Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment

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| jurisdiction = Government of Sri Lanka

| headquarters = 2nd Floor, Labour Secretariat, Colombo

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| budget = {{Unbulleted list|Rs. 2 billion (2017, recurrent)|Rs. 4 billion (2017, capital)}}

| minister1_name = Hon. Manusha Nanayakkara{{cite web|url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.lk/cab/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=23&lang=en|title=LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS|website=cabinetoffice.gov.lk|accessdate=2022-06-10}}

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| chief1_name = H. M. Gamini Senevirathne

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| child1_agency = Department of Labour

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| child3_agency = Employees' Provident Fund

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| child5_agency = National Institute of Labour Studies

| child6_agency = Office of the Commissioner of Workmen’s Compensation

| child7_agency = Shrama Vasana Fund

| child8_agency = Employees' Trust Fund Board

| child9_agency = Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment

| child10_agency = Ceylon Petroleum Corporation

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The Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment{{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|කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍යාංශය}}; {{langx|ta|தொழில் மற்றும் வெளிநாட்டு வேலைவாய்ப்பு அமைச்சு}}) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for labour, foreign employment services and development of Petroleum Resources. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on labour and other subjects which come under its purview.{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1933_13/1933_13%28E%29.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}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The current Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment is Manusha Nanayakkara. The ministry's secretary is S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna.{{cite web|title=Secretaries to the Ministries|url=http://www.pmdnews.lk/secretaries-to-the-ministries/|publisher=President's Media Division News}}

