Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka)

The Ministry of Health[4] (Sinhala: සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය, romanized: Saukhya Amāthyānshaya; Tamil: சுகாதார அமைச்சு, romanized: Cukātāra Amaiccu) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for health. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on health, nutrition, indigenous medicine and other subjects which come under its purview.[5]

Ministry of Health
සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය
சுகாதார அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed1931 (1931)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters385 Ven. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Maradana, Colombo
6°55′12.40″N 79°51′54.60″E
Employees67,000 (2015)[1]
Annual budget
  • Rs. 121 billion (2017, recurrent)
  • Rs. 40 billion (2017, capital)
[2]
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
Child agencies
  • List
    • Ayurvedic Medical Council
    • Department of Ayurveda
    • Department of Health Services
    • Medical Research Institute
    • National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol
    • National Health Council
    • National Health Development Fund
    • National Institute of Health Science
    • National Institute of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
    • Private Medical Institute Council
    • Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation
    • Sri Lanka Medical Council
    • Sri Lanka Thriposha Limited
    • State Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    • State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation
Websitehealth.gov.lk
Map
Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka) is located in Colombo District
Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka)
Location in Colombo District

Provincial councils are constitutionally responsible for operating the majority of the Sri Lanka's public hospitals but some, known as line ministry hospitals, come under the direct control of the central government in Colombo. As of 2016 there were 47 line ministry hospitals (including all of the country's teaching hospitals), accounting for 47% (36,000) of all public hospital beds in the country.[6]

The current Minister of Health is Ramesh Pathirana.[3] The Permanent Secretary is Major General Dr Sanjeewa Munasinghe[7]

Ministers

The Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Health
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
T. B. Panabokke19311931Minister of Health[8][9]
W. A. de Silva19361946[10][11]
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeUnited National Party26 September 194712 July 1951D. S. SenanayakeMinister of Health and Local Government[12][13]
Dudley SenanayakeUnited National Party1952Dudley Senanayake[14]
E. A. NugawelaMinister of Health[15]
John Kotelawala[16]
Vimala WijewardeneSri Lanka Freedom Party12 April 1956June 1959S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike[17][18]
A. P. Jayasuriya26 September 19598 December 1959W. Dahanayake[19]
M. V. P. Peiris23 March 19601960Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Health and Social Services[19]
A. P. Jayasuriya23 July 1960Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Health[20]
Badi-ud-din Mahmud28 May 1963Minister of Health and Housing[21]
M. D. H. JayawardenaUnited National PartyDudley SenanayakeMinister of Health[22][23]
George RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom PartySirimavo Bandaranaike[24][25]
Siva ObeyesekereSri Lanka Freedom Party19761977[26][27]
Ranjit AtapattuUnited National Party19821989J. R. Jayewardene[28][29]
Sunethra RanasingheUnited National Party19831985[30]
19851989Minister of Women's Affairs and Teaching Hospitals[31]
Renuka HerathUnited National Party19891994Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Health and Women's Affairs[32][33]
A. H. M. FowzieSri Lanka Freedom Party1994D. B. WijetungaMinister of Health and Social Services[34]
Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Health, Highways and Social Services[35][36]
John SeneviratneSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000Minister of Health[37][38]
P. DayaratnaUnited National Party12 December 2001Minister of Health, Nutrition and Welfare[39][40][41]
Nimal Siripala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 2001Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services[42][43]
10 April 2004Minister of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva-Wellassa Development[44][45][46]
23 November 2005Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Healthcare and Nutrition[47][48][49]
Maithripala SirisenaSri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 201021 November 2014Minister of Health[50][51][52][53]
Tissa AttanayakeUnited National Party11 December 2014[54][55][56]
Rajitha Senaratne12 January 201517 August 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Health and Indigenous Medicine[57][58][59]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[60][61]
Democratic National Movement[62][63]
4 September 201521 November 2019Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine[64][65][66]
Ministers of Nutrition
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
P. DayaratnaUnited National Party12 December 2001Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Health, Nutrition and Welfare[39][40][41]
Nimal Siripala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party10 April 2004Minister of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva-Wellassa Development[44][45][46]
23 November 2005Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Healthcare and Nutrition[47][48][49]
Ministers of Indigenous Medicine
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Tissa KaralliyaddeSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Indigenous Medicine[37]
10 April 2004[44][45]
Piyasena GamageSri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 2010Mahinda Rajapaksa[50][51][52]
Salinda DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party22 November 2010[67][68]
Rajitha Senaratne12 January 201517 August 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Health and Indigenous Medicine[57][58][59]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[60][61]
Democratic National Movement[62][63]
4 September 201521 November 2019Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine[64][65][66]

Secretaries
Health Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
T. R. C. Ruberu25 April 2010Health Secretary[69][70]
Y. D. Nihal Jayathilaka12 July 2012Health Secretary[71]
W. Sudharma Karunaratne29 May 2014Health Secretary[72][73]
D. M. R. B. Dissanayake19 January 2015Health and Indigenous Medicine Secretary[74][75][76][77]
Upali Marasinghe8 September 2015Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Secretary[78][79][80]
P. H. J. B. Sugathadasa16 June 2017Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Secretary[81]

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