Ministry of Transport and Highways#Ministers

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Rs. 32.919 billion (2019){{Cite journal|date=5 February 2019|title=THE GAZETTE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA 2019|url=https://www.parliament.lk/uploads/bills/gbills/gazette/english/6127.pdf|journal=The Gazette of Sri Lanka|volume=71|pages=20}}
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| minister1_name = Bimal Rathnayake{{Cite web |title=Bimal Rathnayake appointed as Transport minister - Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Bimal-Rathnayake-appointed-as-Transport-minister/108-296194 |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}}

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| chief1_name = N.B. Monty Ranatunga

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The Ministry of Transport and Highways{{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|ප්‍රවාහන හා මහාමාර්ග අමාත්‍යාංශය}}; {{langx|ta|போக்குவரத்து மற்றும் நெடுஞ்சாலைகள் அமைச்சு}}) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for transport. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on transport 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 Transport and Highways is Bimal Rathnayake.{{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}} The ministry's secretary is Nihal Somaweera.{{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 Transport and Highways 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\|Ministerial title ! scope=col class=unsortable\|Refs
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" \|+ Ministers of Transport
	{{Sortname\|Mohamed Macan\|Markar}}			align=center\|{{Dts\|1931\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1936\|format=dmy}}			rowspan=2\|Minister of Communications and Works	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}}
	rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|John\|Kotelawala}}	rowspan=4\|		align=center\|{{Dts\|1936\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1945\|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}}{{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\|isbn=9780824811839}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1947\|09\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. S.\|Senanayake}}	rowspan=5\|Minister of Transport and Works	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\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	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 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=2002-01-03\|chapter=Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces}}
align=center\|{{Dts\|1953\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1954\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|{{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}}
	{{Sortname\|Montague\|Jayawickrama}}			align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Maithripala\|Senanayake}}	align=center rowspan=2\|100x100px	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1956\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{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}}{{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}}{{cite news\|last=Wijenayake\|first=Walter\|title=Maithripala Senanayake - an illustrious leader of Sri Lanka\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=1849\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=11 July 2010}}
align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1959\|12\|08\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|Sinhala Language Front}}; color:white;"\|	rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|W.\|Dahanayake}}	Minister of Transport and Power	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=2014-02-15\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html\|archive-date=2015-09-24\|url-status=unfit}}
	{{Sortname\|Robert Edward\|Jayatilaka}}		Independent	align=center\|{{Dts\|1959-12-09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1960-03-20\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Transport and Works
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Montague\|Jayawickrama}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1960\|03\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1960\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	Minister of Nationalised Services, Shipping and Transport	align=center\|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|P. B. G.\|Kalugalla}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	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;"\|	{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Transport and Works	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\|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Anil\|Moonesinghe}}		Lanka Sama Samaja Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1964\|06\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1965\|03\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Communications	align=center\|http://www.caa.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=614:history-in-brief-with-former-ministers&catid=78&lang=en&Itemid=916 {{Dead link\|date=February 2022}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|E. L. B.\|Hurulle}}	align=center\|100x100px	United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1965\|03\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	\|Minister of Communications	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 news\|last=Hettiarachchi\|first=Milinda\|title=In victory or defeat he was the gentleman politician\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090503/Plus/sundaytimesplus_09.html\|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=3 May 2009}}{{cite news\|title=Late Deshamanya E. L. B. Hurulle\|url=http://www.island.lk/2009/05/17/features4.html\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=17 May 2009}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Leslie\|Goonewardena}}		Lanka Sama Samaja Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1970\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1975\|09\|02\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" \|	{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Transport	align=center\|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA05Df05.