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List of female cabinet ministers of Sri Lanka

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MinisterPositionYear AppointedAdministration
colspan=4 align=center|Government
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| Chandrika Kumaratunga

President of Sri Lanka1994Herself
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| Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka1960Oliver Goonetilleke
William Gopallawa
Sirimavo BandaranaikePrime Minister of Sri Lanka1970William Gopallawa
Chandrika KumaratungaPrime Minister of Sri Lanka1994Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Sirimavo BandaranaikePrime Minister of Sri Lanka1994Chandrika Kumaratunga
Harini AmarasuriyaPrime Minister of Sri Lanka2024Anura Kumara Dissanayake
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs
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| Chandrika Kumaratunga

Minister of Buddhist Affairs, Ethnic Relations and National Integration1994
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs
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| Sunethra Ranasinghe

Minister of Women's Affairs and Teaching Hospitals1985
Renuka Menike HerathMinister of Health and Women's Affairs1989
Chandra KarunaratneMinister of State of Women's Affairs1990
Srimani AthulathmudaliMinister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs1994
Sumedha Gunawathie JayasenaMinister of Women’s Affairs1999
Sumedha Gunawathie JayasenaMinister of Women's Empowerment2004
Sumedha Gunawathie JayasenaMinister of Child's Affairs2005
Ferial Ismail AshraffMinister of Women’s Affairs2001
Harini AmarasuriyaMinister of Women, Child and Youth Affairs and Sports2024Anura Kumara Dissanayake
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Defence
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| Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Minister of Defence1960
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Defence1994
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Defence2003
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Education
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| Renuka Menike Herath

Minister of State of Education1989
Sunethra RanasingheMinister of State of Education1989
R.M. Pulendran Minister of State of Education1990
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Constitutional Affairs and Education2004
Harini AmarasuriyaMinister of Education, Science and Technology2024Anura Kumara Dissanayake
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Environment
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| Srimani Athulathmudali

Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs1994
colspan=4 align=center|Ministry of Finance and Planning
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| Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Minister of Finance, Planning and Plan Implementation1970
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Finance and Planning1994
Nirupama Deepika RajapaksaMinister of Plan Implementation1999
Pavithra Devi WanniarachchiMinister of Land and Plan Implementation2000
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Fisheries
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| Irene Wimala Kannangara

Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism1977
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Foreign Affairs
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| Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Minister of Foreign Affairs1960
Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Foreign Affairs1970
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Health
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| Vimala Wijewardene

Minister of Health1956
Siva ObeysekereMinister of Health1976
Renuka Menike HerathMinister of Health and Women's Affairs1982
Sunethra RanasingheMinister of Health1983
Harini AmarasuriyaMinister of Health2024Anura Kumara Dissanayake
colspan="4" align="center" |Minister of Highways and Road Development
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| Srimani Athulathmudali

Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs1994
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Housing and Construction Industry
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| Ferial Ismail Ashraff

Minister of Housing2004
Ferial Ismail AshraffMinister of Construction Industry2004
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Mass Media and Communication
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| Chandrika Kumaratunga

Minister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism2001
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Interior, Information and Media2003
colspan="4" align=center |Minister of Justice
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|Harini Amarasuriya

|Minister of Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour

|2024

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colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Lands and Land Development
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| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Minister of Land and Plan Implementation2000
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development
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| Irene Wimala Kannangara

Minister of Rural Development1978
Ferial Ismail AshraffMinister of Development and Reconstruction of the East and Rural Housing2000
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement
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| Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Minister of Employment1960
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils
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| Vimala Wijewardene

Minister of Local Government and Housing1959
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs
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| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Minister of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs2010
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Petroleum Industries
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| Chandrika Kumaratunga

Minister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development2005
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Ports and Aviation
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| Irene Wimala Kannangara

Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism1977
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism2001
Pavithra Devi WanniarachchiMinister of Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation2004
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Post and Telecommunication
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| Irene Wimala Kannangara

Minister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism1977
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism2001
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
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P.M. Amara Piyaseeli RatnayakeMinister of State of Home Affairs1988
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Interior, Information and Media2003
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms
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| Chandrika Kumaratunga

Minister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development2005
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Resources & Enterprise Development
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| Chandrika Kumaratunga

Minister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development2005
colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Social Services
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| Amantha Karunaratne

Minister of State of Social Services1989
Amantha KarunaratneMinister of State of Reconstruction and Social Welfare1990
Sumedha Gunawathi JayasenaMinister of Social Services1999
Sumedha Gunawathi JayasenaMinister of Social Welfare2004
colspan="4" align=center|Minister of Trade
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|Harini Amarasuriya

|Minister of Trade, Commercial, Food Security, Co-operative Development, Industries and Entrepreneur Development

|2024

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colspan=4 align=center|Minister of Youth Affairs
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| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Minister of Youth Affairs2007
colspan=4 align=center|Minister without Portfolio
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| Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Minister without Portfolio1994

See also

External links

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