Ministers

The Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

scope=col colspan="2"\|Name ! scope=col class=unsortable\|Portrait ! scope=col\|Party ! scope=col\|Took office ! scope=col\|Left office ! scope=col colspan="2"\|Head of government ! scope=col width=300px\|Ministerial title ! scope=col width=50px class=unsortable\|Refs
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" \|+ Ministers of Labour
	{{Sortname\|Peri\|Sundaram}}		Ceylon National Congress	align=center\|{{Dts\|1931\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1935\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" rowspan=3 style="background:black; color:white;"\|	rowspan=3\| Governors of British Ceylon	rowspan=3\|Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce	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=2002-02-07\|chapter=Chapter 7: State Councils – elections and boycotts}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Ceylon National Congress}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Claude\|Corea}}		Ceylon National Congress	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=2001-12-24\|chapter=Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers – A Sinhalese ploy}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|I. X.\|Pereira}}	100x100px	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	align=center\|{{Dts\|1946\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1947\|07\|04\|format=dmy}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|T. B.\|Jayah}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1947\|09\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1950\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. S.\|Senanayake}}	Minister of Labour and Social Services	align=center\|{{cite news\|title=First cabinet had only 14 ministers\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070923/FunDay/heritage.html\|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=23 September 2007}}{{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=2002-01-03\|chapter=Chapter 12: Tryst with independence}}
!align="center" rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|M. C. M.\|Kaleel}}	rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	align=center rowspan=2\|{{Dts\|1952\|format=dmy}}	align=center rowspan=2\|{{Dts\|1956\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	rowspan=2\|Minister of Labour	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}}{{cite news\|last=Amit\|first=M. H.\|title=Dr. M. C. M. Kaleel's 103rd birth anniversary\|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/02/02/fea08.html\|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)\|date=2 February 2002\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030829212234/http://dailynews.lk/2002/02/02/fea08.html\|archive-date=29 August 2003}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{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=2002-02-08\|chapter=Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|T. B.\|Ilangaratne}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1956\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}		!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|S. W. R. D.\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services	align=center\|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://atimes.com/ind-pak/CK24Df05.html\|chapter=Chapter 16: 'Honorable wounds of war'\|access-date=2016-03-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011215123938/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/CK24Df05.html\|archive-date=2001-12-15\|url-status=unfit}}{{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}}{{cite book\|title=Ceylon Year Book 1957\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon\|pages=10–11\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11884/11884.pdf}}{{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}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|M. P.\|de Zoysa}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1959\|09\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|1959\|12\|08}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sinhala Language Front}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|W.\|Dahanayake}}	Minister of Labour	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=2016-03-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html\|archive-date=2015-09-24\|url-status=unfit}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Independent}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|C.\|Wijesinghe}}		Independent	align=center\|{{Dts\|1960\|07\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	rowspan=2\|Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services	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=2001-12-17\|chapter=Chapter 18: Srimavo - weeping arrogance}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|M. P. de Z.\|Sriwardene}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party			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=2001-12-18\|chapter=Chapter 19: Anguish and pain}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	{{Sortname\|D. S.\|Goonesekera}}	align=center\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1963-05-28\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1965-03-25\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Labour and Social Services	align=center\|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|M. H.\|Mohamed}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1965\|03\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1970-05-29\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing	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}}{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020416075330/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2002-04-16\|chapter=Chapter 20 - Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|M. P. de\|Zoysa}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1970-05-29\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1977-07-23\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	rowspan=2\|Minister of Labour	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}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|C. P. J.\|Seneviratne}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1977\|07\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1989-01-02\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|J. R.\|Jayewardene}}	align=center\|{{cite book\|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1977\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka\|pages=17–18\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14702/14702.pdf}}{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020416074026/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2002-04-16\|chapter=Chapter 25: War or peace?}}{{cite book\|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1982\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka\|pages=12–14\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14703/14703.pdf}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Ranjit\|Atapattu}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1989\|02\|18\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1990\|01\|05\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Ranasinghe\|Premadasa}}	rowspan=2\|Minister of Labour and Social Welfare	align=center\|{{cite book\|last1=de Silva \|first1=W. P. P. \|last2=Ferdinando \|first2=T. C. L. \|title=9th Parliament of Sri Lanka \|publisher=Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited \|page=210 \|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf \|archive-date=2015-06-23 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. B.\|Wijetunga}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1990\|01\|11\|format=dmy}}		align=center\|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|G. M.\|Premachandra}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1990\|03\|30\|format=dmy}}		rowspan=3\|Minister of Labour and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{cite book\|last1=de Silva \|first1=W. P. P. \|last2=Ferdinando \|first2=T. C. L. \|title=9th Parliament of Sri Lanka \|publisher=Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited \|pages=213–214 \|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf \|archive-date=2015-06-23 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. B.\|Wijetunga}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1991\|03\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1993\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF22Df04.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020722000018/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/DF22Df04.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2002-07-22\|chapter=Chapter 45: War continues with brutality}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Rajapaksa}}	align=center\|100x100px	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1994\|08\|19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1994\|11\|12\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. B.\|Wijetunga}}	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}}{{cite journal\|title=The Cabinet\|journal=The Sri Lanka Monitor\|date=August 1994\|issue=79\|page=2\|url=http://www.padippakam.com/document/srilanka_monitor/monitor079.pdf}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Alavi\|Moulana}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2000\|10\|19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Chandrika\|Kumaratunga}}	Minister of Labour	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 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3\|	rowspan="3" \|{{Sortname\|Athauda\|Seneviratne}}	rowspan="3" \|	rowspan="3" \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2001\|09\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development	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\|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=15 September 2001}}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet\|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2001/09/15/pol01.html\|work=Daily News (Sri Lanka)\|date=15 September 2001}}