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020127131454/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA05Df05.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2002-01-27\|chapter=Chapter 21: A further lack of perspicuity}}{{cite book\|last=Wickramasinghe\|first=Nira\|title=Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History of Contested Indentities\|date=2006\|publisher=University of Hawaii Press\|isbn=0-8248-3016-4\|page=235\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-xQ8qk9mgYC}}{{cite news\|last=Fernando\|first=Gihan A.\|title=Captain 'Sus' Jayasekera\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=876\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=28 June 2010}}{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA26Df04.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213090010/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA26Df04.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2002-02-13\|chapter=Chapter 24: Tamil militancy - a manifestation}}{{cite news\|last=de Silva\|first=E. Shelton\|title=Remembering Sri Lanka's worst rail-road tragedy\|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-53640-news-detail-remembering-sri-lankas-worst-rail-road-tragedy.html\|newspaper=Ceylon Today\|date=23 January 2014}}{{cite news\|title=When bus services were nationalised\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/081228/FunDay/fundaytimes_2.html\|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=28 December 2008}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|K. B.\|Ratnayake}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" \|	{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Transport	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}}{{cite news\|last=Ramanayake\|first=V. K. J.\|title=Appreciation: Dr. K. B. Ratnayake\|url=http://www.island.lk/2004/05/13/featur04.html\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=13 May 2004}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|M. H.\|Mohamed}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1977\|07\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|J. R.\|Jayewardene}}	Minister of Transport	align=center\|{{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\|last=Sri Ameresekere\|first=Nihal\|title=Politics, Justice and the Rule of Law: Presidential and General Elections 2010 Political Realities\|date=2013\|publisher=AuthorHouse\|isbn=978-1-4817-8176-3\|page=6\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SVLz14I9bYC}}{{cite news\|last=de Silva\|first=Neville\|title=Mohamed tells his story, relevant or not\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/031109/columns/london.html\|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=9 November 2003}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Wijayapala\|Mendis\|nolink=1}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Ranasinghe\|Premadasa}}	Minister of Transport and Highways	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=2002-08-02\|chapter=Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal}}{{cite news\|last=Wimalaratne\|first=Sarath\|title=A Devout Buddhist, An extraordinary husband and father and A man of the people WIJYAPALA MENDIS - 84th Birthday Remembrance\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=68420\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=16 December 2012}}{{cite news\|last=Wisumperuma\|first=Dhanesh\|title=Story of the Matara-Hambantota-Kataragama Railway -the much awaited extension\|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/undo/item/13305-story-of-the-matara-hambantota-kataragama-railway-the-much-awaited-extension.html\|newspaper=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|date=9 December 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222132444/http://www.nation.lk/edition/undo/item/13305-story-of-the-matara-hambantota-kataragama-railway-the-much-awaited-extension.html\|archive-date=22 February 2014}}
	{{Sortname\|Srimanee\|Athulathmudali\|nolink=1}}		Democratic United National Front (L)	align=center\|{{Dts\|1994\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1997\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. B.\|Wijetunga}}	Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs	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 news\|last=Wickrematunge\|first=Raisa\|title=For Better Or For Worse…\|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/02/28/for-better-or-for-worse/\|newspaper=The Sunday Leader\|date=28 February 2010}}{{cite news\|title=Srimani Athulathmudali dies\|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=13524\|newspaper=TamilNet\|date=1 December 2004}}
style="background:{{party color\|Mahajana Eksath Peramuna}}; color:white;" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Dinesh\|Gunawardena}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	align=center\|{{Dts\|2000\|10\|19\|format=dmy}}		!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Chandrika\|Kumaratunga}}	Minister of Transport	align=center\|{{cite news\|title=SLMC, EPDP get plum portfolios\|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=5508\|work=TamilNet\|date=19 October 2000}}
align=center\|{{Dts\|2001\|09\|14\|format=dmy}}		Minister of Transport and Environment Protection	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" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Gamini\|Athukorala\|nolink=1}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2001\|12\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation	align=center\|{{cite news\|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=6555\|title=Wickremesinghe appoints cabinet of 25\|date=12 December 2001\|newspaper=TamilNet}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/12/13/news01.html\|title=UNF govt. cabinet sworn-in\|date=13 December 2001\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Felix\|Perera}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Minister of Transport	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}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" \|	{{Sortname\|A. H. M.\|Fowzie}}	align=center\|100x100px	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2005\|11\|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\|Mahinda\|Rajapaksa}}	Minister of Railways and Transport	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1420-28/1420-28E.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317033130/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1420-28/1420-28E.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 March 2007 \|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 }}{{cite news\|last=Kotelawala\|first=Himal\|title=New site gives hope to some vendors\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100509/News/nws_16.html\|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=9 May 2010}}{{cite news\|title=Private bus operators warn of strike\|url=http://www.nation.lk/2006/06/18/newsfe2.htm\|newspaper=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|date=18 June 2006}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" \|	{{Sortname\|Dullas\|Alahapperuma}}	align=center\|100x100px	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2007\|01\|28\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	rowspan=2\|Minister of Transport	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 web\|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=The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Kumara\|Welgama}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010\|04\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	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" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \| {{Sortname\|R. M. Ranjith Madduma\|Bandara}} \| align=center\|100x100px \| United National Party \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-01-12\|format=dmy}} \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-08-17\|format=dmy}} \| !align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=4\| \| rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Maithripala\|Sirisena}} \| Minister of Internal Transport \| 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 \|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 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2\| \| rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Nimal Siripala\|de Silva}} \| rowspan=2\| \| rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}} \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}} \| Minister of Transport \| 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 }}
align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}} \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|12\|15\|format=dmy}} \| Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation \| align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Oct/1938_14/1938_14%20E.pdf \|date=30 October 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=1938/14 }}{{dead link\|date=June 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
\| {{Sortname\|Arjuna\|Ranatunga}} \| \| Democratic National Movement \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|12\|15\|format=dmy}} \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2019\|11\|21\|format=dmy}} \| Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation \|
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|Mahinda Amaraweera \| \| rowspan="4" \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|22 November 2019 \|12 August 2020 \| rowspan="3" !align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"\| \| rowspan="3" \| Gotabaya Rajapaksa \|Ministry of Transport Services Management \|
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|Gamini Lokuge \|File:GaminiLoukge.png \|12 August 2020 \|23 May 2022 \|Minister of Transport \|
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Bandula Gunawardane \|File:Bandula Gunawardane 2023 cr1.jpg \|23 May 2022 \|22 July 2022 \| rowspan="2" \|Minister of Transport and Highways \|
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \| \|22 July 2022 \|24 September 2024 \| rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|Ranil Wickremesinghe
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|Vijitha Herath \| \| rowspan="2" \|National People's Power \|24 September 2024 \|18 November 2024 \| rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Anura Kumara Dissanayake \| rowspan="2" \|Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|Bimal Rathnayake \| \|18 November 2024 \|Present \| rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|{{Cite web \|title=Sri Lanka Ports Authority - News Letter \|url=https://www.slpa.lk/port-colombo-page/ad8657824f0deb93bf4cee74ee085078/e0e6418357fb6884acbbfdf57775c150441ea6f8 \|access-date=2024-12-01 \|website=www.slpa.lk}}

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;" \|+ Transport Secretaries
{{Sortname\|M.\|Rajendra}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1964\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Permanent Secretary	align=center\|{{cite book\|last=Arumugam\|first=S.\|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon\|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Biography_of_the_Tamils_of_Ceylon\|year=1997\|page=156\|author-link=S. Arumugam}}{{cite news\|title=How 'Sri' number plates came to Jaffna\|url=http://www.nation.lk/epaper/sunday/2013/12/08/files/assets/basic-html/page18.html\|work=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|date=28 December 2013\|access-date=11 January 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074526/http://www.nation.lk/epaper/sunday/2013/12/08/files/assets/basic-html/page18.html\|archive-date=4 March 2016\|url-status=dead}}
