Ministerial Consultative Committees
Parliament was informed of the membership of several Ministerial Consultative Committees appointed on 27 February 2025, including those on Defence; Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies; Digital Economy; Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education; Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation; Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism; and Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. The announcement listed the chairs and members of each committee, establishing their composition for scrutiny and consultation on the respective ministerial portfolios.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 - Defence - Hon. Major General (Retd.) Aruna Jayasekara; Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar; Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara; Hon. Ananda Wijepala; Hon. Eranga Gunasekara; Hon. Wasantha Piyathissa; Hon. Muneer Moulaffer; Hon. Sunil Watagala; Hon. Eranga Weerarathna; Hon. Upali Samarasinghe; Hon. Rauff Hakeem; Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara; Hon. D. V. Chanaka; Hon. Anuradha Jayarathna; Hon. Shanakkian Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam; Hon. (Dr.) Najith Indika; Hon. K. Ilangkumaran; Hon. Ajith Gihan; Hon. Lieutenant Commander (Retd.) Pragith Madhuranga; Hon. Sanjeewa Ranasinghe; Hon. A. M. M. M. Rathwatte; Hon. Major General (Retd.) G. D. Sooriyabandara
¶ 02 - Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies - Hon. (Prof.) Anil Jayanta; Hon. (Dr.) Harshana Suriyaaratchi; Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe; Hon. Ravi Karunanayake; Hon. Kabir Hashim; Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara; Hon. Roshan Akmeemana; Hon. Thilanka U. Gamage; Hon. Ajanta Gammaddage; Hon. Gayan Janaka; Hon. Dilith Jayawira; Hon. Nimal Palihena; Hon. Wijesiri Basnayake; Hon. Sunil Biyanwila; Hon. Riyas Farook; Hon. R. G. Wijeratne; Hon. Thilina Samarakoon; Hon. Chandana Suriyaarachchi; Hon. Chandima Hettiarachchi; Hon. Champika Hettiarachchi; Hon. Lakmali Hemachandra; Hon. Mohammed Faizal
¶ 03 - Digital Economy - Hon. Eranga Weerarathna; Hon. Janitha Ruwan Kodithuwakku; Hon. Ajith P. Perera; Hon. Anuradha Jayarathna; Hon. M. K. M. Aslam; Hon. (Dr.) Najith Indika; Hon. Arkam Ilyas; Hon. Oshini Umanga; Hon. Lasith Bhanu Gamage; Hon. O. H. S. Galappaththi; Hon. Gayan Janaka; Hon. Kosala Nuwan Jayawira; Hon. Anushka Thilakaratne; Hon. Thanura Dissanayake; Hon. Susanta Dodawatta; Hon. Chitral Fernando; Hon. Ravindra Bandara; Hon. Suranga Ratnayake; Hon. Thilina Samarakoon; Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samarawira; Hon. Chandima Hettiarachchi; Hon. Dinesh Hemanta
¶ 04 - Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education - Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya (Chair); Hon. (Dr.) Madhura Seneviratne; Hon. Nalin Hewage; Hon. Anura Karunathilaka; Hon. (Dr.) Upali Pannilage; Hon. (Dr.) V. S. Radhakrishnan; Hon. D. V. Chanaka; Hon. Sivagnanam Sritharan; Hon. O. S. B. Kumari Wijeratne; Hon. Abubakar Atambawa; Hon. Manjula Suraveera Arachchi; Hon. (Dr.) Kaushalya Ariyarathna; Hon. Samanmalee Gunasingha; Hon. Mailvaganam Jegatheeswaran; Hon. Chandana Tennakoon; Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva; Hon. Nimal Palihena; Hon. Padmasiri Bandara; Hon. Ruwan Mapalagama; Hon. (Dr.) Nandana Millagalla; Hon. Sanjeewa Ranasinghe; Hon. Manjula Sugath Ratnayake; Hon. Sunil Rajapaksha
