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Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka)

Coordinates:6°55′12.40″N79°51′54.60″E / 6.9201111°N 79.8651667°E /6.9201111; 79.8651667
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Government ministry of Sri Lanka
Ministry of Health
සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය
சுகாதார அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed1931; 94 years ago (1931)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters385 Ven. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha,Maradana,Colombo
6°55′12.40″N79°51′54.60″E / 6.9201111°N 79.8651667°E /6.9201111; 79.8651667
EmployeesIncrease 150,273 (2020)[1]
Annual budgetIncreaseLKR 604 billion (2025)[2]
Increase(6.7% of GDP)
Minister responsible
Child agencies
  • List
    • Ayurvedic Medical Council
    • Department of Ayurveda
    • Department of Health Services
    • Medical Research Institute
    • National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol
    • National Health Council
    • National Health Development Fund
    • National Institute of Health Science
    • National Institute of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
    • Private Medical Institute Council
    • Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation
    • Sri Lanka Medical Council
    • Sri Lanka Thriposha Limited
    • State Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    • State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation
Websitehealth.gov.lk
Map
Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka) is located in Colombo District
Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka)
Location in Colombo District

TheMinistry of Health[3] (Sinhala:සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය,romanized: Saukhya Amāthyānshaya;Tamil:சுகாதார அமைச்சு,romanized: Cukātāra Amaiccu) is thecentral governmentministry ofSri Lanka responsible forhealth. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on health, nutrition, indigenous medicine and other subjects which come under its purview.[4]

Provincial councils areconstitutionally responsible for operating the majority of the Sri Lanka's public hospitals but some, known asline ministry hospitals, come under the direct control of the central government in Colombo. As of 2016 there were 47 line ministry hospitals (including all of the country'steaching hospitals), accounting for 47% (36,000) of all public hospital beds in the country.[5]

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

Ministers

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

Parties

  Governors of British Ceylon  United National Party  Sri Lanka Freedom Party  Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party  Eelam People's Democratic Party  Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna  National People's Power

Ministers of Health
NamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeHead of governmentMinisterial titleRefs
T. B. Panabokke19311931Minister of Health[6][7]
W. A. de Silva19361946[8][9]
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeUnited National Party26 September 194712 July 1951D. S. SenanayakeMinister of Health and Local Government[10][11]
Dudley SenanayakeUnited National Party1952Dudley Senanayake[12]
E. A. NugawelaMinister of Health[13]
John Kotelawala[14]
Vimala WijewardeneSri Lanka Freedom Party12 April 1956June 1959S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike[15][16]
A. P. Jayasuriya26 September 19598 December 1959W. Dahanayake[17]
M. V. P. Peiris23 March 19601960Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Health and Social Services[17]
A. P. Jayasuriya23 July 1960Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Health[18]
Badi-ud-din Mahmud28 May 1963Minister of Health and Housing[19]
M. D. H. JayawardenaUnited National PartyDudley SenanayakeMinister of Health[20][21]
George RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom PartySirimavo Bandaranaike[22][23]
Siva ObeyesekereSri Lanka Freedom Party19761977[24][25]
Ranjit AtapattuUnited National Party19821989J. R. Jayewardene[26][27]
Sunethra RanasingheUnited National Party19831985[28]
19851989Minister of Women's Affairs and Teaching Hospitals[29]
Renuka HerathUnited National Party19891994Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Health and Women's Affairs[30][31]
A. H. M. FowzieSri Lanka Freedom Party1994D. B. WijetungaMinister of Health and Social Services[32]
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Health, Highways and Social Services[33][34]
John SeneviratneSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000Minister of Health[35][36]
P. DayaratnaUnited National Party12 December 2001Minister of Health, Nutrition and Welfare[37][38][39]
Nimal Siripala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 200110 April 2004Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services[40][41]
10 April 200423 November 2005Minister of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva-Wellassa Development[42][43][44]
23 November 200523 April 2010Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Healthcare and Nutrition[45][46][47]
Maithripala SirisenaSri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 201021 November 2014Minister of Health[48][49][50][51]
Tissa AttanayakeUnited National Party11 December 201412 January 2015[52][53][54]
Rajitha SenaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party12 January 201517 August 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Health and Indigenous Medicine[55][56][57]
Rajitha SenaratneUnited National Party4 September 201521 November 2019Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine[58][59][60]
Pavithra Devi WanniarachchiSri Lanka Freedom Party22 November 201912 August 2020Gotabaya RajapaksaMinister of Healthcare and Indigenous Medical Services
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna12 August 202018 April 2022Minister of Health
Channa JayasumanaSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna18 April 20229 May 2022
Keheliya RambukwellaSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna23 May 202222 July 2022
22 July 202223 October 2023Ranil WickremesingheMinister of Health and Water Supply
Ramesh PathiranaSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna23 October 202324 September 2024Minister of Health
Harini AmarasuriyaNational People's Power24 September 202418 November 2024Anura Kumara DissanayakeMinister of Health[61]
Nalinda JayatissaNational People's Power18 November 2024IncumbentMinister of Health and Mass Media[62]

Secretaries

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Health Secretaries
NameTook officeLeft officeTitleRefs
T. R. C. Ruberu25 April 2010Health Secretary[63][64]
Y. D. Nihal Jayathilaka12 July 2012Health Secretary[65]
W. Sudharma Karunaratne29 May 2014Health Secretary[66][67]
D. M. R. B. Dissanayake19 January 2015Health and Indigenous Medicine Secretary[68][69][70][71]
Upali Marasinghe8 September 2015Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Secretary[72][73][74]
P. H. J. B. Sugathadasa16 June 2017Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Secretary[75]

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