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Ministry of Power and Energy
විදුලිබල හා බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය
மின்சக்தி மற்றும் வலுசக்தி அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters437, Galle Road, Colombo 3
6°54′4.90″N 79°51′17.60″E / 6.9013611°N 79.8548889°E / 6.9013611; 79.8548889
Annual budget
  • Rs 0.5 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs 0.8 billion (2016, capital)
    • Minister responsible
    Ministry executive
    • Ms. Wasantha Perera, Ministry Secretary
    Child agencies
  • Lanka Coal Company (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Lanka Electricity Company (LECO)
  • LTL Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board
  • Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Regulatory Council
  • Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority
    • Websiteenergymin.gov.lk

    The Ministry of Power and Energy[2] (Sinhala: විදුලිබල හා බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: மின்சக்தி மற்றும் வலுசக்தி அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for power and renewable energy. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on power and renewable energy and other subjects which come under its purview.[3]

    As of April 2023, the current Minister of Power and Energy is Kanchana Wijesekera.[1] The ministry's secretary is (Mr) M.P.D.U.K. Mapa Pathirana.

    Ministers[edit]

    Ministers of Power & Energy
    Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
    Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1947 8 December 1959 W. Dahanayake Minister of Transport and Power [4]
    Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Posts, Works and Power [4]
    C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power [5]
    Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party March 1965 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power [6][7]
    Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 31 May 1970 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways [8][9]
    Gamini Dissanayake United National Party 23 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene [10][11][12]
    D. B. Wijetunga United National Party Minister of Power and Energy [13]
    Festus Perera United National Party 18 February 1989 28 March 1990 Ranasinghe Premadasa [14]
    K. D. M. C. Bandara United National Party 30 March 1990 [15][16]
    Anuruddha Ratwatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Minister of Irrigation, Power and Energy [17][18]
    19 October 2000 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Power and Energy [19][20]
    14 September 2001 Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power [21][22]
    Karu Jayasuriya United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Power and Energy [23][24]
    Susil Premajayanth Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 [25][26][27]
    John Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 November 2005 Mahinda Rajapaksa [28][29][30]|[31][32][33]
    Champika Ranawaka Jathika Hela Urumaya 23 April 2010 [34][35][36][37]
    Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2013 [38]
    Champika Ranawaka Jathika Hela Urumaya 12 January 2015 17 August 2015 Maithripala Sirisena [39][40][41][42]
    Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 4 September 2015 Minister of Power and Renewable Energy [43][44][45]
    Ravi Karunanayake United National Party 20 December 2018 Minister of Power, Energy Business Development [46][44][45]
    Mahinda Amaraweera Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 22 November 2019 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Minister of Power and Energy [47]
    Dullas Alahapperuma Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 12 August 2020 Minister of Power [48]
    Gamini Lokuge Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 16 August 2021 Minister of Power [49]
    Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 3 March 2022 Minister of Power [50]
    Kanchana Wijesekera Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 14 May 2022 Minister of Power & Energy [51]
    22 July 2022 Present Ranil Wickremesinghe Minister of Power & Energy

    Secretaries[edit]

    Power Secretaries
    Name Took office Left office Title Refs
    M. M. C. Ferdinando 25 April 2010 Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy [52][53]
    (Dr.) B. M. S. Batagoda 19 January 2015 Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy [54]
    8 September 2015 Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy [55][56][57]
    (Ms.) Wasantha Perera 28 November 2019 Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy
    14 August 2020 Secretary to the Ministry of Power
    K D S Ruwanchandra 26 April 2022 Secretary to the Ministry of Power
    M P D U K Mapa Pathirana 22 July 2022 Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b "LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS". cabinetoffice.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  • ^ "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  • ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) 'Äî GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1933/13. 21 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ a b Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-04-09.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 18: Srimavo - weeping arrogance". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2001-12-17.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • ^ Ceylon Year Book 1968 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. p. 15.
  • ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 20 - Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2002-04-16.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 21: A further lack of perspicuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2002-01-27.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • ^ Sri Lanka Year Book 1975 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 18‚Äì19.
  • ^ Sri Lanka Year Book 1977 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 17‚Äì18.
  • ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 25: War or peace?". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2002-04-16.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • ^ Sri Lanka Year Book 1982 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 12‚Äì14.
  • ^ Sri Lanka Year Book 1982 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 12–14.
  • ^ de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 210. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-23.
  • ^ de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. pp. 213‚Äì214. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-23.
  • ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2002-08-02.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • ^ "The New Cabinet" (PDF). Tamil Times. XIII (8): 4. 15 August 1994. ISSN 0266-4488.
  • ^ "The Cabinet" (PDF). The Sri Lanka Monitor (79): 2. August 1994.
  • ^ "New cabinet sworn in today". Current Affairs. Policy Research and Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat. 19 October 2000. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  • ^ "SLMC, EPDP get plum portfolios". TamilNet. 19 October 2000.
  • ^ Weerawarne, Sumadhu (15 September 2001). "18 member Cabinet sworn in yesterday". The Island (Sri Lanka).
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  • ^ "New Ministers". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 13 December 2001. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012.
  • ^ "Wickremesinghe appoints cabinet of 25". TamilNet. 12 December 2001.
  • ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) 'Äî GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1335/24. 10 April 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2014.
  • ^ "The new UPFA Cabinet". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 April 2004.
  • ^ "JVP boycotts UPFA cabinet swearing in ceremony". TamilNet. 10 April 2004.
  • ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) 'Äî GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1420/28. 23 November 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2007.
  • ^ Nakkawita, Wijitha (24 November 2005). "New chiselled down Cabinet sworn in". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  • ^ "Appointed Cabinet, Non Cabinet and Deputy Ministers". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 November 2005.
  • ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) 'Äî GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1482/08. 29 January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014.
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  • ^ "New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in". Current Affairs. The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka. 28 January 2007. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007.
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  • ^ "New Faces Boost Cabinet as Hopes Rise". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  • ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) 'Äî GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1795/43. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2013.
  • ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) 'Äî GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1897/16. 18 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2015.
  • ^ "New Cabinet ministers sworn in". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015.
  • ^ "New Cabinet takes oaths". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015.
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  • ^ a b "New Cabinet". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 September 2015.
  • ^ a b "The new Cabinet". Ceylon Today. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015.
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  • ^ "New Cabinet Minister Sworn". 2 December 2019.
  • ^ "New Cabinet: Dullas Alahapperuma appointed Minister of Power". 12 August 2020.
  • ^ "Press Release". 16 August 2021.
  • ^ "Sri Lankan president appoints new ministers for power, energy as island nation grapples with crisis". Reuters. 3 March 2022.
  • ^ "Eight new Cabinet ministers of all-party government sworn-in". 23 May 2022.
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  • ^ "44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 8 September 2015.
  • ^ "New Secretaries to Ministries appointed". The Island (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.

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