Ministry of Economic Development (Sri Lanka)

Minister of Economic Development
Minister of Economic Development
Appointer	The President with advice of Prime Minister
Formation	23 April 2010
First holder	Basil Rajapaksa
Final holder	Harsha de Silva
Succession	Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs

Ministry of Economic Development
Ministry overview
Formed	2010
Dissolved	2015
Superseding agency	Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs;
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

The Ministry of Economic Development was a former ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka, and was a member ministry of the cabinet of Sri Lanka. It was briefly merged with several other ministries and renamed the Ministry of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs from January 2015 onwards, before being replaced by the Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs in August 2015.

Ministers[]

Parties

Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party

	Party	Tenure		Ministerial title
Basil Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010 – 9 January 2015	Mahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Economic Development
Ranil Wickremesinghe	United National Party	12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015	Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs
Ranil Wickremesinghe	United National Party	1 September 2015 – 26 October 2018	Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs
Harsha de Silva^[1]	United National Party	21 December 2018 –	Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution

References[]

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External links[]

Government of Sri Lanka

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