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Ministry of Economic Development

Ministry overview
Formed	2010
Dissolved	2015
Superseding Ministry	Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

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.

Ministers

Minister of Economic Development
Appointer	The President with advice of Prime Minister
Formation	23 April 2010
First holder	Basil Rajapaksa
Final holder	Harsha de Silva
Succession	Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party

Name		Portrait	Party	Tenure	President		Ministerial title
	Basil Rajapaksa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010 – 9 January 2015		Mahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Economic Development
	Ranil Wickremesinghe		United National Party	12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015		Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs
	Ranil Wickremesinghe		United National Party	1 September 2015 – 26 October 2018		Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs
	Harsha de Silva		United National Party	21 December 2018 –		Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution

References

1. "Harsha%20de%20Silva - Bing".

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