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The Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education[1] (Sinhala: අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන සහ වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය; Tamil: கல்வி, உயர்கல்வி மற்றும் தொழிற்கல்வி அமைச்சர்) is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
| Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education of Sri Lanka | |
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| අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන සහ වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය கல்வி, உயர்கல்வி மற்றும் தொழிற்கல்வி அமைச்சர் | |
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since 24 September 2024 | |
| Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education | |
| Appointer | The President with advice of Prime Minister |
| Inaugural holder | C. W. W. Kannangara (as Chairman of Executive Committee on Education) E. A. Nugawela (as Minister of Education) |
| Formation | 26 September 1947 |
| Website | Ministry of Education |
Cabinet Ministers
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Sinhala Language Front Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna National People's Power
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Head of Government | |||
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| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Chairman of the Executive Committee on Education | |||||||||
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C. W. W. Kannangara සී.ඩබ්ලිව්.ඩබ්ලිව්.කන්නන්ගර (1884–1969) MP for Galle District |
7 July 1931 |
24 September 1947 |
16 years, 79 days | - | First Board of Ministers Second Board of Ministers |
D. B. Jayatilaka D. S. Senanayake | |
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| 1 | Major E. A. Nugawela ED ඊ.ඒ.නුගවෙල (1898–1972) MP for Kadugannawa District |
24 September 1947 |
22 March 1952 |
4 years, 269 days | United National Party | Don Stephen | D. S. Senanayake | ||
| 22 March 1952 |
19 June 1952 |
Dudley I | Dudley Senanayake | ||||||
| 2 | M. D. Banda එම්.ඩී.බණ්ඩා (1914–1974) MP for Maturata District |
19 June 1952 |
12 October 1953 |
3 years, 298 days | |||||
| 12 October 1953 |
12 April 1956 |
Kotelawala | Sir John Kotelawala | ||||||
| 3 | 
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Wijeyananda Dahanayake විජයානන්ද දහනායක (1902–1997) MP for Galle District (Prime Minister from 26 September 1959) |
12 April 1956 |
26 September 1959 |
3 years, 343 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Solomon | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | |
| 26 September 1959 |
20 March 1960 |
Dahanayake | Self | ||||||
| Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| 4 | Bernard Aluwihare බර්නාඩ් අලුවිහාරේ (1902–1961) MP for Matale District |
21 March 1960 |
21 July 1960 |
122 days | United National Party | Dudley II | Dudley Senanayake | ||
| Minister of Education and Broadcasting | |||||||||
| 5 | Deshamanya Badi-ud-din Mahmud බදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද් (1904–1997) |
23 July 1960 |
28 May 1963 |
2 years, 309 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo I | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ||
| Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| 5 | P. B. G. Kalugalla පී බී ජී කළුගල්ල (1920–2007) MP for Kegalle District |
28 May 1963 |
25 March 1965 |
1 year, 301 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo I | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ||
| 6 | I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle අයි.එම්.ආර්.ඒ.ඊරියගොල්ලේ (1907–1973) MP for Kuliyapitiya District |
25 March 1965 |
29 May 1970 |
5 years, 65 days | United National Party | Dudley III | Dudley Senanayake | ||
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| (5) | Deshamanya Badi-ud-din Mahmud බදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද් (1904–1997) Appointed MP |
29 May 1970 |
23 July 1977 |
7 years, 55 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo II | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ||
| 7 | 
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Deshamanya Nissanka Wijeyeratne නිශ්ශංක පරාක්‍රම විජයරත්න (1924–2007) MP for Dedigama District |
23 July 1977 |
14 February 1980 |
2 years, 206 days | United National Party | Jayewardene | J. R. Jayewardene | |
| 8 | 
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Ranil Wickremesinghe රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ (born 1949) MP for Biyagama District |
14 February 1980 |
2 January 1989 |
9 years, 0 days | ||||
| 2 January 1989 |
14 February 1989 |
Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa | ||||||
| Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Information | |||||||||
| 9 | 
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W. J. M. Lokubandara වි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර (1941–2021) MP for Badulla District |
18 February 1989 |
28 March 1990 |
1 year, 38 days | United National Party | Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |
| Minister of Education and Higher Education | |||||||||
| 10 | 