{{Sortname\|D. S.\|Jayaweera\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport Secretary	align=center\|{{cite news\|title='No rail track repairs, over 30,000 lives in danger'\|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2005/08/07/new14.html\|work=Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)\|date=7 August 2005\|access-date=2015-01-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120954/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/08/07/new14.html\|archive-date=2015-09-24\|url-status=live}}
{{Sortname\|D. T. P.\|Collure\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2008-05-05\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2008/pdf/May/1550_11/1550_11E.pdf\|date=22 May 2008\|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1550/11\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114739/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2008/pdf/May/1550_11/1550_11E.pdf\|archive-date=28 January 2015}}
{{Sortname\|Lalithasiri\|Gunaruwan\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010-04-25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport 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=2015-01-24\|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\|B. M. U. D.\|Basnayake\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010-11-22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport 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\|Dhammika\|Perera}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2011-01-12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2011/PDF/Feb/1691_46/1691_46%20%28E%29.pdf\|date=1 February 2011\|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1691/46\|access-date=24 January 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115429/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2011/PDF/Feb/1691_46/1691_46%20%28E%29.pdf\|archive-date=28 January 2015\|url-status=dead}}{{cite news\|title=Dammika as transport secretary\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/8971/dammika-as-transport-secretary\|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)\|date=12 January 2011}}{{cite news\|title=Transport Secretary takes over duties: Dhammika puts on new thinking cap\|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2011/01/21/news34.asp\|work=Daily News (Sri Lanka)\|date=21 January 2011}}
{{Sortname\|Lalithasiri\|Gunaruwan\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-01-22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Internal Transport 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\|title=Gunaruwan assumes duties as Internal Transport Secretary\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/news-online/gunaruwan-assumes-duties-internal-transport-secretary.html\|work=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=23 January 2015\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924135107/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/news-online/gunaruwan-assumes-duties-internal-transport-secretary.html\|archive-date=24 September 2015}}
{{Sortname\|Nihal\|Somaweera\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-09-08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport 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\|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}}

References

External links

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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\|Ministerial title ! scope=col class=unsortable\|Refs
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" \|+ Ministers of Transport
	{{Sortname\|Mohamed Macan\|Markar}}			align=center\|{{Dts\|1931\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1936\|format=dmy}}			rowspan=2\|Minister of Communications and Works	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}}
	rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|John\|Kotelawala}}	rowspan=4\|		align=center\|{{Dts\|1936\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1945\|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}}{{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\|isbn=9780824811839}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3\|	rowspan=3\|United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1947\|09\|26\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. S.\|Senanayake}}	rowspan=5\|Minister of Transport and Works	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\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	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 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=2002-01-03\|chapter=Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces}}
align=center\|{{Dts\|1953\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1954\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|{{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}}
	{{Sortname\|Montague\|Jayawickrama}}			align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Maithripala\|Senanayake}}	align=center rowspan=2\|100x100px	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1956\|04\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{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}}{{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}}{{cite news\|last=Wijenayake\|first=Walter\|title=Maithripala Senanayake - an illustrious leader of Sri Lanka\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=1849\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=11 July 2010}}
align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1959\|12\|08\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|Sinhala Language Front}}; color:white;"\|	rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|W.\|Dahanayake}}	Minister of Transport and Power	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=2014-02-15\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html\|archive-date=2015-09-24\|url-status=unfit}}
