Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka)#Ministers

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| agency_name = Ministry of Health

| type = Ministry

| nativename_a = {{lang|si|සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය}}
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| formed = {{Start date and age|1931|df=yes}}

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| jurisdiction = Government of Sri Lanka

| headquarters = 385 Ven. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Maradana, Colombo

| coordinates = {{Coord|6|55|12.40|N|79|51|54.60|E|region:LK_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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| employees = {{increase}} 150,273 (2020){{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=Sri Lanka’s exodus of healthcare workers |url=https://www.himalmag.com/sri-lanka-healthcare-governance-workers-migration-economic-crisis/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Himal Southasian |language=en-GB}}

| budget = {{increase}} LKR 604 billion (2025){{Cite web |date=2025-02-17 |title=President announces historic budget allocation for health sector in 2025 |url=https://www.themorning.lk/articles/ZymW4PvMRxcAkrsSmPIu |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Latest in the News Sphere {{!}} The Morning}}
{{increase}}(6.7% of GDP)

| minister1_name = Nalinda Jayatissa

| minister1_pfo = Minister of Health

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| child2_agency = {{Collapsible list|Ayurvedic Medical Council|Department of Ayurveda|Department of Health Services|Medical Research Institute|National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol|National Health Council|National Health Development Fund|National Institute of Health Science|National Institute of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation|Private Medical Institute Council|Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation|Sri Lanka Medical Council|Sri Lanka Thriposha Limited|State Pharmaceuticals Corporation|State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation}}

| website = {{URL|1=health.gov.lk|2=health.gov.lk}}

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| map = {{Location map|Sri Lanka Colombo District|caption=|lat_deg=6|lat_min=55|lat_sec=12.40|lat_dir=N|lon_deg=79|lon_min=51|lon_sec=54.60|lon_dir=E}}

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| map_caption = Location in Colombo District

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The Ministry of Health{{cite web|url=http://documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2022/5/2281-41_E.pdf|title=Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)|website=documents.gov.lk|accessdate=2022-06-10}} ({{langx|si|සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය|translit=Saukhya Amāthyānshaya}}; {{langx|ta|சுகாதார அமைச்சு|translit=Cukātāra Amaiccu}}) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for health. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on health, nutrition, indigenous medicine and other subjects which come under its purview.{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/9/1933-13_E.pdf|date=21 September 2015|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Government Notifications The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Notification|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1933/13|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}

Provincial councils are constitutionally responsible for operating the majority of the Sri Lanka's public hospitals but some, known as line ministry hospitals, come under the direct control of the central government in Colombo. As of 2016 there were 47 line ministry hospitals (including all of the country's teaching hospitals), accounting for 47% (36,000) of all public hospital beds in the country.{{cite web|title=Summary of Government Hospitals|url=http://www.health.gov.lk/moh_final/english/others.php?pid=92|publisher=Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka|access-date=8 September 2017|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka|date=1 June 2016}}

The current Minister of Health portfolio is held by Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya since 2024.

