Ministry of Sports (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Sports

Agency overview
Formed	1972
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Minister responsible	Dayasiri Jayasekara, Minister of Sports
Website	sportsmin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Sports is a ministry in the Government of Sri Lanka.

List of Sports Ministers

Minister of Sports of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Dayasiri Jayasekara since 4 September 2015
Ministry of Sports
Appointer	The President with advice of Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Kiri Banda Ratnayake
Formation	1972
Website	Ministry of Sports

The Minister of Sports is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. The post was created in 1972.

Parties

      Sri Lanka Freedom Party       United National Party

Name		Portrait	Party	Tenure	Head(s) of Government
	Kiri Banda Ratnayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1972 - 1977		Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	Vincent Perera		United National Party	1977 - 1988		J. R. Jayewardene
	Nanda Mathew		United National Party	1989 - 1993		Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
	S. B. Dissanayake	S. B. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1994 - 2001		Chandrika Kumaratunga
	Mangala Samaraweera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	2001
	Lakshman Kiriella		United National Party	2001 - 2002
	Johnston Fernando		United National Party	2002 - 08 April 2004
	Jeewan Kumaranatunga		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	08 April 2004 - 28 January 2007
	Gamini Lokuge		United National Party (D)	28 January 2007 - 23 April 2010		Mahinda Rajapaksa
	C. B. Rathnayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010 - 22 November 2010
	Mahindananda Aluthgamage		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 November 2010 – 12 January 2015
	Navin Dissanayake		United National Party	19 January 2015 - 4 September 2015		Maithripala Sirisena
	Dayasiri Jayasekara		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	4 September 2015 - Present

External links

• Ministry of Sports
• Government of Sri Lanka