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List of female cabinet ministers of Sri Lanka

  denotes the first female minister of that particular department.

MinisterPositionYear AppointedAdministration
Government
Chandrika KumaratungaPresident of Sri Lanka1994Herself
Sirimavo BandaranaikePrime Minister of Sri Lanka1960Oliver Goonetilleke
William Gopallawa
Sirimavo BandaranaikePrime Minister of Sri Lanka1970William Gopallawa
Chandrika KumaratungaPrime Minister of Sri Lanka1994Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Sirimavo BandaranaikePrime Minister of Sri Lanka1994Chandrika Kumaratunga
Harini AmarasuriyaPrime Minister of Sri Lanka2024Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Minister of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Buddhist Affairs, Ethnic Relations and National Integration1994
Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs
Sunethra RanasingheMinister of Women's Affairs and Teaching Hospitals1985
Renuka Menike HerathMinister of Health and Women's Affairs1989
Chandra KarunaratneMinister of State of Women's Affairs1990
Srimani AthulathmudaliMinister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs1994
Sumedha Gunawathie JayasenaMinister of Women’s Affairs1999
Sumedha Gunawathie JayasenaMinister of Women's Empowerment2004
Sumedha Gunawathie JayasenaMinister of Child's Affairs2005
Ferial Ismail AshraffMinister of Women’s Affairs2001
Harini AmarasuriyaMinister of Women, Child and Youth Affairs and Sports2024Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Minister of Defence
Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Defence1960
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Defence1994
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Defence2003
Minister of Education
Renuka Menike HerathMinister of State of Education1989
Sunethra RanasingheMinister of State of Education1989
R.M. Pulendran Minister of State of Education1990
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Constitutional Affairs and Education2004
Harini AmarasuriyaMinister of Education, Science and Technology2024Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Minister of Environment
Srimani AthulathmudaliMinister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs1994
Ministry of Finance and Planning
Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Finance, Planning and Plan Implementation1970
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Finance and Planning1994
Nirupama Deepika RajapaksaMinister of Plan Implementation1999
Pavithra Devi WanniarachchiMinister of Land and Plan Implementation2000
Minister of Fisheries
Irene Wimala KannangaraMinister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism1977
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Foreign Affairs1960
Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Foreign Affairs1970
Minister of Health
Vimala WijewardeneMinister of Health1956
Siva ObeysekereMinister of Health1976
Renuka Menike HerathMinister of Health and Women's Affairs1982
Sunethra RanasingheMinister of Health1983
Harini AmarasuriyaMinister of Health2024Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Minister of Highways and Road Development
Srimani AthulathmudaliMinister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's Affairs1994
Minister of Housing and Construction Industry
Ferial Ismail AshraffMinister of Housing2004
Ferial Ismail AshraffMinister of Construction Industry2004
Minister of Mass Media and Communication
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism2001
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Interior, Information and Media2003
Minister of Justice
Harini Amarasuriya Minister of Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour 2024
Minister of Lands and Land Development
Pavithra Devi WanniarachchiMinister of Land and Plan Implementation2000
Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development
Irene Wimala KannangaraMinister of Rural Development1978
Ferial Ismail AshraffMinister of Development and Reconstruction of the East and Rural Housing2000
Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement
Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Employment1960
Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils
Vimala WijewardeneMinister of Local Government and Housing1959
Minister of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs
Pavithra Devi WanniarachchiMinister of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs2010
Minister of Petroleum Industries
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development2005
Minister of Ports and Aviation
Irene Wimala KannangaraMinister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism1977
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism2001
Pavithra Devi WanniarachchiMinister of Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation2004
Minister of Post and Telecommunication
Irene Wimala KannangaraMinister of Shipping, Aviation and Tourism1977
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Media Affairs, Poverty Relief, Aviation and Tourism2001
Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
P.M. Amara Piyaseeli RatnayakeMinister of State of Home Affairs1988
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Interior, Information and Media2003
Minister of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development2005
Minister of Resources & Enterprise Development
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation, Transport and Petroleum Resources Development2005
Minister of Social Services
Amantha KarunaratneMinister of State of Social Services1989
Amantha KarunaratneMinister of State of Reconstruction and Social Welfare1990
Sumedha Gunawathi JayasenaMinister of Social Services1999
Sumedha Gunawathi JayasenaMinister of Social Welfare2004
Minister of Trade
Harini Amarasuriya Minister of Trade, Commercial, Food Security, Co-operative Development, Industries and Entrepreneur Development 2024
Minister of Youth Affairs
Pavithra Devi WanniarachchiMinister of Youth Affairs2007
Minister without Portfolio
Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister without Portfolio1994

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