align=center\|{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2007\|01\|28\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2004/pdf/Apr/1335%20_%2024/1335%20_%2024%20E.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 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225151106/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2004/pdf/Apr/1335%20_%2024/1335%20_%2024%20E.pdf \|archive-date=25 December 2014 }}{{cite news\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/040411/news/5.html\|title=The new UPFA Cabinet\|date=11 April 2004\|newspaper=Sunday Times (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\|newspaper=TamilNet}}{{cite journal \|date=23 November 2005 \|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1420-28/1420-28E.pdf \|url-status=dead \|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|volume=1420/28 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317033130/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1420-28/1420-28E.pdf \|archive-date=17 March 2007}}
align="center" \|{{Dts\|2007\|01\|28\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010\|01\|28\|format=dmy}} \| !align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3\| \| rowspan="3" \|{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Rajapaksa}}	Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2007/pdf/Jan/1482_8/1482_8e.pdf \|date=29 January 2007 \|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President \|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|volume=1482/8 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024439/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2007/pdf/Jan/1482_8/1482_8e.pdf \|archive-date=22 February 2014 }}{{cite news\|title=The New Cabinet\|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/01/29/news5.html\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=29 January 2007}}{{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=2007-02-13 \|work=Current Affairs \|publisher=Government of Sri Lanka }}
!align="center" rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	rowspan="2"\|{{Sortname\|Gamini\|Lokuge}}	rowspan="2" \|	rowspan="2" \| United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2010\|04\|23}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2010\|11\|22}}	Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Apr/1651_3/1651_3E.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 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524225519/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Apr/1651_3/1651_3E.pdf \|archive-date=24 May 2010 }}{{cite news\|title=The New Cabinet\|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/04/25/the-new-cabinet/\|newspaper=The Sunday Leader\|date=25 April 2010}}{{cite news\|title=New Parliament, New Cabinet\|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/04/25/NEW_PARLIAMENT.pdf\|newspaper=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|date=25 April 2010}}
align="center" \|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2010\|11\|22}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|01\|12}}	Minister of Labour and Labour Relations	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Nov/1681_02/1681_02%20(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=1681/2 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024545/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Nov/1681_02/1681_02%20%28E%29.pdf \|archive-date=22 February 2014 }}{{cite news\|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/11/28/newsfe1.htm\|title=New Faces Boost Cabinet as Hopes Rise\|date=28 November 2010\|publisher=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|access-date=2016-03-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044010/http://www.nation.lk/2010/11/28/newsfe1.htm\|archive-date=2016-03-04\|url-status=dead}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Wijeyadasa\|Rajapakshe}}	100x100px	United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2015\|01\|12\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2015\|03\|22\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="8" !align="center" \|	rowspan="8" \|{{Sortname\|Maithripala\|Sirisena}}	Minister of Justice and Labour Relations	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf\|date=18 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=1897/16\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115111/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf\|archive-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet ministers sworn in\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61073/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in\|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)\|date=12 January 2015}}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet takes oaths\|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html\|work=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|date=12 January 2015\|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}}{{cite news\|last1=Imtiaz \|first1=Zahrah \|last2=Moramudali \|first2=Umesh \|title=27-member cabinet 10 State ministers 08 Deputy ministers \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=13 January 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118144216/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html \|archive-date=18 January 2015 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|S. B.\|Nawinne}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|03\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|08\|17\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Labour	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf\|date=26 March 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=1907/48\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223820/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf\|archive-date=23 September 2015}}{{cite news\|title=More Ministers appointed\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/66935/more-ministers-appointed\|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)\|date=22 March 2015}}{{cite news\|title=Cabinet balloons to 40 as 26 more SLFPers luck out\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=121883\|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=23 March 2015}}{{cite news\|last1=Weerasinghe \|first1=Chamikara \|title=SLFPers take oaths as ministers in National Govt \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/slfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt \|work=Daily News (Sri Lanka) \|date=23 March 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329061438/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fslfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt \|archive-date=29 March 2015 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|John\|Senewiratne}}	rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_07/1932_07%20E.pdf \|date=14 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=1932/07 }}{{dead link\|date=June 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet\|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)\|date=4 September 2015}}{{cite news\|title=The new Cabinet \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=4 September 2015 \|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 }}{{cite journal\|title=PART I : SECTION (I) – GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|date=26 May 2017\|volume=2020/76\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/5/2020-76_E.pdf\|access-date=27 May 2017\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\| {{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|04\|12}}	rowspan="2" \| Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development	align=center\|{{cite news\|title=Nine Ministers take oaths following Cabinet reshuffle\|url=http://dailynews.lk/2017/05/22/local/116604/nine-ministers-take-oaths-following-cabinet-reshuffle\|access-date=28 May 2017\|work=Daily News\|date=22 May 2017\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=Cabinet reshuffle: 9 portfolios change\|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/article20170401CT20170930.php?id=5170\|access-date=28 May 2017\|work=Ceylon Today\|date=22 May 2017\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \|Malik Samarawickrama \|100x100px \|United National Party \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|04\|12}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|05\|01}} \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \|Ravindra Samaraweera \| \|United National Party \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|05\|01}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|10\|26}} \|Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"\| \|Gamini Lokuge \| \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|11\|09}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|12\|15}} \|Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \|Daya Gamage \|100x100px \|United National Party \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|12\|20}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|01\|11}} \|Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Social Empowerment \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\| \|Nimal Siripala de Silva \|100x100px \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|01\|11}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|08\|12}} \| !align="center" rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"\| \| rowspan=3\|Gotabaya Rajapaksa \| rowspan="2" \|Minister of Labour \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"\| \|Vidura Wickremanayake \| \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|04\|18}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|05\|09}} \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Samagi Jana Balawegaya}}; color:white;"\| \|rowspan=2\|Manusha Nanayakkara \|rowspan=2\|120x120px \|Samagi Jana Balawegaya \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|05\|20}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|07\|09}} \|rowspan=2\|Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment \|rowspan=2\|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \|United National Party \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|07\|22}} \|align=center\|Incumbent \| !align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \|Ranil Wickremesinghe