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Lalith Athulathmudali ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි (1936–1993) MP for Colombo District |
30 March 1990 |
30 August 1991 |
1 year, 153 days | United National Party | Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |
| (9) |
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W. J. M. Lokubandara වි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර (1941–2021) MP for Badulla District |
12 August 1993 |
15 August 1994 |
1 year, 3 days | Wijetunga | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | ||
| 11 | Richard Pathirana රිචඩ් පතිරණ (1938–2008) MP for Galle District |
19 August 1994 |
12 November 1994 |
6 years, 61 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||||
| 12 November 1994 |
19 October 2000 |
Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | ||||||
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| 12 | 
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Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත (born 1955) MP for Colombo District |
19 October 2000 |
14 September 2001 |
330 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
| Minister of Education and Higher Education | |||||||||
| 13 | 
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Sarath Amunugama සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම (born 1939) MP for Kandy District |
14 September 2001 |
10 October 2001 |
26 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
| Minister of Human Resources, Education and Culture | |||||||||
| 14 | 
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Karunasena Kodituwakku කරුණාසේන කොඩිතුවක්කු (born 1945) MP for Colombo District (Project Minister) |
12 December 2001 |
7 February 2004 |
2 years, 57 days | United National Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
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Chandrika Kumaratunga චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක (born 1945) (President) |
10 April 2004 |
19 November 2005 |
1 year, 223 days | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |
| (12) |
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Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත (born 1955) MP for Colombo District |
23 November 2005 |
23 April 2010 |
4 years, 151 days | Mahinda | Mahinda Rajapaksa | ||
| 16 | 
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Bandula Gunawardane බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන (born 1953) MP for Colombo District |
23 April 2010 |
12 January 2015 |
4 years, 264 days | ||||
| 17 | Akila Viraj Kariyawasam අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් (born 1973) MP for Kurunegala |
12 January 2015 |
26 October 2018 |
3 years, 287 days | United National Party | Sirisena I | Maithripala Sirisena | ||
| Sirisena II | |||||||||
| Minister of Education and Higher Education | |||||||||
| 18 | 
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Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ (born 1959) MP for Colombo District |
29 October 2018 |
15 December 2018 |
47 days | United National Party | Sirisena III | Maithripala Sirisena | |
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| (17) | Akila Viraj Kariyawasam අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් (born 1973) MP for Kurunegala |
20 December 2018 |
21 November 2019 |
336 days | United National Party | Sirisena IV | Maithripala Sirisena | ||
| 18 | 
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Dullas Alahapperuma ඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුම (born 1959) MP for Matara District |
22 November 2019 |
12 August 2020 |
264 days | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Gotabaya I | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | |
| 19 | 
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G. L. Peiris ගාමිණී ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස් (born 1946) National List MP |
12 August 2020 |
16 August 2021 |
1 year, 4 days | Gotabaya II | |||
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Dinesh Gunawardena දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන (born 1949) MP for Colombo District |
16 August 2021 |
18 April 2022 |
245 days | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | |||
| 21 | Ramesh Pathirana රමේෂ් පතිරණ (born 1969) MP for Galle District |
18 April 2022 |
9 May 2022 |
21 days | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Gotabaya III | |||
| 22 |
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Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත (born 1955) MP for Colombo District |
20 May 2022 |
23 September 2024 | 2 years, 126 days | Gotabaya IV | |||
| Wickremesinghe | Ranil Wickremesinghe | ||||||||
| Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education | |||||||||
| 23 | Harini Amarasuriya හරිනි අමරසූරිය (born 1970) MP for Colombo District |
24 September 2024 |
Incumbent | 60 days | National People's Power | Dissanayake I | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | ||
| Dissanayake II | |||||||||
See also
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edit- ^ "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.