Ministers

The Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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colspan="2" scope="col" \|Name ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \|Portrait ! scope="col" \|Party ! scope="col" \|Took office ! scope="col" \|Left office ! colspan="2" scope="col" \|Head of government ! scope="col" \|Ministerial title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \|Refs
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" \|+ Ministers of Health
	{{Sortname\|T. B.\|Panabokke}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1931\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1931\|format=dmy}}			rowspan="2" \|Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI22Df02.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020207002606/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI22Df02.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=7 February 2002\|chapter=Chapter 7: State Councils – elections and boycotts\|access-date=8 September 2017}}{{cite book\|last=Fernando\|first=Desmond\|title=Federalism and Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka\|publisher=Lancer Publishers & Distributors\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=81-7062-235-2\|page=128\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uKjRHtNQYIEC\|chapter=Session III: Conflict Resolution - Chapter One: Federalism & Minorities\|year=2006\|editor1-last=Raghavan\|editor1-first=V. R.\|editor2-last=Bauer\|editor2-first=Volker}}
	{{Sortname\|W. A.\|de Silva}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1936\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1946\|format=dmy}}			align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI29Df03.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011224000734/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI29Df03.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=24 December 2001\|chapter=Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers – A Sinhalese ploy\|access-date=8 September 2017}}{{cite book\|last=Jones\|first=Margaret\|title=Health Policy in Britain's Model Colony: Ceylon, 1900-1948\|publisher=Orient Longman\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=81-250-2759-9\|page=138\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gnbcmHrFF7MC\|year=2004}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|S. W. R. D.\|Bandaranaike}}	align="center" \|100x100px	United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1947\|09\|26\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1951\|07\|12\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|D. S.\|Senanayake}}	rowspan="2" \|Minister of Health and Local Government	align="center" \|{{cite news\|title=First cabinet had only 14 ministers\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070923/FunDay/heritage.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|date=23 September 2007\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ27Df05.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020103155748/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ27Df05.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=3 January 2002\|chapter=Chapter 12: Tryst with independence\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	align="center" \|100x100px	United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1952\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="2" !align="center" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK10Df03.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020103152932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK10Df03.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=3 January 2002\|chapter=Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
rowspan="2" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|E. A.\|Nugawela}}	rowspan="2" \|	rowspan="2" \|	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	rowspan="4" \|Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite book\|title=Ceylon Year Book 1951\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon\|pages=27–28\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11882/11882.pdf\|location=Colombo, Ceylon}}
align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|John\|Kotelawala}}	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK17Df01.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020208193722/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK17Df01.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=8 February 2002\|chapter=Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Vimala\|Wijewardene}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1956\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1959\|06\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|S. W. R. D.\|Bandaranaike}}	align="center" \|{{cite book\|title=Ceylon Year Book 1956\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon\|pages=10–11\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11883/11883.pdf\|location=Colombo, Ceylon}}{{cite book\|title=Ceylon Year Book 1959\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon\|pages=9–10\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11885/11885.pdf\|location=Colombo, Ceylon}}
	{{Sortname\|A. P.\|Jayasuriya}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1959\|09\|26\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1959\|12\|08\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sinhala Language Front}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|W.\|Dahanayake}}	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html\|chapter=Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike\|access-date=8 September 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html\|archive-date=24 September 2015\|url-status=unfit}}
	{{Sortname\|M. V. P.\|Peiris}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1960\|03\|23\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1960\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	Minister of Health and Social Services	align="center" \|
	{{Sortname\|A. P.\|Jayasuriya}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1960\|07\|23\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="2" !align="center" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL08Df04.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011217063058/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL08Df04.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=17 December 2001\|chapter=Chapter 18: Srimavo - weeping arrogance\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
	{{Sortname\|Badi-ud-din\|Mahmud}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1963\|05\|28\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Minister of Health and Housing	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL15Df05.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011218081922/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL15Df05.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=18 December 2001\|chapter=Chapter 19: Anguish and pain\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|M. D. H.\|Jayawardena}}		United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	rowspan="5" \|Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite book\|title=Ceylon Year Book 1968\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon\|page=15\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11886/11886.pdf\|location=Colombo, Ceylon}}{{cite book\|last1=de Silva\|first1=K. M.\|last2=Wriggins\|first2=William Howard\|title=J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka: 1906-1956\|publisher=University of Hawaii Press\|page=325\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6orPBJCSPhIC&\|author1-link=K. M. de Silva\|author2-link=William Howard Wriggins\|year=1988}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|George\|Rajapaksa}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="2" !align="center" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	align="center" \|{{cite book\|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1975\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka\|page=19\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/120/11908/11908.pdf\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|last=Bandaranaike\|first=Anura\|title=George Rajapakse\|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/06/17/featur06.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=17 June 2001\|author-link=Anura Bandaranaike\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Siva\|Obeyesekere}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1976\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1977\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{cite news\|last=Peiris\|first=Roshan\|title=Fifty....and more to go\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/980614/plus9.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|date=14 June 1998\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=J.P Obeysekere dies\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk:80/2007/10/25/news/7.asp\|work=The Daily Mirror\|date=25 October 2007\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027043301/http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/10/25/news/7.asp\|archive-date=27 October 2007\|url-status=dead}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Ranjit\|Atapattu}}		United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1982\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1989\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="3" !align="center" \|	rowspan="3" \|{{Sortname\|J. R.\|Jayewardene}}	align="center" \|{{cite news\|last=Wijeysekera\|first=Dayantha\|title=Respected economist and model of integrity\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/120325/Plus/plus_04.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|date=25 March 2012\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|last=Wijayawardhana\|first=Upul\|title=Burn to death\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=96947\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=1 February 2014\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="2" !align="center" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|Sunethra\|Ranasinghe\|nolink=1}}	rowspan="2" \|	rowspan="2" \|United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1983\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1985\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{cite news\|title=Grero joins the reformists 'party'\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/grero-joins-the-reformists-party-13238.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Daily Mirror\|date=27 August 2011\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
align="center" \|{{Dts\|1985\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1989\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Women's Affairs and Teaching Hospitals	align="center" \|{{cite news\|last=Gnanadass\|first=Wilson\|title=Hospital row touches a nerve\|url=http://www.nation.lk/2011/01/09/newsfe3.htm\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Nation\|date=9 January 2011\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Renuka\|Herath}}		United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1989\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1994\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Ranasinghe\|Premadasa}}	Minister of Health and Women's Affairs	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF08Df01.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802170437/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF08Df01.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2 August 2002\|chapter=Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal\|access-date=8 September 2017}}{{cite news\|last1=de Silva\|first1=Nilika\|last2=Farook\|first2=Faraza\|title="PSD men wanted to kill me"\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/990718/news2.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|date=18 July 1999\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="2" !align="center" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|A. H. M.\|Fowzie}}	rowspan="2" align="center" \|100x100px	rowspan="2" \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1994\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|D. B.\|Wijetunga}}	Minister of Health and Social Services	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|title=The New Cabinet\|journal=Tamil Times\|date=15 August 1994\|volume=XIII\|issue=8\|page=4\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/34/3384/3384.pdf\|issn=0266-4488\|location=Sutton, U.K.}}
align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="5" !align="center" \|	rowspan="5" \|{{Sortname\|Chandrika\|Kumaratunga}}	Minister of Health, Highways and Social Services	align="center" \|{{cite news\|last=de Silva\|first=Marisa\|title=In the midst of the bustle\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/021222/plus/10.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|date=22 December 2002\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite web\|title=Address by Hon A.H.M. Fowzie at the World Summit on Social Development, Copenhagen, March, 1995\|url=https://www.un.org/documents/ga/conf166/gov/950307152007.htm\|publisher=United Nations\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|John\|Seneviratne}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2000\|10\|19\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite web\|title=New cabinet sworn in today\|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200010/20001019new_cabinet.htm\|work=Current Affairs \|publisher=Government of Sri Lanka\|date=19 October 2000\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171946/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200010/20001019new_cabinet.htm \|archive-date=3 March 2016}}{{cite news\|last=Ferdinando\|first=Shamindra\|title=El Dorado\|url=http://www.island.lk/2002/07/14/featur04.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=14 July 2002\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|P.\|Dayaratna}}		United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2001\|12\|12\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Minister of Health, Nutrition and Welfare	align="center" \|{{cite news\|title=New Ministers\|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2001/12/13/new11.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=Daily News\|date=13 December 2001\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=6555\|title=Wickremesinghe appoints cabinet of 25\|date=12 December 2001\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=TamilNet}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/12/13/news01.html\|title=UNF govt. cabinet sworn-in\|date=13 December 2001\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="3" !align="center" \|	rowspan="3" \|{{Sortname\|Nimal Siripala\|de Silva}}	rowspan="3" \|	rowspan="3" \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2001\|09\|14\|format=dmy}}	{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services	align="center" \|{{cite news\|last1=Weerawarne\|first1=Sumadhu\|title=18 member Cabinet sworn in yesterday\|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/09/15/news02.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=15 September 2001\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet\|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2001/09/15/pol01.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=Daily News\|date=15 September 2001\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
align="center" \|{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2005\|11\|23\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva-Wellassa Development	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2004/4/1335-24_E.pdf\|date=10 April 2004\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1335/24\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{Dead link\|date=May 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/040411/news/5.html\|title=The new UPFA Cabinet\|date=11 April 2004\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=11713\|title=JVP boycotts UPFA cabinet swearing in ceremony\|date=10 April 2004\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=TamilNet}}
align="center" \|{{Dts\|2005\|11\|23\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2010\|04\|23\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="3" !align="center" \|	rowspan="3" \|{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Rajapaksa}}	Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2005/11/1420-28_E.pdf\|date=23 November 2005\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1420/28\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{Dead link\|date=May 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news\|title=The New Cabinet\|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/01/29/news5.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=29 January 2007\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in\|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200701/20070128new_cabinet_ministers_sworn_in.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213073604/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200701/20070128new_cabinet_ministers_sworn_in.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=13 February 2007\|work=Current Affairs\|publisher=Government of Sri Lanka\|date=28 January 2007\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Maithripala\|Sirisena}}	align="center" \|100x100px	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2010\|04\|23\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2014\|11\|21\|format=dmy}}	rowspan="2" \|Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2010/4/1651-03_E.pdf\|date=26 April 2010\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|volume=1651/3\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=The New Cabinet\|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/04/25/the-new-cabinet/\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Leader\|date=25 April 2010\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=New Parliament, New Cabinet\|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/04/25/NEW_PARLIAMENT.pdf\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Nation\|date=25 April 2010\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2014/11/1890-14_E.pdf\|date=26 November 2014\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Government Notifications Notification\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1890/14\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Tissa\|Attanayake}}		United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2014\|12\|11\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|12 January 2015	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2014/12/1893-08_E.pdf\|date=15 December 2014\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1893/08\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=Tissa sworn in as Health Minister\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/58695/tissa-new-health-minister\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Daily Mirror\|date=11 December 2014\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=Tissa Attanayake sworn in as Minister of Health\|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/36114-tissa-attanayake-sworn-in-as-minister-of-health.html\|work=The Nation\|date=11 December 2014\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213234730/http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/36114-tissa-attanayake-sworn-in-as-minister-of-health.html\|archive-date=13 December 2014\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" !align="center" \| \|Rajitha Senaratne \| \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party \|12 January 2015 \|17 August 2015 \| style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Maithripala Sirisena \|Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine \|{{cite journal \|date=18 January 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/1/1897-16_E.pdf \|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka \|volume=1897/16}}{{cite news \|date=12 January 2015 \|title=New Cabinet ministers sworn in \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61073/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in \|access-date=8 September 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|date=12 January 2015 \|title=New Cabinet takes oaths \|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118145912/http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html \|archive-date=18 January 2015 \|work=The Nation \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" !align="center" \| \|Rajitha Senaratne \| \|United National Party \|4 September 2015 \|21 November 2019 \| style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" !align="center" \| \|Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine \|{{cite journal \|date=14 September 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/9/1932-07_E.pdf \|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka \|volume=1932/07}}{{cite news \|date=4 September 2015 \|title=New Cabinet \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet \|access-date=8 September 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|date=4 September 2015 \|title=The new Cabinet \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907020713/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html \|archive-date=7 September 2015 \|work=Ceylon Today \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi \| rowspan="2" \| \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party \|22 November 2019 \|12 August 2020 \| style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="4" \|Gotabaya Rajapaksa \|Minister of Healthcare and Indigenous Medical Services \|
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|12 August 2020 \|18 April 2022 \| style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="3" \|Minister of Health \|
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|Channa Jayasumana \| \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|18 April 2022 \|9 May 2022 \| style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Keheliya Rambukwella \| rowspan="2" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|23 May 2022 \|22 July 2022 \| style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|22 July 2022 \|23 October 2023 \| style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Ranil Wickremesinghe \|Minister of Health and Water Supply \|
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|Ramesh Pathirana \| \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|23 October 2023 \|24 September 2024 \| style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" !align="center" \| \|Minister of Health \|
style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}};" !align="center" \| \|Harini Amarasuriya \| \|National People's Power \|24 September 2024 \|18 November 2024 \| style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Anura Kumara Dissanayake \|Minister of Health \|{{Cite web \|title=Harini Amarasuriya sworn in as Prime Minister - Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror \|url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Harini-Amarasuriya-sworn-in-as-Prime-Minister/108-292361 \|access-date=2024-11-20 \|website=www.dailymirror.lk \|language=English}}
style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}};" !align="center" \| \|Nalinda Jayatissa \| \|National People's Power \|18 November 2024 \|Incumbent \| style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}};" !align="center" \| \|Minister of Health and Mass Media \|{{Cite web \|last=Editor \|first=Lanka Sara \|date=2024-11-18 \|title=Harini To Remain PM : Sri Lanka’s New 24-Ministry Cabinet Today \|url=https://lankasara.com/news/harini-to-remain-pm-as-new-24-ministry/ \|access-date=2024-11-20 \|website=Lanka Sara \|language=en-US}}