	{{Sortname\|Robert Edward\|Jayatilaka}}		Independent	align=center\|{{Dts\|1959-12-09\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1960-03-20\|format=dmy}}	Minister of Transport and Works
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Montague\|Jayawickrama}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1960\|03\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1960\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	Minister of Nationalised Services, Shipping and Transport	align=center\|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|P. B. G.\|Kalugalla}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	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;"\|	{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Transport and Works	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\|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Anil\|Moonesinghe}}		Lanka Sama Samaja Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1964\|06\|11\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1965\|03\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Communications	align=center\|http://www.caa.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=614:history-in-brief-with-former-ministers&catid=78&lang=en&Itemid=916 {{Dead link\|date=February 2022}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|E. L. B.\|Hurulle}}	align=center\|100x100px	United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1965\|03\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Dudley\|Senanayake}}	\|Minister of Communications	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 news\|last=Hettiarachchi\|first=Milinda\|title=In victory or defeat he was the gentleman politician\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090503/Plus/sundaytimesplus_09.html\|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=3 May 2009}}{{cite news\|title=Late Deshamanya E. L. B. Hurulle\|url=http://www.island.lk/2009/05/17/features4.html\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=17 May 2009}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Leslie\|Goonewardena}}		Lanka Sama Samaja Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1970\|05\|31\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1975\|09\|02\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" \|	{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Transport	align=center\|{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA05Df05.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020127131454/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA05Df05.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2002-01-27\|chapter=Chapter 21: A further lack of perspicuity}}{{cite book\|last=Wickramasinghe\|first=Nira\|title=Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History of Contested Indentities\|date=2006\|publisher=University of Hawaii Press\|isbn=0-8248-3016-4\|page=235\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-xQ8qk9mgYC}}{{cite news\|last=Fernando\|first=Gihan A.\|title=Captain 'Sus' Jayasekera\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=876\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=28 June 2010}}{{cite book\|last=Rajasingham\|first=K. T.\|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story\|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA26Df04.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213090010/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA26Df04.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2002-02-13\|chapter=Chapter 24: Tamil militancy - a manifestation}}{{cite news\|last=de Silva\|first=E. Shelton\|title=Remembering Sri Lanka's worst rail-road tragedy\|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-53640-news-detail-remembering-sri-lankas-worst-rail-road-tragedy.html\|newspaper=Ceylon Today\|date=23 January 2014}}{{cite news\|title=When bus services were nationalised\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/081228/FunDay/fundaytimes_2.html\|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=28 December 2008}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|K. B.\|Ratnayake}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" \|	{{Sortname\|Sirimavo\|Bandaranaike}}	Minister of Transport	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}}{{cite news\|last=Ramanayake\|first=V. K. J.\|title=Appreciation: Dr. K. B. Ratnayake\|url=http://www.island.lk/2004/05/13/featur04.html\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=13 May 2004}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|M. H.\|Mohamed}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|1977\|07\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|J. R.\|Jayewardene}}	Minister of Transport	align=center\|{{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\|last=Sri Ameresekere\|first=Nihal\|title=Politics, Justice and the Rule of Law: Presidential and General Elections 2010 Political Realities\|date=2013\|publisher=AuthorHouse\|isbn=978-1-4817-8176-3\|page=6\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SVLz14I9bYC}}{{cite news\|last=de Silva\|first=Neville\|title=Mohamed tells his story, relevant or not\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/031109/columns/london.html\|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=9 November 2003}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Wijayapala\|Mendis\|nolink=1}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Ranasinghe\|Premadasa}}	Minister of Transport and Highways	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=2002-08-02\|chapter=Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal}}{{cite news\|last=Wimalaratne\|first=Sarath\|title=A Devout Buddhist, An extraordinary husband and father and A man of the people WIJYAPALA MENDIS - 84th Birthday Remembrance\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=68420\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)\|date=16 December 2012}}{{cite news\|last=Wisumperuma\|first=Dhanesh\|title=Story of the Matara-Hambantota-Kataragama Railway -the much awaited extension\|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/undo/item/13305-story-of-the-matara-hambantota-kataragama-railway-the-much-awaited-extension.html\|newspaper=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|date=9 December 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222132444/http://www.nation.lk/edition/undo/item/13305-story-of-the-matara-hambantota-kataragama-railway-the-much-awaited-extension.html\|archive-date=22 February 2014}}
