Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs

Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs

அரசாங்க நிர்வாக மற்றும் உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters Independence Square, Colombo 07
6°54′13.00″N 79°52′09.50″E / 6.9036111°N 79.8693056°ECoordinates: 6°54′13.00″N 79°52′09.50″E / 6.9036111°N 79.8693056°E
Annual budget Recurrent Rs. 138,534 Mn (2014)
Capital Rs. 4,500 Mn (2014)
Minister responsible John Seneviratne, Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
Deputy Minister responsible Wijaya Dahanayake, Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
Ministry executive P. B. Abeykoon, Secretary
Child agencies Department of Pensions
Department of Registrar General
Public Service Training Institute
Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration
Website pubad.gov.lk

The Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs (Tamil: அரசாங்க நிர்வாக மற்றும் உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு Aracāṅka Nirvāka Maṟṟum Uḷnāṭṭaluvalkaḷ Amaiccu) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for public administration. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on public administration, 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 ministry is not responsible for policing, prisons and immigration - these come under the purview of the Ministry of Law and Order, Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms and Ministry of Defence and Urban Development respectively. The current Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs are John Seneviratne and Wijaya Dahanayake respectively.[2][3] The ministry has a recurrent budget of Rs. 138,534 million in 2014 and a capital budget of Rs. 4,500 million.[4]

Ministers

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

Parties

      Sri Lanka Freedom Party       United National Party

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Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Jayatilaka, Don BaronDon Baron Jayatilaka 1931 1942 Minister of Home Affairs [5][6]
Mahadeva, ArunachalamArunachalam Mahadeva 1942 1946 [7][8]
Goonetilleke, OliverOliver Goonetilleke United National Party 26 September 1947 Senanayake, D. S.D. S. Senanayake Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development [9][10]
Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake
Ratnayake, A.A. Ratnayake United National Party 1956 Minister of Home Affairs [11]
Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala [12]
Jayasuriya, A. P.A. P. Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 June 1959 Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D.S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike [13][14]
Ilangaratne, T. B.T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 26 September 1959 8 December 1959 Dahanayake, W.W. Dahanayake [15]
Kaleel, M. C. M.M. C. M. Kaleel United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development [15][16]
Senanayake, MaithripalaMaithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs [17][18]
Dahanayake, WijeyanandaWijeyananda Dahanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party March 1965 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake Minister of Home Affairs [19][20]
Bandaranaike, Felix DiasFelix Dias Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 31 May 1970 Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs [21][22]
Ilangaratne, T. B.T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs [23]
Jayawickrama, MontagueMontague Jayawickrama United National Party 23 July 1977 Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene [24]
Devanayakam, K. W.K. W. Devanayakam United National Party 14 February 1980 Minister of Home Affairs [25][26]
Perera, FestusFestus Perera United National Party 1990 Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs [27]
Wickremanayake, RatnasiriRatnasiri Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1994 Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Public Administration and Plantation Industries [28][29]
Dodangoda, AmarasiriAmarasiri Dodangoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1994 Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives [28]
Pathirana, RichardRichard Pathirana Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Administrative Reforms [30]
Aluvihare, AlickAlick Aluvihare United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government [31][32]
Dodangoda, AmarasiriAmarasiri Dodangoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs [33][34][35]
Amunugama, SarathSarath Amunugama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 November 2005 Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa [36]
Jayasuriya, KaruKaru Jayasuriya United National Party (D) 28 January 2007 9 December 2008 [37][38][39]
Amunugama, SarathSarath Amunugama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1 January 2009 [40][41]
Seneviratne, JohnJohn Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 12 January 2015 [42][43][44]
Perera, Joseph MichaelJoseph Michael Perera United National Party 12 January 2015 Present Sirisena, MaithreepalaMaithreepala Sirisena Minister of Home Affairs

References

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  22. ↑ Jiggins, Janice (2010). Caste and Family Politics Sinhalese 1947-1976. Cambridge University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-521-22069-9.
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  26. ↑ Perera, Supun (23 January 2003). "K. W. Devanayagam - the gentle politician". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  27. ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "The New Cabinet". Tamil Times XIII (8): 4. 15 August 1994. ISSN 0266-4488.
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  34. ↑ "The new UPFA Cabinet". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 April 2004.
  35. ↑ "JVP boycotts UPFA cabinet swearing in ceremony". TamilNet. 10 April 2004.
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  37. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1482/8. 29 January 2007.
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  39. ↑ "New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in". Current Affairs (Government of Sri Lanka).
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  41. ↑ "Advanced general elections post-Kilinochchi". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 4 January 2009.
  42. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1651/3. 26 April 2010.
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  44. ↑ "New Parliament, New Cabinet" (PDF). The Nation (Sri Lanka). 25 April 2010.

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