¶ 05 - Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation - Hon. K. D. Lal Kantha (Chair); Hon. Namal Karunarathna; Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe; Hon. Upali Samarasinghe; Hon. T. B. Sarath; Hon. Ashoka Supumal Ranchala; Hon. Nihal Galappaththi; Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha; Hon. Amirthanadan Adaikalanathan; Hon. Kavindiran Kodeeswaran; Hon. Kings Nelson; Hon. Rohana Bandara; Hon. (Prof.) L. M. Abeywickrama; Hon. Upul Kitsiri; Hon. Ashoka Gunasekara; Hon. Ruwanthilaka Jayakody; Hon. Sellathambi Thilakanadan; Hon. Susanta Kumara Navarathna; Hon. Nandana Pathmakumara; Hon. Aruna Panagoda; Hon. Sudath Balagalla; Hon. E. M. Basnayake; Hon. Priyantha Wijeratne; Hon. Kitnan Selvaraj
¶ 06 - Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism - Hon. Vijitha Herath (Chair); Hon. (Prof.) Ruwan Ranasinghe; Hon. Arun Hemachandra; Hon. Sunil Kumara Gamage; Hon. Rauff Hakeem; Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardena; Hon. Hector Appuhami; Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardena; Hon. Harshana Rajakaruna; Hon. Roshan Akmeemana; Hon. M. K. M. Aslam; Hon. (Dr.) Najith Indika; Hon. Thilanka U. Gamage; Hon. Ajith Gihan; Hon. Rajivan Jeyachandramurthy; Hon. Susanta Dodawatta; Hon. Nandana Pathmakumara; Hon. Stefani Fernando; Hon. Nanda Bandara; Hon. Riyas Farook; Hon. Manjula Sugath Ratnayake; Hon. Ruwan Wijewira; Hon. Hiruni Wijesinghe; Hon. Major General (Retd.) G. D. Sooriyabandara
¶ 07 - Fisheries and Aquatic Resources - Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar (Chair); Hon. Ratna Gamage; Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi; Hon. Nihal Galappaththi; Hon. Hector Appuhami; Hon. Imran Maharoof; Hon. Gnanasambanthan Sreenesan; Hon. Roshan Akmeemana; Hon. Abubakar Atamba; Hon. (Prof.) L. M. Abeywickrama; Hon. K. Ilangkumaran; Hon. Arkam Ilyas; Hon. Upul Kitsiri; Hon. Thilanka U. Gamage; Hon. Ajith Gihan; Hon. Sellathambi Thilakanadan; Hon. Chandana Tennakoon; Hon. Susanta Kumara Navarathna; Hon. Stefani Fernando; Hon. Sudath Balagalla; Hon. Dharmapriya Wijesinghe; Hon. Mohammed Faizal
¶ 08 - Industries and Enterprise Development - Hon. Sunil Handunnetti (Chair); Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe; Hon. Upali Samarasinghe; Hon. Chamara Sampath Dassanayake; Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri; Hon. Varuna Liyanage; Hon. Oshini Umanga; Hon. Ajanta Gammaddage; Hon. Dilin Jayawira; Hon. Kosala Nuwan Jayawira; Hon. T. K. Jayasundara; Hon. Sellathambi Thilakanadan; Hon. Aruna Panagoda; Hon. Padmasiri Bandara; Hon. Wijesiri Basnayake; Hon. Sunil Rajapaksha; Hon. Deepti Wasalage; Hon. Ruwan Wijewira; Hon. Athula Welandegoda; Hon. Thilina Samarakoon; Hon. Champika Hettiarachchi; Hon. Mohammed Faizal
¶ 09 - Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation - Hon. Bimal Ratnayake (Chair); Hon. Janitha Ruwan Kodithuwakku; Hon. (Dr.) Prasanna Gunasekara; Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe; Hon. Gayanta Karunathilaka; Hon. K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera; Hon. Ajith Agalakada; Hon. Sagarika Athawuda; Hon. U. P. Abeywickrama; Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva; Hon. Thanura Dissanayake; Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake; Hon. Ravindra Bandara; Hon. Dhanushka Ranganath; Hon. Deepti Wasalage; Hon. R. G. Wijeratne; Hon. Jagath Withana; Hon. Dinindu Saman; Hon. Shantha Padma Kumara Subasinghe; Hon. Devananda Suraveera; Hon. Chandana Suriyaarachchi; Hon. Lakmali Hemachandra