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;" \|+ Labour Secretaries
{{Sortname\|M.\|Madihahewa\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010\|04\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/May/1652_2/G%2012778%20%28E%29.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\|access-date=2016-03-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524231520/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/May/1652_2/G%2012778%20(E).pdf\|archive-date=2010-05-24\|url-status=dead}}
{{Sortname\|W. J. L. U.\|Wijeweera\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010\|11\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Labour and Labour Relations Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Nov/1681_04/1681_04%20%28E%29.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}}{{Dead link\|date=November 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Sortname\|W. Kamalini F.\|de Silva\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-01-19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Justice and Labour Relations Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.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\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223752/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.pdf\|archive-date=23 September 2015}}{{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\|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=20 January 2015}}{{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\|url-status=dead\|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\|work=news.lk\|date=19 January 2015}}
{{Sortname\|S. M. Gotabaya\|Jayaratna\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_69/1932_69%20%28E%29.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}}{{Dead link\|date=November 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news\|title=44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86515/44-new-ministry-secretaries-appointed\|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)\|date=8 September 2015}}{{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\|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=9 September 2015}}
S.A. Nimal Saranathissa \|May 2017 \| \|Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development Secretary \|
H.M. Gamini Senevirathne \|November 2018 \| \|Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development Secretary \|

References

External links

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Labour and Foreign Employment

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Labour and Foreign Employment

