commerce Secretary [61][62][63][64]
T. M. K. B. Tennekoon 8 September 2015 Industry and Commerce Affairs Secretary [65]

References

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