| Ministry of Economic Development | |
| Type: | Ministry |
| Seal: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Formed: | 2010 |
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| Dissolved: | 2015 |
| Superseding1: | Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs |
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| Jurisdiction: | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
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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.
| Post: | Minister of Economic Development |
| Insignia: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 50 |
| Appointer: | The President with advice of Prime Minister |
| Appointerpost: | President of Sri Lanka |
| Formation: | 23 April 2010 |
| Succession: | Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs |
| First: | Basil Rajapaksa |
| Last: | Harsha de Silva |
| Name | Portrait | Party | Tenure | President | Ministerial title | |||||
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| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 23 April 2010 – 9 January 2015 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Minister of Economic Development | |||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs | |||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1 September 2015 – 26 October 2018 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs | |||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Harsha de Silva[1] | 21 December 2018 – | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution | ||||||