| වාරිමාර්ග අමාත්යාංශය நீர்ப்பாசன அமைச்சு | |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Sri Lanka |
| Headquarters | No. 500, T.B. Jaya Mawatha, Colombo 10 |
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| Child agencies |
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| Website | www |
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TheMinistry of Irrigation[4] (Sinhala:වාරිමාර්ග අමාත්යාංශය;Tamil:நீர்ப்பாசன அமைச்சு) is thecabinetministry of theGovernment of Sri Lanka responsible for:[5]
To this end, the ministry drafts policies and legislation, as well as provides guidelines, advice and consultancy.
| Minister of Irrigation | |
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since 23 May 2022 | |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
| Appointer | President of Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
| Name | Portrait | Party | Tenure | President | Ministerial title | ||
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| Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 April 2010 - 9 January 2015 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management | |||
| Duminda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 January 2015 - 22 March 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management | |||
| Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 22 March 2015 – 12 August 2020 | Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management | ||||
| Chamal Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 12 August 2020 - | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Ministry of Irrigation | |||
| Roshan Ranasinghe | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 23 May 2022 -Present | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Ministry of Irrigation | |||