¶ 10 - Plantation and Rural Infrastructure - Hon. K. V. Samantha Viddyarathna (Chair); Hon. Sundaralingam Pradeep; Hon. Palani Digambaram; Hon. (Dr.) V. S. Radhakrishnan; Hon. K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera; Hon. Nayana Wasalathilaka; Hon. Ajith Agalakada; Hon. Abubakar Atambawa; Hon. Krishnan Kalaichelvi; Hon. Ajanta Gammaddage; Hon. T. K. Jayasundara; Hon. Mailvaganam Jegatheeswaran; Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake; Hon. Nishantha Perera; Hon. Lal Premanath; Hon. Nanda Bandara; Hon. Sunil Biyanwila; Hon. (Dr.) Nandana Millagalla; Hon. Dhanushka Ranganath; Hon. Sunil Rajapaksha; Hon. Ambika Samivel; Hon. Kitnan Selvaraj
¶ 11 - Health and Media - Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa; Hon. (Dr.) Hansaka Wijemuni; Hon. (Dr.) M. L. A. M. Hisbullah; Hon. R. M. Gamini Ratnayake; Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardena; Hon. (Dr.) Nihal Abeysinghe; Hon. (Dr.) Najith Indika; Hon. Wasantha Pushpa Kumara; Hon. Chaminda Lalith Kumara; Hon. Nilanthi Kottahachchi; Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Gunawardena; Hon. Ashoka Gunasekara; Hon. (Prof.) Sena Nanayakkara; Hon. Kandasaamy Prabhu; Hon. Sudath Balagalla; Hon. (Dr.) S. Sri Bhavanandarajah; Hon. (Dr.) Sandaruwan Madurasinghe; Hon. Jagath Manuwarna; Hon. (Dr.) Nandana Millagalla; Hon. (Dr.) Ilaiyathambi Sirinath; Hon. (Dr.) Janaka Senarathna
¶ 12 - Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development - Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe (Chair); Hon. R. M. Jayawardena; Hon. Upali Samarasinghe; Hon. Kabir Hashim; Hon. C. B. B. Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi; Hon. Rohana Bandara; Hon. Shanakkian Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam; Hon. Ajith Agalakada; Hon. (Prof.) L. M. Abeywickrama; Hon. M. K. M. Aslam; Hon. Attorney-at-Law Sarath Kumara; Hon. Thilanka U. Gamage; Hon. Ajith Gihan; Hon. Nimal Palihena; Hon. (Dr.) S. Sri Bhavanandarajah; Hon. Wijesiri Basnayake; Hon. Sunil Biyanwila; Hon. Riyas Farook; Hon. Sunil Ratnasiri; Hon. R. G. Wijeratne; Hon. Fasmin Shariff; Hon. Kitnan Selvaraj; Hon. Champika Hettiarachchi
¶ 13 - Labour - Hon. (Prof.) Anil Jayanta; Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe; Hon. Palani Digambaram; Hon. R. M. Gamini Ratnayake; Hon. Oshini Umanga; Hon. Krishnan Kalaichelvi; Hon. Sarath Kumara; Hon. Nilusha Lakmali Gamage; Hon. Thushari Jayasinghe; Hon. T. K. Jayasundara; Hon. Padmasiri Bandara; Hon. Wijesiri Basnayake; Hon. Lieutenant Commander (Retd.) Pragith Madhuranga; Hon. Sanjeewa Ranasinghe; Hon. Dharmapriya Wijesinghe; Hon. Ambika Samivel; Hon. Chandana Suriyaarachchi; Hon. Lakmali Hemachandra; Hon. Geetha Herath
¶ 14 - Urban Development, Construction and Housing - Hon. Anura Karunathilaka; Hon. T. B. Sarath; Hon. K. Kadar Mastan; Hon. Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi; Hon. S. M. Marikkar; Hon. Mujibur Rahuman; Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri; Hon. Arkam Ilyas; Hon. M. A. C. S. Chathuri Gangani; Hon. Ruwanthilaka Jayakodi; Hon. Mailvaganam Jegatheeswaran; Hon. Anushka Thilakaratne; Hon. Dharmapriya Dissanayake; Hon. Nimal Palihena; Hon. Jagath Manuwarna; Hon. Dhanushka Ranganath; Hon. Dharmapriya Wijesinghe; Hon. Asitha Niroshan Egoda Withana; Hon. Fasmin Shariff; Hon. Devananda Suraveera; Hon. Aravinda Senarath; Hon. Dinesh Hemanta