Secretaries

scope=col\|Name ! scope=col\|Took office ! scope=col\|Left office ! scope=col\|Title ! scope=col class=unsortable\|Refs
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" \|+ Health Secretaries
{{Sortname\|T. R. C.\|Ruberu\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010-04-25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2010/5/1652-02_E.pdf\|date=3 May 2010\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1652/02\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2010/11/1681-04_E.pdf\|date=22 November 2010\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1681/04\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{Dead link\|date=April 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Sortname\|Y. D. Nihal\|Jayathilaka\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2012-07-12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2012/7/1768-31_E.pdf\|date=27 July 2012\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1768/31\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|W. Sudharma\|Karunaratne\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2014-05-29\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2014/6/1866-31_E.pdf\|date=11 June 2014\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1866/31\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|last1=Dalima\|first1=Bella\|title=Dr Nihal Jayathilaka appointed Economic Development Ministry Secretary\|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2014/05/dr-nihal-jayathilaka-appointed-secretary-ministry-economic-development/37634\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=News First\|date=29 May 2014\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|D. M. R. B.\|Dissanayake\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-01-19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health and Indigenous Medicine Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/1/1899-14_E.pdf\|date=28 January 2015\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1899/14\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|last1=Edirisinghe\|first1=Dasun\|title=President reminds new Ministry secretaries of their fundamental duty\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=117969\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=20 January 2015\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=The new Ministry Secretaries receive their appointments\|url=http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/23350-the-new-ministry-secretaries-receive-their-appointments.html\|work=Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation\|date=19 January 2015\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113642/http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/23350-the-new-ministry-secretaries-receive-their-appointments.html\|archive-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news\|title=Secretaries appointed to new Ministries\|url=http://www.news.lk/news/politics/item/5805-secretaries-appointed-to-new-ministries\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=news.lk\|date=19 January 2015\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Upali\|Marasinghe\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-09-08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/9/1932-69_E.pdf\|date=18 September 2015\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1932/69\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/44-new-ministry-secretaries-appointed-86515.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Daily Mirror\|date=8 September 2015\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=New Secretaries to Ministries appointed\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=131424\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=9 September 2015\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|P. H. J. B.\|Sugathadasa\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|06\|16\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/7/2027-05_E.pdf\|date=10 July 2017\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=2027/5\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}

References

External links

[http://health.gov.lk health.gov.lk]