	{{Sortname\|Srimanee\|Athulathmudali\|nolink=1}}		Democratic United National Front (L)	align=center\|{{Dts\|1994\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1997\|format=dmy}}	!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|D. B.\|Wijetunga}}	Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs	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 news\|last=Wickrematunge\|first=Raisa\|title=For Better Or For Worse…\|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/02/28/for-better-or-for-worse/\|newspaper=The Sunday Leader\|date=28 February 2010}}{{cite news\|title=Srimani Athulathmudali dies\|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=13524\|newspaper=TamilNet\|date=1 December 2004}}
style="background:{{party color\|Mahajana Eksath Peramuna}}; color:white;" rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Dinesh\|Gunawardena}}	align=center rowspan=2\|	rowspan=2\|Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	align=center\|{{Dts\|2000\|10\|19\|format=dmy}}		!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Chandrika\|Kumaratunga}}	Minister of Transport	align=center\|{{cite news\|title=SLMC, EPDP get plum portfolios\|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=5508\|work=TamilNet\|date=19 October 2000}}
align=center\|{{Dts\|2001\|09\|14\|format=dmy}}		Minister of Transport and Environment Protection	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" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Gamini\|Athukorala\|nolink=1}}		United National Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2001\|12\|12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation	align=center\|{{cite news\|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=6555\|title=Wickremesinghe appoints cabinet of 25\|date=12 December 2001\|newspaper=TamilNet}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/12/13/news01.html\|title=UNF govt. cabinet sworn-in\|date=13 December 2001\|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Felix\|Perera}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2004\|04\|10\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Minister of Transport	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}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" \|	{{Sortname\|A. H. M.\|Fowzie}}	align=center\|100x100px	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2005\|11\|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\|Mahinda\|Rajapaksa}}	Minister of Railways and Transport	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1420-28/1420-28E.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317033130/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1420-28/1420-28E.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 March 2007 \|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 }}{{cite news\|last=Kotelawala\|first=Himal\|title=New site gives hope to some vendors\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100509/News/nws_16.html\|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=9 May 2010}}{{cite news\|title=Private bus operators warn of strike\|url=http://www.nation.lk/2006/06/18/newsfe2.htm\|newspaper=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|date=18 June 2006}}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" \|	{{Sortname\|Dullas\|Alahapperuma}}	align=center\|100x100px	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2007\|01\|28\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	rowspan=2\|Minister of Transport	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 web\|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=The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"\|	{{Sortname\|Kumara\|Welgama}}		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010\|04\|23\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	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" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;"\| \| {{Sortname\|R. M. Ranjith Madduma\|Bandara}} \| align=center\|100x100px \| United National Party \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-01-12\|format=dmy}} \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-08-17\|format=dmy}} \| !align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=4\| \| rowspan=4\|{{Sortname\|Maithripala\|Sirisena}} \| Minister of Internal Transport \| 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 \|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 }}
!align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2\| \| rowspan=2\|{{Sortname\|Nimal Siripala\|de Silva}} \| rowspan=2\| \| rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|09\|04\|format=dmy}} \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}} \| Minister of Transport \| 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 }}
align=center\|{{Dts\|2015\|10\|14\|format=dmy}} \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|12\|15\|format=dmy}} \| Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation \| align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Oct/1938_14/1938_14%20E.pdf \|date=30 October 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=1938/14 }}{{dead link\|date=June 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
\| {{Sortname\|Arjuna\|Ranatunga}} \| \| Democratic National Movement \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2018\|12\|15\|format=dmy}} \| align=center\|{{Dts\|2019\|11\|21\|format=dmy}} \| Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation \|