Category:Members of the Board of Ministers of Ceylon

scope=col colspan="2"\|Name ! scope=col class=unsortable\|Portrait ! scope=col\|Party ! scope=col\|Took office ! scope=col\|Left office ! scope=col colspan="2"\|Head of government ! scope=col width=300px\|Ministerial title ! scope=col width=50px class=unsortable\|Refs
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" \|+ Ministers of Labour
	{{Sortname\|Peri\|Sundaram}}		Ceylon National Congress	align=center\|{{Dts\|1931\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1935\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" rowspan=3 style="background:black; color:white;"\|	rowspan=3\| Governors of British Ceylon	rowspan=3\|Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce	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=2002-02-07\|chapter=Chapter 7: State Councils – elections and boycotts}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Ceylon National Congress}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Claude\|Corea}}		Ceylon National Congress	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=2001-12-24\|chapter=Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers – A Sinhalese ploy}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|I. X.\|Pereira}}	100x100px	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	align=center\|{{Dts\|1946\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1947\|07\|04\|format=dmy}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|T. B.\|Jayah}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1947\|09\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1950\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. S.\|Senanayake}}	Minister of Labour and Social Services	align=center\|{{cite news\|title=First cabinet had only 14 ministers\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070923/FunDay/heritage.html\|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=23 September 2007}}{{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=2002-01-03\|chapter=Chapter 12: Tryst with independence}}
!align="center" rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|M. C. M.\|Kaleel}}	rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|United National Party	align=center rowspan=2\|{{Dts\|1952\|format=dmy}}	align=center rowspan=2\|{{Dts\|1956\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	rowspan=2\|Minister of Labour	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}}{{cite news\|last=Amit\|first=M. H.\|title=Dr. M. C. M. Kaleel's 103rd birth anniversary\|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/02/02/fea08.html\|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)\|date=2 February 2002\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030829212234/http://dailynews.lk/2002/02/02/fea08.html\|archive-date=29 August 2003}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{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=2002-02-08\|chapter=Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|T. B.\|Ilangaratne}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1956\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}		!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|S. W. R. D.\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services	align=center\|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://atimes.com/ind-pak/CK24Df05.html\|chapter=Chapter 16: 'Honorable wounds of war'\|access-date=2016-03-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011215123938/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/CK24Df05.html\|archive-date=2001-12-15\|url-status=unfit}}{{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}}{{cite book\|title=Ceylon Year Book 1957\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon\|pages=10–11\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11884/11884.pdf}}{{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}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|M. P.\|de Zoysa}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1959\|09\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|1959\|12\|08}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sinhala Language Front}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|W.\|Dahanayake}}	Minister of Labour	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=2016-03-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html\|archive-date=2015-09-24\|url-status=unfit}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Independent}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|C.\|Wijesinghe}}		Independent	align=center\|{{Dts\|1960\|07\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	rowspan=2\|Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services	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=2001-12-17\|chapter=Chapter 18: Srimavo - weeping arrogance}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|M. P. de Z.\|Sriwardene}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party			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=2001-12-18\|chapter=Chapter 19: Anguish and pain}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"\|	{{Sortname\|D. S.\|Goonesekera}}	align=center\|	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1963-05-28\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1965-03-25\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Labour and Social Services	align=center\|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|M. H.\|Mohamed}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1965\|03\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1970-05-29\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing	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}}{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020416075330/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2002-04-16\|chapter=Chapter 20 - Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|M. P. de\|Zoysa}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1970-05-29\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1977-07-23\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	rowspan=2\|Minister of Labour	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}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|C. P. J.\|Seneviratne}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1977\|07\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1989-01-02\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|J. R.\|Jayewardene}}	align=center\|{{cite book\|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1977\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka\|pages=17–18\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14702/14702.pdf}}{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020416074026/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2002-04-16\|chapter=Chapter 25: War or peace?}}{{cite book\|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1982\|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka\|pages=12–14\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14703/14703.pdf}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Ranjit\|Atapattu}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1989\|02\|18\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1990\|01\|05\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Ranasinghe\|Premadasa}}	rowspan=2\|Minister of Labour and Social Welfare	align=center\|{{cite book\|last1=de Silva \|first1=W. P. P. \|last2=Ferdinando \|first2=T. C. L. \|title=9th Parliament of Sri Lanka \|publisher=Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited \|page=210 \|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf \|archive-date=2015-06-23 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. B.