Category:1931 establishments in Ceylon

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Sri Lanka

Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine

Category:Members of the Board of Ministers of Ceylon

Category:Indigenous health

colspan="2" scope="col" \|Name ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \|Portrait ! scope="col" \|Party ! scope="col" \|Took office ! scope="col" \|Left office ! colspan="2" scope="col" \|Head of government ! scope="col" \|Ministerial title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \|Refs
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" \|+ Ministers of Health
	{{Sortname\|T. B.\|Panabokke}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1931\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1931\|format=dmy}}			rowspan="2" \|Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI22Df02.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020207002606/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI22Df02.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=7 February 2002\|chapter=Chapter 7: State Councils – elections and boycotts\|access-date=8 September 2017}}{{cite book\|last=Fernando\|first=Desmond\|title=Federalism and Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka\|publisher=Lancer Publishers & Distributors\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=81-7062-235-2\|page=128\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uKjRHtNQYIEC\|chapter=Session III: Conflict Resolution - Chapter One: Federalism & Minorities\|year=2006\|editor1-last=Raghavan\|editor1-first=V. R.\|editor2-last=Bauer\|editor2-first=Volker}}
	{{Sortname\|W. A.\|de Silva}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1936\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1946\|format=dmy}}			align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI29Df03.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011224000734/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI29Df03.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=24 December 2001\|chapter=Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers – A Sinhalese ploy\|access-date=8 September 2017}}{{cite book\|last=Jones\|first=Margaret\|title=Health Policy in Britain's Model Colony: Ceylon, 1900-1948\|publisher=Orient Longman\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=81-250-2759-9\|page=138\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gnbcmHrFF7MC\|year=2004}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|S. W. R. D.\|Bandaranaike}}	align="center" \|100x100px	United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1947\|09\|26\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1951\|07\|12\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|D. S.\|Senanayake}}	rowspan="2" \|Minister of Health and Local Government	align="center" \|{{cite news\|title=First cabinet had only 14 ministers\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070923/FunDay/heritage.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|date=23 September 2007\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ27Df05.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020103155748/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ27Df05.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=3 January 2002\|chapter=Chapter 12: Tryst with independence\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	align="center" \|100x100px	United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1952\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="2" !align="center" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK10Df03.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020103152932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK10Df03.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=3 January 2002\|chapter=Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
rowspan="2" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|E. A.\|Nugawela}}	rowspan="2" \|	rowspan="2" \|	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	rowspan="4" \|Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite book\|title=Ceylon Year Book 1951\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon\|pages=27–28\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11882/11882.pdf\|location=Colombo, Ceylon}}
align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|John\|Kotelawala}}	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK17Df01.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020208193722/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK17Df01.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=8 February 2002\|chapter=Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Vimala\|Wijewardene}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1956\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1959\|06\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|S. W. R. D.\|Bandaranaike}}	align="center" \|{{cite book\|title=Ceylon Year Book 1956\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon\|pages=10–11\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11883/11883.pdf\|location=Colombo, Ceylon}}{{cite book\|title=Ceylon Year Book 1959\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon\|pages=9–10\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11885/11885.pdf\|location=Colombo, Ceylon}}
	{{Sortname\|A. P.\|Jayasuriya}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1959\|09\|26\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1959\|12\|08\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sinhala Language Front}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|W.\|Dahanayake}}	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html\|chapter=Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike\|access-date=8 September 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html\|archive-date=24 September 2015\|url-status=unfit}}
	{{Sortname\|M. V. P.\|Peiris}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1960\|03\|23\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1960\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	Minister of Health and Social Services	align="center" \|
	{{Sortname\|A. P.\|Jayasuriya}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1960\|07\|23\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="2" !align="center" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL08Df04.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011217063058/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL08Df04.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=17 December 2001\|chapter=Chapter 18: Srimavo - weeping arrogance\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
	{{Sortname\|Badi-ud-din\|Mahmud}}			align="center" \|{{Dts\|1963\|05\|28\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Minister of Health and Housing	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL15Df05.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011218081922/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL15Df05.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=18 December 2001\|chapter=Chapter 19: Anguish and pain\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|M. D. H.\|Jayawardena}}		United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	rowspan="5" \|Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite book\|title=Ceylon Year Book 1968\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon\|page=15\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11886/11886.pdf\|location=Colombo, Ceylon}}{{cite book\|last1=de Silva\|first1=K. M.\|last2=Wriggins\|first2=William Howard\|title=J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka: 1906-1956\|publisher=University of Hawaii Press\|page=325\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6orPBJCSPhIC&\|author1-link=K. M. de Silva\|author2-link=William Howard Wriggins\|year=1988}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|George\|Rajapaksa}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="2" !align="center" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	align="center" \|{{cite book\|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1975\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka\|page=19\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/120/11908/11908.pdf\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|last=Bandaranaike\|first=Anura\|title=George Rajapakse\|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/06/17/featur06.