Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Sri Lanka)


The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for transport. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on transport and other subjects which come under its purview. The ministry manages the country's railways, public bus transport system and civil aviation. The ministry is not responsible for roads, ports and shipping - these come under the purview of the Ministry of Higher Education and Highways and Ministry of Ports and Shipping respectively. The current Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation and Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation are Nimal Siripala de Silva and Ashoka Abeysinghe respectively. The ministry's secretary is Nihal Somaweera.

Ministers

The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Secretaries

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Permanent Secretary
Transport Secretary
Transport Secretary
Transport Secretary
Transport Secretary
Transport Secretary
Internal Transport Secretary
Transport Secretary