\|Wijetunga}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1990\|01\|11\|format=dmy}}		align=center\|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|G. M.\|Premachandra}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1990\|03\|30\|format=dmy}}		rowspan=3\|Minister of Labour and Vocational Training	align=center\|{{cite book\|last1=de Silva \|first1=W. P. P. \|last2=Ferdinando \|first2=T. C. L. \|title=9th Parliament of Sri Lanka \|publisher=Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited \|pages=213–214 \|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf \|archive-date=2015-06-23 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. B.\|Wijetunga}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1991\|03\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1993\|05\|01\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF22Df04.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020722000018/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/DF22Df04.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2002-07-22\|chapter=Chapter 45: War continues with brutality}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Rajapaksa}}	align=center\|100x100px	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1994\|08\|19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1994\|11\|12\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. B.\|Wijetunga}}	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}}{{cite journal\|title=The Cabinet\|journal=The Sri Lanka Monitor\|date=August 1994\|issue=79\|page=2\|url=http://www.padippakam.com/document/srilanka_monitor/monitor079.pdf}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Alavi\|Moulana}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2000\|10\|19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|{{Sortname\|Chandrika\|Kumaratunga}}	Minister of Labour	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 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3\|	rowspan="3" \|{{Sortname\|Athauda\|Seneviratne}}	rowspan="3" \|	rowspan="3" \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2001\|09\|14\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development	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\|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=15 September 2001}}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet\|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2001/09/15/pol01.html\|work=Daily News (Sri Lanka)\|date=15 September 2001}}
align=center\|{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2007\|01\|28\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2004/pdf/Apr/1335%20_%2024/1335%20_%2024%20E.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 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225151106/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2004/pdf/Apr/1335%20_%2024/1335%20_%2024%20E.pdf \|archive-date=25 December 2014 }}{{cite news\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/040411/news/5.html\|title=The new UPFA Cabinet\|date=11 April 2004\|newspaper=Sunday Times (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\|newspaper=TamilNet}}{{cite journal \|date=23 November 2005 \|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President \|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1420-28/1420-28E.pdf \|url-status=dead \|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|volume=1420/28 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317033130/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1420-28/1420-28E.pdf \|archive-date=17 March 2007}}
align="center" \|{{Dts\|2007\|01\|28\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010\|01\|28\|format=dmy}} \| !align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3\| \| rowspan="3" \|{{Sortname\|Mahinda\|Rajapaksa}}	Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2007/pdf/Jan/1482_8/1482_8e.pdf \|date=29 January 2007 \|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President \|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary \|volume=1482/8 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024439/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2007/pdf/Jan/1482_8/1482_8e.pdf \|archive-date=22 February 2014 }}{{cite news\|title=The New Cabinet\|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/01/29/news5.html\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=29 January 2007}}{{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=2007-02-13 \|work=Current Affairs \|publisher=Government of Sri Lanka }}
!align="center" rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	rowspan="2"\|{{Sortname\|Gamini\|Lokuge}}	rowspan="2" \|	rowspan="2" \| United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2010\|04\|23}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2010\|11\|22}}	Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Apr/1651_3/1651_3E.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 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524225519/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Apr/1651_3/1651_3E.pdf \|archive-date=24 May 2010 }}{{cite news\|title=The New Cabinet\|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/04/25/the-new-cabinet/\|newspaper=The Sunday Leader\|date=25 April 2010}}{{cite news\|title=New Parliament, New Cabinet\|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/04/25/NEW_PARLIAMENT.pdf\|newspaper=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|date=25 April 2010}}
align="center" \|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2010\|11\|22}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|01\|12}}	Minister of Labour and Labour Relations	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Nov/1681_02/1681_02%20(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=1681/2 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024545/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Nov/1681_02/1681_02%20%28E%29.pdf \|archive-date=22 February 2014 }}{{cite news\|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/11/28/newsfe1.htm\|title=New Faces Boost Cabinet as Hopes Rise\|date=28 November 2010\|publisher=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|access-date=2016-03-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044010/http://www.nation.lk/2010/11/28/newsfe1.htm\|archive-date=2016-03-04\|url-status=dead}}
style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}};" !align="center" \|	{{Sortname\|Wijeyadasa\|Rajapakshe}}	100x100px	United National Party	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2015\|01\|12\|format=dmy}}	align="center" \|{{Dts\|2015\|03\|22\|format=dmy}}	style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan="8" !align="center" \|	rowspan="8" \|{{Sortname\|Maithripala\|Sirisena}}	Minister of Justice and Labour Relations	align="center" \|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf\|date=18 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=1897/16\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115111/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf\|archive-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet ministers sworn in\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61073/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in\|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)\|date=12 January 2015}}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet takes oaths\|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html\|work=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|date=12 January 2015\|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}}{{cite news\|last1=Imtiaz \|first1=Zahrah \|last2=Moramudali \|first2=Umesh \|title=27-member cabinet 10 State ministers 08 Deputy ministers \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=13 January 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118144216/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html \|archive-date=18 January 2015 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|S. B.