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|Mahinda Amaraweera \| \| rowspan="4" \|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna \|22 November 2019 \|12 August 2020 \| rowspan="3" !align="center" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"\| \| rowspan="3" \| Gotabaya Rajapaksa \|Ministry of Transport Services Management \|
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|Gamini Lokuge \|File:GaminiLoukge.png \|12 August 2020 \|23 May 2022 \|Minister of Transport \|
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Bandula Gunawardane \|File:Bandula Gunawardane 2023 cr1.jpg \|23 May 2022 \|22 July 2022 \| rowspan="2" \|Minister of Transport and Highways \|
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \| \|22 July 2022 \|24 September 2024 \| rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|United National Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|Ranil Wickremesinghe
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|Vijitha Herath \| \| rowspan="2" \|National People's Power \|24 September 2024 \|18 November 2024 \| rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Anura Kumara Dissanayake \| rowspan="2" \|Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation
rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|Bimal Rathnayake \| \|18 November 2024 \|Present \| rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|National People's Power}}; color:white;" !align="center" \| \|{{Cite web \|title=Sri Lanka Ports Authority - News Letter \|url=https://www.slpa.lk/port-colombo-page/ad8657824f0deb93bf4cee74ee085078/e0e6418357fb6884acbbfdf57775c150441ea6f8 \|access-date=2024-12-01 \|website=www.slpa.lk}}

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;" \|+ Transport Secretaries
{{Sortname\|M.\|Rajendra}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|1964\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Permanent Secretary	align=center\|{{cite book\|last=Arumugam\|first=S.\|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon\|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Biography_of_the_Tamils_of_Ceylon\|year=1997\|page=156\|author-link=S. Arumugam}}{{cite news\|title=How 'Sri' number plates came to Jaffna\|url=http://www.nation.lk/epaper/sunday/2013/12/08/files/assets/basic-html/page18.html\|work=The Nation (Sri Lanka)\|date=28 December 2013\|access-date=11 January 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074526/http://www.nation.lk/epaper/sunday/2013/12/08/files/assets/basic-html/page18.html\|archive-date=4 March 2016\|url-status=dead}}
{{Sortname\|D. S.\|Jayaweera\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport Secretary	align=center\|{{cite news\|title='No rail track repairs, over 30,000 lives in danger'\|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2005/08/07/new14.html\|work=Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)\|date=7 August 2005\|access-date=2015-01-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120954/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/08/07/new14.html\|archive-date=2015-09-24\|url-status=live}}
{{Sortname\|D. T. P.\|Collure\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2008-05-05\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2008/pdf/May/1550_11/1550_11E.pdf\|date=22 May 2008\|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1550/11\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114739/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2008/pdf/May/1550_11/1550_11E.pdf\|archive-date=28 January 2015}}
{{Sortname\|Lalithasiri\|Gunaruwan\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010-04-25\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport 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=2015-01-24\|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\|B. M. U. D.\|Basnayake\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2010-11-22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport 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\|Dhammika\|Perera}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2011-01-12\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport Secretary	align=center\|{{cite journal\|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2011/PDF/Feb/1691_46/1691_46%20%28E%29.pdf\|date=1 February 2011\|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President\|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary\|volume=1691/46\|access-date=24 January 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115429/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2011/PDF/Feb/1691_46/1691_46%20%28E%29.pdf\|archive-date=28 January 2015\|url-status=dead}}{{cite news\|title=Dammika as transport secretary\|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/8971/dammika-as-transport-secretary\|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)\|date=12 January 2011}}{{cite news\|title=Transport Secretary takes over duties: Dhammika puts on new thinking cap\|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2011/01/21/news34.asp\|work=Daily News (Sri Lanka)\|date=21 January 2011}}
{{Sortname\|Lalithasiri\|Gunaruwan\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-01-22\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Internal Transport 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\|title=Gunaruwan assumes duties as Internal Transport Secretary\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/news-online/gunaruwan-assumes-duties-internal-transport-secretary.html\|work=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|date=23 January 2015\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924135107/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/news-online/gunaruwan-assumes-duties-internal-transport-secretary.html\|archive-date=24 September 2015}}
{{Sortname\|Nihal\|Somaweera\|nolink=1}}	align=center\|{{Dts\|2015-09-08\|format=dmy}}	align=center\|{{Dts	format=dmy}}	Transport 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\|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}}