Minister of Finance ( Sri Lanka ) - wikipedia Minister of Finance ( Sri Lanka ) Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka Incumbent Mangala Samaraweera since 22 May 2017 Ministry of Finance and Planning Appointer The President with advice of Prime Minister Inaugural holder Junius Richard Jayewardene Formation 26 September 1947 Website www.treasury.gov.lk The Minister of Finance is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. The post was created in 1947 with the Ceylon gaining independence and establishing self governess. The post has always been held by a senior member of the ruling party and in the recent years by the President with a deputy minister. The post has been known as Minister of Finance & Planning, when the portfolio includes national planning. List of Finance Ministers Parties United National Party ( 10 ) Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( 9 ) Lanka Sama Samaja Party ( 1 ) Name Portrait Party Tenure Head ( s ) of Government Ministerial title Junius Richard Jayewardene ( 1st term ) United National Party 26 September 1947 - 13 October 1953 Don Stephen Senanayake Ministry of Finance and the Treasury of Ceylon Dudley Senanayake Oliver Goonetilleke ( 1st term ) United National Party 14 October 1953 - 30 June 1954 John Kotelawala M.D.H. Jayawardena United National Party 1 July 1954 - 18 February 1956 Stanley de Zoysa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 - 22 November 1959 S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake M.M. Musthapa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 1959 - 5 December 1959 Oliver Goonetilleke ( 2nd term ) United National Party 21 March 1960 - 23 April 1960 Dudley Senanayake J.R. Jayewardene ( 2nd term ) United National Party 24 April 1960 - 20 July 1960 Felix Dias Bandaranaike ( 1st term ) Sri Lanka Freedom Party 21 July 1960 - 24 August 1962 Sirimavo Bandaranaike C.P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 August 1962 - 8 November 1962 P.B.G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 November 1962 - 10 May 1963 T.B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 29 May 1963 - 10 June 1964 N.M. Perera ( 1st term ) Lanka Sama Samaja Party 11 June 1964 - 17 December 1964 U.B. Wanninayake United National Party 27 March 1965 - 25 March 1970 Dudley Senanayake N.M. Perera ( 2nd term ) Lanka Sama Samaja Party 10 May 1970 - 2 September 1975 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Felix Dias Bandaranaike ( 2nd term ) Sri Lanka Freedom Party 3 September 1975 - 18 May 1977 Ronnie de Mel United National Party 23 July 1977 - 18 January 1988 Junius Richard Jayewardene Naina Marikkar United National Party 18 January 1988 - 3 January 1989 Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga United National Party 18 February 1989 - 31 August 1994 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party 30 September 1994 - 5 December 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga K.N. Choksy United National Party 12 December 2001 - 2 April 2004 Sarath Amunugama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 April 2004 -- 22 November 2005 Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 November 2005 -- 9 January 2015 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Finance and Planning Ravi Karunanayake United National Party 12 January 2015 - 22 May 2017 Maithripala Sirisena Mangala Samaraweera United National Party 22 May 2017 - Present Maithripala Sirisena See also Ministry of Finance and Planning External links List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers Government of Sri Lanka Official Website Treasury of Sri Lanka Finance Ministers of Sri Lanka Jayewardene Goonetilleke Jayawardena de Zoysa Musthapa Goonetilleke Jayewardene Bandaranaike Silva Kalugalle Ilangaratne Perera Wanninayake Perera Bandaranaike de Mel Marikkar Wijetunga Kumaratunga Choksy Amunugama Rajapaksa Karunanayake Ministries of Sri Lanka Culture and education Buddha Sasana Education Higher Education and Highways Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs National Heritage National Languages and Social Integration Plantation Industries Youth Affairs and Skills Development Agriculture, exports, and resources Agriculture Botanical Gardens and Public Recreation Coconut Development and Janatha Estate Development Co-operatives and Internal Trade Development and Environment Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Development Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Irrigation and Water Resources Management Lands and Parliamentary Reforms Livestock and Rural Community Development Minor Export Crop Promotion State Resources and Enterprise Development Sugar Industry Development Water Supply and Drainage Wildlife Resources Conservation Health, employment, and wellbeing Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development Productivity Promotion Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage Sports Tourism Women and Child Affairs Law, finance, and politics Finance Foreign Affairs Industry and Commerce Investment Promotion Justice Law and Order and Southern Development Provincial Councils and Local Government Public Management Reforms Public Relations and Public Affairs Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Development and forces Defence Disaster Management Home Affairs Housing and Construction Megapolis and Western Development Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs Petroleum Resources Development Ports and Shipping Posts, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs Power and Renewable Energy Private Transport Services Resettlement Technology and Research Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Transport and Civil Aviation Urban Development Defunct Civil Aviation Education Services External Affairs and Defence Highways, Ports & Shipping Indigenous Medicine Mass Media and Information Muslim Religious Affairs Parliamentary Affairs Government of Sri Lanka Cabinet Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Finance_(Sri_Lanka)&oldid=802725423 '' Categories : Finance ministers of Sri Lanka Finance ministers Lists of government ministers of Sri Lanka Talk About Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia Edit links This page was last edited on 28 September 2017, at 02 : 01. 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Question: who is the first money minister of sri lanka
Answer: Junius Richard Jayewardene