\|Nawinne}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|03\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|08\|17\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Labour	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf\|date=26 March 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=1907/48\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223820/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf\|archive-date=23 September 2015}}{{cite news\|title=More Ministers appointed\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/66935/more-ministers-appointed\|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)\|date=22 March 2015}}{{cite news\|title=Cabinet balloons to 40 as 26 more SLFPers luck out\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=121883\|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=23 March 2015}}{{cite news\|last1=Weerasinghe \|first1=Chamikara \|title=SLFPers take oaths as ministers in National Govt \|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/slfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt \|work=Daily News (Sri Lanka) \|date=23 March 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329061438/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fslfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt \|archive-date=29 March 2015 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|John\|Senewiratne}}	rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_07/1932_07%20E.pdf \|date=14 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=1932/07 }}{{dead link\|date=June 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news\|title=New Cabinet\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet\|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)\|date=4 September 2015}}{{cite news\|title=The new Cabinet \|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html \|work=Ceylon Today \|date=4 September 2015 \|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 }}{{cite journal\|title=PART I : SECTION (I) – GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|date=26 May 2017\|volume=2020/76\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/5/2020-76_E.pdf\|access-date=27 May 2017\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
align=center\|{{Dts\|2017\|05\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\| {{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|04\|12}}	rowspan="2" \| Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development	align=center\|{{cite news\|title=Nine Ministers take oaths following Cabinet reshuffle\|url=http://dailynews.lk/2017/05/22/local/116604/nine-ministers-take-oaths-following-cabinet-reshuffle\|access-date=28 May 2017\|work=Daily News\|date=22 May 2017\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news\|title=Cabinet reshuffle: 9 portfolios change\|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/article20170401CT20170930.php?id=5170\|access-date=28 May 2017\|work=Ceylon Today\|date=22 May 2017\|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \|Malik Samarawickrama \|100x100px \|United National Party \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|04\|12}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|05\|01}} \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \|Ravindra Samaraweera \| \|United National Party \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|05\|01}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|10\|26}} \|Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"\| \|Gamini Lokuge \| \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|11\|09}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|12\|15}} \|Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \|Daya Gamage \|100x100px \|United National Party \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|12\|20}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|01\|11}} \|Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Social Empowerment \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\| \|Nimal Siripala de Silva \|100x100px \|Sri Lanka Freedom Party \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|01\|11}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2020\|08\|12}} \| !align="center" rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"\| \| rowspan=3\|Gotabaya Rajapaksa \| rowspan="2" \|Minister of Labour \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"\| \|Vidura Wickremanayake \| \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|04\|18}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|05\|09}} \|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Samagi Jana Balawegaya}}; color:white;"\| \|rowspan=2\|Manusha Nanayakkara \|rowspan=2\|120x120px \|Samagi Jana Balawegaya \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|05\|20}} \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|07\|09}} \|rowspan=2\|Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment \|rowspan=2\|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \|United National Party \|align=center\|{{Dts\|format=dmy\|2022\|07\|22}} \|align=center\|Incumbent \| !align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \|Ranil Wickremesinghe

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{{Sortname\|M.\|Madihahewa\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010\|04\|25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/May/1652_2/G%2012778%20%28E%29.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\|access-date=2016-03-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524231520/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/May/1652_2/G%2012778%20(E).pdf\|archive-date=2010-05-24\|url-status=dead}}
{{Sortname\|W. J. L. U.\|Wijeweera\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010\|11\|22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Labour and Labour Relations Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Nov/1681_04/1681_04%20%28E%29.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}}{{Dead link\|date=November 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Sortname\|W. Kamalini F.\|de Silva\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-01-19\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Justice and Labour Relations Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.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\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223752/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.pdf\|archive-date=23 September 2015}}{{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\|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=20 January 2015}}{{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\|url-status=dead\|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\|work=news.lk\|date=19 January 2015}}
{{Sortname\|S. M. Gotabaya\|Jayaratna\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_69/1932_69%20%28E%29.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}}{{Dead link\|date=November 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news\|title=44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86515/44-new-ministry-secretaries-appointed\|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)\|date=8 September 2015}}{{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\|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=9 September 2015}}
S.A. Nimal Saranathissa \|May 2017 \| \|Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development Secretary \|
H.M. Gamini Senevirathne \|November 2018 \| \|Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development Secretary \|