¶ 15 - Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government - Hon. (Prof.) A. H. M. H. Abayarathna (Chair); Hon. P. Ruwan Senarath; Hon. R. M. Ranjin Madduma Bandara; Hon. J. C. Alawathuwala; Hon. Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi; Hon. Manjula Suraveera Arachchi; Hon. Chaminda Lalith Kumara; Hon. Ajanta Gammaddage; Hon. Samanmalee Gunasingha; Hon. M. A. M. Thabir; Hon. Dharmapriya Dissanayake; Hon. Mohamed Saali Naleem; Hon. Nishantha Perera; Hon. Lal Premanath; Hon. Sanjeewa Ranasinghe; Hon. Asitha Niroshan Egoda Withana; Hon. Athula Welandegoda; Hon. Dinindu Saman; Hon. Shantha Padma Kumara Subasinghe; Hon. Chandana Suriyaarachchi; Hon. Geetha Herath; Hon. Mohammed Faizal
¶ 16 - Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment - Hon. (Dr.) Upali Pannilage (Chair); Hon. Wasantha Piyathissa; Hon. W. H. M. Dharmasena; Hon. Kathiravelu Shanmugam Kugadasan; Hon. Abubakar Atambawa; Hon. B. Ariyawansa; Hon. M. A. C. S. Chathuri Gangani; Hon. Samanmalee Gunasingha; Hon. Rajivan Jeyachandramurthy; Hon. Chandana Tennakoon; Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva; Hon. Nandana Pathmakumara; Hon. Sunil Ratnasiri; Hon. A. M. M. M. Rathwatte; Hon. Manoj Rajapaksa; Hon. Kanchana Welipitiya; Hon. Thilina Samarakoon; Hon. Ambika Samivel; Hon. Devananda Suraveera; Hon. (Dr.) Janaka Senarathna; Hon. Dinesh Hemanta
¶ 17 - Science and Technology - Hon. (Dr.) Krishantha Abeysena (Chair); Hon. Ashoka Supumal Ranchala; Hon. (Dr.) Nihal Abeysinghe; Hon. Arkam Ilyas; Hon. Wasantha Pushpa Kumara; Hon. Lasith Bhashana Gamage; Hon. Chathura Galappaththi; Hon. Ashoka Gunasekara; Hon. Kosala Nuwan Jayawira; Hon. Stefani Fernando; Hon. Amila Prasad; Hon. Rachindra Bandara; Hon. (Dr.) Sandaruwan Madurasinghe; Hon. Ruwan Mapalagama; Hon. Sunil Ratnasiri; Hon. Hasara Liyanage; Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samarawira; Hon. (Dr.) Janaka Senarathna; Hon. Bhagya Sri Herath
¶ 18 - Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs - Hon. Ananda Wijepala (Chair); Hon. Sunil Seneviratne; Hon. Eranga Weerarathna; Hon. R. M. Ranjin Madduma Bandara; Hon. Chamara Sampath Dassanayake; Hon. Mujibur Rahuman; Hon. Sagarika Athawuda; Hon. U. P. Abeywickrama; Hon. Manjula Suraveera Arachchi; Hon. K. Ilangkumaran; Hon. M. S. Udumalebbe; Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Gunawardena; Hon. Thushari Jayasinghe; Hon. Sellathambi Thilakanadan; Hon. Susanta Kumara Navarathna; Hon. E. M. Basnayake; Hon. Lieutenant Commander (Retd.) Pragith Madhuranga; Hon. A. M. M. M. Rathwatte; Hon. Dharmapriya Wijesinghe; Hon. Shantha Padma Kumara Subasinghe; Hon. Major General (Retd.) G. D. Sooriyabandara; Hon. Geetha Herath
¶ 19 - Power and Energy - Hon. Kumar Jayakody (Chair); Hon. Ajith P. Perera; Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha; Hon. R. M. Gamini Ratnayake; Hon. K. Ilangkumaran; Hon. M. S. Udumalebbe; Hon. T. K. Jayasundara; Hon. Thanura Dissanayake; Hon. Dharmapriya Dissanayake; Hon. Aruna Panagoda; Hon. Ravindra Bandara; Hon. E. M. Basnayake; Hon. Dhanushka Ranganath; Hon. Manoj Rajapaksa; Hon. Deepti Wasalage; Hon. Kanchana Welipitiya; Hon. Ruwan Wijewira; Hon. Athula Welandegoda; Hon. (Dr.) Janaka Senarathna; Hon. Morris Sri Bharath
