Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage

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The Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for social services, social welfare and Kandyan heritage. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on social empowerment and welfare and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage and Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage are S. B. Dissanayake and Ranjan Ramanayake respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is Mahinda Seneviratne.[4]

Formed1947; 79 years ago (1947)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters1st Floor, Sethsiripaya (Stage II), Battaramulla, Colombo
6°54′10.10″N 79°54′57.40″E
Annualbudget
  • Rs. 14 billion (2017, recurrent)
  • Rs. 2 billion (2017, capital)
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Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage
Ministry overview
Formed1947; 79 years ago (1947)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters1st Floor, Sethsiripaya (Stage II), Battaramulla, Colombo
6°54′10.10″N 79°54′57.40″E
Annual budget
  • Rs. 14 billion (2017, recurrent)
  • Rs. 2 billion (2017, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Upali Pannilage, Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • TBD, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of Divineguma Development
  • Department of Social Services
  • National Council for Persons with Disabilities
  • National Institute of Social Development
  • National Secretariat for Elders and National Council for Elders
  • National Secretariat for Persons with Disabilities
  • Rural Development Training and Research Institute
  • Social Security Board
Websitesocialemwelfare.gov.lk
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Ministers

The Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Parties

  Ceylon National Congress   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Mahajana Eksath Peramuna   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna   Eelam People's Democratic Party   National People's Power

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Ministers of Social Services
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
T. B. Jayah26 September 19471950D. S. SenanayakeMinister of Labour and Social Services[5][6]
Kanthiah Vaithianathan19531953John KotelawalaMinister of Housing and Social Services[7]
1953Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services[7]
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party12 April 1956S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeMinister of Labour, Housing and Social Services[8][9][10][11]
P. B. G. KalugallaSri Lanka Freedom Party9 June 1959Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services[12]
8 December 1959W. Dahanayake[12]
M. V. P. Peiris23 March 19601960Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Health and Social Services[12]
D. S. GoonesekeraSri Lanka Freedom Party28 May 1963Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Labour and Social Services[13]
Asoka KarunaratneUnited National PartyDudley SenanayakeMinister of Social Services[14]
S. S. KulatilekeSirimavo Bandaranaike[15]
Asoka KarunaratneUnited National Party23 July 1977J. R. Jayewardene[16][17]
Ranjit AtapattuUnited National Party18 February 19895 January 1990Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Labour and Social Welfare[18]
D. B. WijetungaUnited National Party11 January 1990[18]
A. M. S. AdhikariUnited National Party30 March 199014 March 1991Minister of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Social Welfare[19]
P. DayaratnaUnited National Party14 March 1991[19][20]
A. H. M. FowzieSri Lanka Freedom Party19 August 1994D. B. WijetungaMinister of Health and Social Services[21][22]
Milroy FernandoSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Social Services and Fishing Community Housing Development[23]
Nimal Siripala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 2001Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services[24][25]
Sumedha G. JayasenaSri Lanka Freedom Party10 April 2004Minister of Women's Empowerment and Social Welfare[26][27][28]
Douglas DevanandaEelam People's Democratic Party23 November 2005Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Social Services and Social Welfare[29]
Felix PereraSri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 2010Minister of Social Services[30][31][32][33][34]
P. HarrisonUnited National Party12 January 201517 August 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development[35][36][37][38]
S. B. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party4 September 201522 May 2017Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare[39][40][41][42]
22 May 201712 April 2018Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage[42][43][44]
Daya Gamage United National Party 20 December 2018 21 November 2019 Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Social Empowerment
Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 1 June 2020 9 May 2022 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Minister of Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development
Ranil Wickremesinghe United National Party 21 July 2022 23 September 2024 Ranil Wickremesinghe Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment
Anura Kumara Dissanayake National People's Power 24 September 2024 18 November 2024 Anura Kumara Dissanayake Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment
Upali Pannilage National People's Power 18 November 2024 Incumbent Anura Kumara Dissanayake Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment [45]
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Secretaries

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Social Services Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
W. Yamuna Chitrangani25 April 2010Social Services Secretary[46][47]
D. K. R. Ekanayake19 January 2015Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Secretary[48][49][50][51]
Mahinda Seneviratne8 September 2015Social Empowerment and Social Services Secretary[52][53][54]
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