| Post: | Minister of Education |
| Body: | Sri Lanka |
| Native Name: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය Tamil: கல்வி அமைச்சர் |
| Insignia: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 70px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Sri Lanka |
| Department: | Ministry of Education |
| Incumbent: | Susil Premajayantha[1] |
| Incumbentsince: | 20 May 2022 |
| Appointer: | The President with advice of Prime Minister |
| Appointerpost: | President of Sri Lanka |
| Inaugural: | E. A. Nugawela |
| Formation: | 26 September 1947 |
| Website: | Ministry of Education |
The Minister of Education[2] (Sinhala; Sinhalese: අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය; Tamil: கல்வி அமைச்சர்) is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Head of Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| 1 | E. A. Nugawela ඊ.ඒ.නුගවෙල | 24 September 1947 | 22 March 1952 | United National Party | Don Stephen | D. S. Senanayake | |||
| 22 March 1952 | 19 June 1952 | Dudley I | Dudley Senanayake | ||||||
| 2 | M. D. Banda එම්.ඩී.බණ්ඩා | 19 June 1952 | 12 October 1953 | ||||||
| 12 October 1953 | 12 April 1956 | Kotelawala | Sir John Kotelawala | ||||||
| 3 | Wijeyananda Dahanayake විජයානන්ද දහනායක (Prime Minister from 26 September 1959) | 12 April 1956 | 26 September 1959 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Solomon | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | |||
| 26 September 1959 | 20 March 1960 | Dahanayake | Self | ||||||
| Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| 4 | Bernard Aluwihare බර්නාඩ් අලුවිහාරේ | 21 March 1960 | 21 July 1960 | United National Party | Dudley II | Dudley Senanayake | |||
| Minister of Education and Broadcasting | |||||||||
| 5 | Badi-ud-din Mahmud බදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද් | 23 July 1960 | 28 May 1963 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo I | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |||
| Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| 5 | P. B. G. Kalugalla පී බී ජී කළුගල්ල | 28 May 1963 | 25 March 1965 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo I | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |||
| 6 | I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle අයි.එම්.ආර්.ඒ.ඊරියගොල්ලේ | 25 March 1965 | 29 May 1970 | United National Party | Dudley III | Dudley Senanayake | |||
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| (5) | Badi-ud-din Mahmud බදි-උද්-දින් මහමුද් | 29 May 1970 | 23 July 1977 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sirimavo II | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |||
| 7 | Nissanka Wijeyeratne නිශ්ශංක පරාක්‍රම විජයරත්න | 23 July 1977 | 14 February 1980 | United National Party | Jayewardene | J. R. Jayewardene | |||
| 8 | Ranil Wickremesinghe රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ | 14 February 1980 | 2 January 1989 | ||||||
| 2 January 1989 | 14 February 1989 | Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa | ||||||
| Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Information | |||||||||
| 9 | W. J. M. Lokubandara වි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර | 18 February 1989 | 28 March 1990 | United National Party | Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |||
| Minister of Education and Higher Education | |||||||||
| 10 | Lalith Athulathmudali ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි | 30 March 1990 | 30 August 1991 | United National Party | Premadasa | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |||
| (9) | W. J. M. Lokubandara වි. ජ. මු. ලොකුබණ්ඩාර | 12 August 1993 | 15 August 1994 | Wijetunga | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | ||||
| 11 | Richard Pathirana රිචඩ් පතිරණ | 19 August 1994 | 12 November 1994 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | |||||
| 12 November 1994 | 19 October 2000 | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | ||||||
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| 12 | Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |||
| Minister of Education and Higher Education | |||||||||
| 13 | Sarath Amunugama සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම | 14 September 2001 | 10 October 2001 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |||
| Minister of Human Resources, Education and Culture | |||||||||
| 14 | Karunasena Kodituwakku කරුණාසේන කොඩිතුවක්කු (Project Minister) | 12 December 2001 | 7 February 2004 | United National Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |||
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| 15 | Chandrika Kumaratunga චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක (President) | 10 April 2004 | 19 November 2005 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Kumaratunga | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |||
| (12) | Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත | 23 November 2005 | 23 April 2010 | Mahinda | Mahinda Rajapaksa | ||||
| 16 | Bandula Gunawardane බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන | 23 April 2010 | 12 January 2015 | ||||||
| 17 | Akila Viraj Kariyawasam අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් | 12 January 2015 | 26 October 2018 | United National Party | Sirisena I | Maithripala Sirisena | |||
| Sirisena II | |||||||||
| Minister of Education and Higher Education | |||||||||
| 18 | Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ | 29 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 | United National Party | Sirisena III | Maithripala Sirisena | |||
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| (17) | Akila Viraj Kariyawasam අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් | 20 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | United National Party | Sirisena IV | Maithripala Sirisena | |||
| 18 | Dullas Alahapperuma ඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුම | 22 November 2019 | 12 August 2020 | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Gotabaya I | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | |||
| 19 | G. L. Peiris ගාමිණී ලක්ශ්මන් පීරිස් | 12 August 2020 | 16 August 2021 | Gotabaya II | |||||
| 20 | Dinesh Gunawardena දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන | 16 August 2021 | 18 April 2022 | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | |||||
| 21 | Ramesh Pathirana රමේෂ් පතිරණ | 18 April 2022 | 9 May 2022 | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Gotabaya III | ||||
| 22 | Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත | 20 May 2022 | Incumbent | Gotabaya IV | |||||
| Wickremesinghe | Ranil Wickremesinghe | ||||||||