¶ 20 - Youth Affairs and Sports - Hon. Sunil Kumara Gamage (Chair); Hon. Eranga Gunasekara; Hon. Sugath Nilakarathna; Hon. Arun Hemachandra; Hon. B. Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi; Hon. S. M. Marikkar; Hon. Harshana Rajakaruna; Hon. Varuna Liyanage; Hon. Wasantha Pushpa Kumara; Hon. Nilanthi Kottahachchi; Hon. M. A. C. S. Chathuri Gangani; Hon. Lasith Bhashana Gamage; Hon. Gayan Janaka; Hon. Kosala Nuwan Jayawira; Hon. Mailvaganam Jegatheeswaran; Hon. Kandasaamy Prabhu; Hon. Amila Prasad; Hon. (Dr.) Sandaruwan Madurasinghe; Hon. Ruwan Mapalagama; Hon. Riyas Farook; Hon. Kanchana Welipitiya; Hon. Hiruni Wijesinghe; Hon. E. R. E. Saman; Hon. Aravinda Senarath
¶ 21 - Women and Child Affairs - Hon. Saroja Sachithri Polraj (Chair); Hon. (Dr.) Namal Sudarshana; Hon. Bimal Ratnayake; Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara; Hon. (Dr.) Hiniduma Sunil Senevi; Hon. Rogini Kumari Wijeratne; Hon. Sagarika Athawuda; Hon. U. P. Abeywickrama; Hon. (Dr.) Kaushalya Ariyarathna; Hon. Nilusha Lakmali Gamage; Hon. Samanmalee Gunasingha; Hon. Anushka Nilakarathna; Hon. (Dr.) S. Sri Bhavanandarajah; Hon. A. M. M. M. Rathwatte; Hon. Hasara Liyanage; Hon. Hiruni Wijesinghe; Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanadan; Hon. Ambika Samivel; Hon. Attorney-at-Law Lakmali Hemachandra; Hon. Geetha Herath
¶ 22 - Environment - Hon. (Dr.) Dammika Patabendige (Chair); Hon. Anton Jayakody; Hon. Eranga Gunasekara; Hon. Ashoka Supumal Ranchala; Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi; Hon. Rogini Kumari Wijeratne; Hon. Kings Nelson; Hon. W. H. M. Dharmasena; Hon. Sagarika Athawuda; Hon. (Prof.) L. M. Abeywickrama; Hon. (Dr.) Nihal Abeysinghe; Hon. Upul Kitsiri; Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Gunawardena; Hon. Ruwanthilaka Jayakodi; Hon. Padmasiri Bandara; Hon. Manoj Rajapaksa; Hon. Hasara Liyanage; Hon. Deepti Wasalage; Hon. Priyantha Wijeratne; Hon. Asitha Niroshan Egoda Withana; Hon. (Dr.) Ilaiyathambi Sirinan; Hon. Arachinda Senarath; Hon. Bhagya Sri Herath
¶ 23 - Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs - Hon. (Dr.) Hiniduma Sunil Senevi (Chair); Hon. Gamagedara Dissanayake; Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa; Hon. Gayanta Karunathilaka; Hon. Nihal Galappaththi; Hon. Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi; Hon. Nayana Wasalathilaka; Hon. Krishnan Kalaichelvi; Hon. Chaminda Lalith Kumara; Hon. Rajivan Jeyachandramurthy; Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva; Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake; Hon. (Prof.) Sena Nanayakkara; Hon. Nishantha Perera; Hon. Lal Premanath; Hon. Nanda Bandara; Hon. Lieutenant Commander (Retd.) Pragith Madhuranga; Hon. Jagath Manuwarna; Hon. Manjula Sugath Ratnayake; Hon. Thurairasa Rachchikaran; Hon. Fasmin Shariff
¶ 24 - Justice and National Unity - Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara (Chair); Hon. G. R. E. Moulaffer; Hon. Rauff Hakeem; Hon. G. G. Ponnambalam; Hon. U. P. Abeywickrama; Hon. M. K. M. Aslam; Hon. (Dr.) Kaushalya Ariyarathna; Hon. Chamindrani Kiriella; Hon. Sarath Kumara; Hon. Nilanthi Kottahachchi; Hon. Nilusha Lakmali Gamage; Hon. Thushari Jayasinghe; Hon. Anushka Thilakaratne; Hon. Susanta Dodawatta; Hon. (Prof.) Sena Nanayakkara; Hon. Chitral Fernando; Hon. (Dr.) S. Sri Bhavanandarajah; Hon. Priyantha Wijeratne; Hon. Hiruni Wijesinghe; Hon. Major General (Retd.) G. D. Sooriyabandara; Hon. Chandima Hettiarachchi; Hon. Bhagya Sri Herath
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