Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)

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Ministry of Home Affairs
Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters Independence Square, Colombo 07
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Annual budget
  • Rs. 27 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 5 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • J. J. Rathnasiri, Secretary
Child Ministry
  • Department of Registrar General
Website pubad.gov.lk

The Ministry of Home Affairs is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for public administration. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The ministry manages the country's Byzantine administrative service including District Secretaries, Divisional Secretaries and Grama Niladhari (village officers). The current Minister of Home Affairs and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs are Vajira Abeywardena and Nimal Lanza respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is J. J. Rathnasiri.[4]


Ministers

The Minister of Home Affairs is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Home Affairs
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Don Baron Jayatilaka 100x100px 1931 1942 Minister of Home Affairs [5][6]
Arunachalam Mahadeva 1942 1946 [7][8]
Oliver Goonetilleke 100x100px 26 September 1947 D. S. Senanayake Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development [9][10]
1952 Dudley Senanayake
A. Ratnayake Minister of Home Affairs [11]
1953 John Kotelawala [12]
A. P. Jayasuriya 12 April 1956 June 1959 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike [13][14]
T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 26 September 1959 8 December 1959 W. Dahanayake [15]
M. C. M. Kaleel United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development [15][16]
Maithripala Senanayake Hon. Maithripala Senanayake.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs [17][18]
W. Dahanayake 100x100px Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party March 1965 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Home Affairs [19][20]
Felix Dias Bandaranaike 100x100px Sri Lanka Freedom Party 31 May 1970 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs [21][22]
T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs [23]
Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 23 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene [24]
K. W. Devanayakam United National Party 14 February 1980 Minister of Home Affairs [25][26]
Festus Perera United National Party 1990 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs [27]
Amarasiri Dodangoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1994 D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives [28]
Richard Pathirana Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 14 September 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Administrative Reforms [29]
14 September 2001 Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development [30][31]
Alick Aluvihare United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government [32][33]
Amarasiri Dodangoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs [34][35][36]
Sarath Amunugama Dr.Sarath Amunugama.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 November 2005 Mahinda Rajapaksa [37]
Karu Jayasuriya Karu Jayasuriya.jpg United National Party 28 January 2007 9 December 2008 [38][39][40]
Sarath Amunugama Dr.Sarath Amunugama.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1 January 2009 [41][42]
John Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 [43][44][45]
M. Joseph Michael Perera 100x100px United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries [46][47][48][49]
22 March 2015 17 August 2015 Minister of Home Affairs [50][51][52][53]
Vajira Abeywardena United National Party 4 September 2015 [54][55][56]

Secretaries

Home Affairs Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
D. Dissanayake 25 April 2010 Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretary [57]
P. B. Abeykoon 22 November 2010 Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretary [58]
S. D. A. B. Borelessa 19 January 2015 Home Affairs and Fisheries Secretary [59][60][61][62]
J. J. Rathnasiri 8 September 2015 Home Affairs Secretary [63][64][65]

References

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