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=17 June 2001\|author-link=Anura Bandaranaike\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Siva\|Obeyesekere}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1976\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1977\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{cite news\|last=Peiris\|first=Roshan\|title=Fifty....and more to go\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/980614/plus9.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|date=14 June 1998\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=J.P Obeysekere dies\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk:80/2007/10/25/news/7.asp\|work=The Daily Mirror\|date=25 October 2007\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027043301/http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/10/25/news/7.asp\|archive-date=27 October 2007\|url-status=dead}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Ranjit\|Atapattu}}		United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1982\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1989\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="3" !align="center" \|	rowspan="3" \|{{Sortname\|J. R.\|Jayewardene}}	align="center" \|{{cite news\|last=Wijeysekera\|first=Dayantha\|title=Respected economist and model of integrity\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/120325/Plus/plus_04.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|date=25 March 2012\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|last=Wijayawardhana\|first=Upul\|title=Burn to death\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=96947\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=1 February 2014\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="2" !align="center" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|Sunethra\|Ranasinghe\|nolink=1}}	rowspan="2" \|	rowspan="2" \|United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1983\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1985\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{cite news\|title=Grero joins the reformists 'party'\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/grero-joins-the-reformists-party-13238.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Daily Mirror\|date=27 August 2011\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
align="center" \|{{Dts\|1985\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1989\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Women's Affairs and Teaching Hospitals	align="center" \|{{cite news\|last=Gnanadass\|first=Wilson\|title=Hospital row touches a nerve\|url=http://www.nation.lk/2011/01/09/newsfe3.htm\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Nation\|date=9 January 2011\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Renuka\|Herath}}		United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1989\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1994\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Ranasinghe\|Premadasa}}	Minister of Health and Women's Affairs	align="center" \|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF08Df01.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802170437/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF08Df01.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2 August 2002\|chapter=Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal\|access-date=8 September 2017}}{{cite news\|last1=de Silva\|first1=Nilika\|last2=Farook\|first2=Faraza\|title="PSD men wanted to kill me"\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/990718/news2.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|date=18 July 1999\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="2" !align="center" \|	rowspan="2" \|{{Sortname\|A. H. M.\|Fowzie}}	rowspan="2" align="center" \|100x100px	rowspan="2" \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|1994\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|D. B.\|Wijetunga}}	Minister of Health and Social Services	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|title=The New Cabinet\|journal=Tamil Times\|date=15 August 1994\|volume=XIII\|issue=8\|page=4\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/34/3384/3384.pdf\|issn=0266-4488\|location=Sutton, U.K.}}
align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="5" !align="center" \|	rowspan="5" \|{{Sortname\|Chandrika\|Kumaratunga}}	Minister of Health, Highways and Social Services	align="center" \|{{cite news\|last=de Silva\|first=Marisa\|title=In the midst of the bustle\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/021222/plus/10.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|date=22 December 2002\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite web\|title=Address by Hon A.H.M. Fowzie at the World Summit on Social Development, Copenhagen, March, 1995\|url=https://www.un.org/documents/ga/conf166/gov/950307152007.htm\|publisher=United Nations\|access-date=8 September 2017}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|John\|Seneviratne}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2000\|10\|19\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite web\|title=New cabinet sworn in today\|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200010/20001019new_cabinet.htm\|work=Current Affairs \|publisher=Government of Sri Lanka\|date=19 October 2000\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171946/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200010/20001019new_cabinet.htm \|archive-date=3 March 2016}}{{cite news\|last=Ferdinando\|first=Shamindra\|title=El Dorado\|url=http://www.island.lk/2002/07/14/featur04.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=14 July 2002\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|P.\|Dayaratna}}		United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2001\|12\|12\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Minister of Health, Nutrition and Welfare	align="center" \|{{cite news\|title=New Ministers\|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2001/12/13/new11.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=Daily News\|date=13 December 2001\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=6555\|title=Wickremesinghe appoints cabinet of 25\|date=12 December 2001\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=TamilNet}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/12/13/news01.html\|title=UNF govt. cabinet sworn-in\|date=13 December 2001\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="3" !align="center" \|	rowspan="3" \|{{Sortname\|Nimal Siripala\|de Silva}}	rowspan="3" \|	rowspan="3" \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2001\|09\|14\|format=dmy}}	{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services	align="center" \|{{cite news\|last1=Weerawarne\|first1=Sumadhu\|title=18 member Cabinet sworn in yesterday\|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/09/15/news02.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=15 September 2001\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet\|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2001/09/15/pol01.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=Daily News\|date=15 September 2001\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
align="center" \|{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2005\|11\|23\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva-Wellassa Development	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2004/4/1335-24_E.pdf\|date=10 April 2004\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1335/24\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{Dead link\|date=May 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/040411/news/5.html\|title=The new UPFA Cabinet\|date=11 April 2004\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Times\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=11713\|title=JVP boycotts UPFA cabinet swearing in ceremony\|date=10 April 2004\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=TamilNet}}
