Ministry of Labour and Trade Union Relations
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Jurisdiction | Government of Sri Lanka |
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Website | labourmin.gov.lk |
The Ministry of Labour and Trade Union Relations is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for labour and trade union relations. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on labour and trade union relations and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations and State Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations are John Senewiratne and Ravindra Samaraweera respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna.[4]
Ministers
The Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
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Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title | Refs | ||
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Peri Sundaram | 1931 | 1935 | Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce | [5] | |||||
Claude Corea | 1936 | 1947 | [6] | ||||||
T. B. Jayah | 26 September 1947 | 1950 | D. S. Senanayake | Minister of Labour and Social Services | [7][8] | ||||
M. C. M. Kaleel | 1952 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Labour | [9][10] | |||||
John Kotelawala | [11] | ||||||||
T. B. Ilangaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 April 1956 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services | [12][13][14][15] | ||||
M. P. de Zoysa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 26 September 1959 | 8 December 1959 | W. Dahanayake | Minister of Labour | [16] | |||
C. Wijesinghe | 23 July 1960 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services | [17] | |||||
M. P. de Z. Sriwardene | [18] | ||||||||
D. S. Goonesekera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 28 May 1963 | Minister of Labour and Social Services | [18] | |||||
M. H. Mohamed | United National Party | March 1965 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing | [19][20] | ||||
M. P. de Zoysa | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Labour | [21] | ||||||
C. P. J. Seneviratne | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | J. R. Jayewardene | [22][23][24] | |||||
Ranjit Atapattu | United National Party | 18 February 1989 | 5 January 1990 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | [25] | |||
D. B. Wijetunga | United National Party | 11 January 1990 | [25] | ||||||
G. M. Premachandra | United National Party | 30 March 1990 | Minister of Labour and Vocational Training | [26] | |||||
D. B. Wijetunga | United National Party | 14 March 1991 | [27] | ||||||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | 100x100px | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 August 1994 | D. B. Wijetunga | [28][29] | ||||
Alavi Moulana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 October 2000 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Labour | [30] | ||||
Athauda Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 14 September 2001 | Minister of Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development | [31][32] | |||||
10 April 2004 | Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment | [33][34][35] | |||||||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | [36] | ||||||||
28 January 2007 | Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower | [37][38][39] | |||||||
Gamini Lokuge | 23 April 2010 | Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement | [40][41][42] | ||||||
22 November 2010 | Minister of Labour and Labour Relations | [43][44] | |||||||
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe | ![]() |
United National Party | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Justice and Labour Relations | [45][46][47][48] | ||
S. B. Nawinne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Minister of Labour | [49][50][51][52] | ||||
John Senewiratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 4 September 2015 | Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations | [53][54][55] |
Secretaries
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Name | Took office | Left office | Title | Refs |
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M. Madihahewa | 25 April 2010 | Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement Secretary | [56] | |
W. J. L. U. Wijeweera | 22 November 2010 | Labour and Labour Relations Secretary | [57] | |
W. Kamalini F. de Silva | 19 January 2015 | Justice and Labour Relations Secretary | [58][59][60][61] | |
S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna | 8 September 2015 | Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary | [62][63][64] |
References
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