Ministry of Tourism and Lands
# Ministry of Tourism and Lands

The Ministry of Tourism and Lands (Sinhala: සංචාරක හා ඉඩම් අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: சுற்றுலாத்துறை மற்றும் காணி அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for land and parliamentary reforms. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on lands and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Tourism and Lands is Harin Fernando. The ministry's secretary is W.A. Chulananda Perera.

## Ministers

The Minister of Tourism and Lands is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Lands :

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D. S. Senanayake | | 1931 | 1946 | | Minister of Agriculture and Lands |
| Dudley Senanayake | | 1946 | 1947 | | Minister of Agriculture and Lands |
| Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | 26 September 1947 | 26 March 1952 | D. S. Senanayake | Minister of Agriculture and Lands |
| P. B. Bulankulame | | 26 March 1952 | 1952 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Agriculture and Lands |
| P. B. Bulankulame | | 19 June 1952 | | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Lands and Land Development |
| P. B. Bulankulame | | | | John Kotelawala | Minister of Lands and Land Development |
| C. P. de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | | | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Minister of Lands and Land Development |
| C. P. de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | | December 1959 | W. Dahanayake | Minister of Agriculture and Lands |
| M. D. Banda | United National Party | 23 March 1960 | 1960 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Agriculture and Lands |
| C. P. de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 July 1960 | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power |
| C. P. de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party | March 1965 | | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power |
| Hector Kobbekaduwa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Agriculture and Lands |
| Lionel Senanayake | United National Party | 13 July 1977 | | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Agriculture and Lands |
| P. Dayaratna | United National Party | | | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Land, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development |
| Gamini Atukorale | United National Party | 14 March 1991 | | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Land, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development |
| D. M. Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 August 1994 | | D. B. Wijetunga | Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation |
| Salinda Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 October 2000 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Land Development and Minor Export Agricultural Crops |
| Anuruddha Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 14 September 2001 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power |
| Jeewan Kumaranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 28 January 2007 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Land and Land Development |
| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 April 2010 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Lands and Land Development |
| M. K. D. S. $Gunawardena^✝$ | | 12 January 2015 | 19 January 2016 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Lands |
| M. K. D. S. $Gunawardena^✝$ | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 January 2015 | 19 January 2016 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Lands |
| M. K. D. S. $Gunawardena^✝$ | Democratic National Movement | 12 January 2015 | 19 January 2016 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Lands |
| John Amaratunga | United National Party | 2 March 2016 | | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Lands |
| Gayantha Karunatileka | United National Party | 22 May 2017 | | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms |

## Secretaries

Lands Secretaries :

| Name | Took office | Left office | Title | Refs |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| T. Asoka Peiris | 25 April 2010 | | Lands and Land Development Secretary | |
| I. H. K. Mahanama | 19 January 2015 | | Lands Secretary | |