align="center" \|{{Dts\|2005\|11\|23\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2010\|04\|23\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="3" !align="center" \|	rowspan="3" \|{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Rajapaksa}}	Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2005/11/1420-28_E.pdf\|date=23 November 2005\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1420/28\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{Dead link\|date=May 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news\|title=The New Cabinet\|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/01/29/news5.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=29 January 2007\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in\|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200701/20070128new_cabinet_ministers_sworn_in.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213073604/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200701/20070128new_cabinet_ministers_sworn_in.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=13 February 2007\|work=Current Affairs\|publisher=Government of Sri Lanka\|date=28 January 2007\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Maithripala\|Sirisena}}	align="center" \|100x100px	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2010\|04\|23\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2014\|11\|21\|format=dmy}}	rowspan="2" \|Minister of Health	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2010/4/1651-03_E.pdf\|date=26 April 2010\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|volume=1651/3\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=The New Cabinet\|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/04/25/the-new-cabinet/\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Sunday Leader\|date=25 April 2010\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=New Parliament, New Cabinet\|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/04/25/NEW_PARLIAMENT.pdf\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Nation\|date=25 April 2010\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2014/11/1890-14_E.pdf\|date=26 November 2014\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Government Notifications Notification\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1890/14\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Tissa\|Attanayake}}		United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2014\|12\|11\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|12 January 2015	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2014/12/1893-08_E.pdf\|date=15 December 2014\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1893/08\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=Tissa sworn in as Health Minister\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/58695/tissa-new-health-minister\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Daily Mirror\|date=11 December 2014\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=Tissa Attanayake sworn in as Minister of Health\|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/36114-tissa-attanayake-sworn-in-as-minister-of-health.html\|work=The Nation\|date=11 December 2014\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213234730/http://www.nation.lk/edition/breaking-news/item/36114-tissa-attanayake-sworn-in-as-minister-of-health.html\|archive-date=13 December 2014\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" !align="center" \| \|Rajitha Senaratne \| \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party \|12 January 2015 \|17 August 2015 \| style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Maithripala Sirisena \|Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine \|{{cite journal \|date=18 January 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/1/1897-16_E.pdf \|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka \|volume=1897/16}}{{cite news \|date=12 January 2015 \|title=New Cabinet ministers sworn in \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61073/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in \|access-date=8 September 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|date=12 January 2015 \|title=New Cabinet takes oaths \|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118145912/http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html \|archive-date=18 January 2015 \|work=The Nation \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" !align="center" \| \|Rajitha Senaratne \| \|United National Party \|4 September 2015 \|21 November 2019 \| style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" !align="center" \| \|Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine \|{{cite journal \|date=14 September 2015 \|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/9/1932-07_E.pdf \|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka \|volume=1932/07}}{{cite news \|date=4 September 2015 \|title=New Cabinet \|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet \|access-date=8 September 2017 \|work=The Daily Mirror \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news \|date=4 September 2015 \|title=The new Cabinet \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907020713/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html \|archive-date=7 September 2015 \|work=Ceylon Today \|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi \| rowspan="2" \| \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party \|22 November 2019 \|12 August 2020 \| style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="4" \|Gotabaya Rajapaksa \|Minister of Healthcare and Indigenous Medical Services \|
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|12 August 2020 \|18 April 2022 \| style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="3" \|Minister of Health \|
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|Channa Jayasumana \| \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|18 April 2022 \|9 May 2022 \| style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Keheliya Rambukwella \| rowspan="2" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|23 May 2022 \|22 July 2022 \| style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|22 July 2022 \|23 October 2023 \| style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Ranil Wickremesinghe \|Minister of Health and Water Supply \|
style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" !align="center" \| \|Ramesh Pathirana \| \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|23 October 2023 \|24 September 2024 \| style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" !align="center" \| \|Minister of Health \|
style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}};" !align="center" \| \|Harini Amarasuriya \| \|National People's Power \|24 September 2024 \|18 November 2024 \| style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}};" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Anura Kumara Dissanayake \|Minister of Health \|{{Cite web \|title=Harini Amarasuriya sworn in as Prime Minister - Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror \|url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Harini-Amarasuriya-sworn-in-as-Prime-Minister/108-292361 \|access-date=2024-11-20 \|website=www.dailymirror.lk \|language=English}}
style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}};" !align="center" \| \|Nalinda Jayatissa \| \|National People's Power \|18 November 2024 \|Incumbent \| style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}};" !align="center" \| \|Minister of Health and Mass Media \|{{Cite web \|last=Editor \|first=Lanka Sara \|date=2024-11-18 \|title=Harini To Remain PM : Sri Lanka’s New 24-Ministry Cabinet Today \|url=https://lankasara.com/news/harini-to-remain-pm-as-new-24-ministry/ \|access-date=2024-11-20 \|website=Lanka Sara \|language=en-US}}

