Ministry of Power and Energy
# Ministry of Power and Energy

The Ministry of Power and Energy (Sinhala: විදුලිබල හා බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: மின்சக்தி மற்றும் வலுசக்தி அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for power and renewable energy. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on power and renewable energy and other subjects which come under its purview.

As of April 2023, the current Minister of Power and Energy is Kanchana Wijesekera. The ministry's secretary is (Mr) M.P.D.U.K. Mapa Pathirana.

## Ministers

Ministers of Power & Energy :

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title | Refs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maithripala Senanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1947 | 8 December 1959 | W. Dahanayake | Minister of Transport and Power | |
| Montague Jayawickrama | United National Party | 23 March 1960 | 1960 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Posts, Works and Power | |
| 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 | |
| Maithripala Senanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 31 May 1970 | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways | |
| Gamini Dissanayake | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways | |
| D. B. Wijetunga | United National Party | | | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Power and Energy | |
| Festus Perera | United National Party | 18 February 1989 | 28 March 1990 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Power and Energy | |
| K. D. M. C. Bandara | United National Party | 30 March 1990 | | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Power and Energy | |
| Anuruddha Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 August 1994 | | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | Minister of Irrigation, Power and Energy | |
| Anuruddha Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 October 2000 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Power and Energy | |
| Anuruddha Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 14 September 2001 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power | |
| Karu Jayasuriya | United National Party | 12 December 2001 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Power and Energy | |
| Susil Premajayanth | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 10 April 2004 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Power and Energy | |
| John Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 November 2005 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Power and Energy | | |
| Champika Ranawaka | Jathika Hela Urumaya | 23 April 2010 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Power and Energy | |
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 28 January 2013 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Power and Energy | |
| Champika Ranawaka | Jathika Hela Urumaya | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Power and Energy | |
| Ranjith Siyambalapitiya | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 4 September 2015 | | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Power and Renewable Energy | |
| Ravi Karunanayake | United National Party | 20 December 2018 | | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Power, Energy Business Development | |
| Mahinda Amaraweera | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 22 November 2019 | | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Power and Energy | |
| Dullas Alahapperuma | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 12 August 2020 | | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Power | |
| Gamini Lokuge | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 16 August 2021 | | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Power | |
| Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 3 March 2022 | | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Power | |
| Kanchana Wijesekera | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 14 May 2022 | | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Power & Energy | |
| Kanchana Wijesekera | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 22 July 2022 | Present | Ranil Wickremesinghe | Minister of Power & Energy | |

## Secretaries

Power Secretaries :

| Name | Took office | Title |
| - | - | - |
| M. M. C. Ferdinando | 25 April 2010 | Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy |
| (Dr.) B. M. S. Batagoda | 19 January 2015 | Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy |
| (Dr.) B. M. S. Batagoda | 8 September 2015 | Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy |
| (Ms.) Wasantha Perera | 28 November 2019 | Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy |
| (Ms.) Wasantha Perera | 14 August 2020 | Secretary to the Ministry of Power |
| K D S Ruwanchandra | 26 April 2022 | Secretary to the Ministry of Power |
| M P D U K Mapa Pathirana | 22 July 2022 | Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy |
