Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Home Affairs
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°E / 6.9036111; 79.8693056Coordinates: 6°54′13.00″N 79°52′09.50″E / 6.9036111°N 79.8693056°E / 6.9036111; 79.8693056
Annual budget
  • Rs. 16 billion (2015, recurrent)
  • Rs. 10 billion (2015, 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

Parties

      United National Party       Sri Lanka Freedom Party       Independent

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

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Ministers of Home Affairs
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 26 September 1947 Senanayake, D. S.D. S. Senanayake Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development [9][10]
1952 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake
Ratnayake, A.A. Ratnayake Minister of Home Affairs [11]
1953 Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala [12]
Jayasuriya, A. P.A. P. Jayasuriya 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, W.W. 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 Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives [28]
Pathirana, RichardRichard Pathirana Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga 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 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 [42][43][44]
Perera, M. Joseph MichaelM. Joseph Michael Perera United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries [45][46][47][48]
22 March 2015 17 August 2015 Minister of Home Affairs [49][50][51][52]
Abeywardena, VajiraVajira Abeywardena United National Party 4 September 2015 [53][54][55]

Secretaries

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Home Affairs Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Dissanayake , D.D. Dissanayake 25 April 2010 Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretary [56]
Abeykoon, P. B.P. B. Abeykoon 22 November 2010 Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretary [57]
Borelessa, S. D. A. B.S. D. A. B. Borelessa 19 January 2015 Home Affairs and Fisheries Secretary [58][59][60][61]
Rathnasiri, J. J.J. J. Rathnasiri 8 September 2015 Home Affairs Secretary [62][63][64]

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