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{{Sortname\|T. R. C.\|Ruberu\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010-04-25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2010/5/1652-02_E.pdf\|date=3 May 2010\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1652/02\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2010/11/1681-04_E.pdf\|date=22 November 2010\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1681/04\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{Dead link\|date=April 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Sortname\|Y. D. Nihal\|Jayathilaka\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2012-07-12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2012/7/1768-31_E.pdf\|date=27 July 2012\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1768/31\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|W. Sudharma\|Karunaratne\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2014-05-29\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2014/6/1866-31_E.pdf\|date=11 June 2014\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1866/31\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|last1=Dalima\|first1=Bella\|title=Dr Nihal Jayathilaka appointed Economic Development Ministry Secretary\|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2014/05/dr-nihal-jayathilaka-appointed-secretary-ministry-economic-development/37634\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=News First\|date=29 May 2014\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|D. M. R. B.\|Dissanayake\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-01-19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health and Indigenous Medicine Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/1/1899-14_E.pdf\|date=28 January 2015\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1899/14\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|last1=Edirisinghe\|first1=Dasun\|title=President reminds new Ministry secretaries of their fundamental duty\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=117969\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=20 January 2015\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=The new Ministry Secretaries receive their appointments\|url=http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/23350-the-new-ministry-secretaries-receive-their-appointments.html\|work=Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation\|date=19 January 2015\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113642/http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/23350-the-new-ministry-secretaries-receive-their-appointments.html\|archive-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news\|title=Secretaries appointed to new Ministries\|url=http://www.news.lk/news/politics/item/5805-secretaries-appointed-to-new-ministries\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=news.lk\|date=19 January 2015\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|Upali\|Marasinghe\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-09-08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/9/1932-69_E.pdf\|date=18 September 2015\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1932/69\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/44-new-ministry-secretaries-appointed-86515.html\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Daily Mirror\|date=8 September 2015\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=New Secretaries to Ministries appointed\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=131424\|access-date=8 September 2017\|work=The Island\|date=9 September 2015\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Sortname\|P. H. J. B.\|Sugathadasa\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|06\|16\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/7/2027-05_E.pdf\|date=10 July 2017\|title=Part I : Section (I) — General Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=2027/5\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}