Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (Sinhala: ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය Swadēsha Katayuthu Amathyanshaya; Tamil: உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for public administration.

Formed1931; 95 years ago (1931)
JurisdictionDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersIndependence Square, Colombo 07
6.903524°N 79.869168°E / 6.903524; 79.869168
Annualbudget
  • LKR 27 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • LKR 5 billion (2016, capital)
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Ministry of Home Affairs
ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය
உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed1931; 95 years ago (1931)
JurisdictionDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersIndependence Square, Colombo 07
6.903524°N 79.869168°E / 6.903524; 79.869168
Annual budget
  • LKR 27 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • LKR 5 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Ministry executive
  • S. T. Kodikara, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies
Websitemoha.gov.lk
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The Minister of Home Affairs is one of the most senior ministers in the government and ranks third in the ministerial ranking. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview.[1][2] The ministry manages the country's administrative service, including District and Divisional Secretariats as well as the Grama Niladhari (village officers) network under the oversight of the latter.

The current Minister of Home Affairs is Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.

Ministers

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Ministers of Home Affairs
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Don Baron Jayatilaka19311942Minister of Home Affairs[3][4]
Arunachalam Mahadeva19421946[5][6]
Oliver Goonetilleke26 September 1947D. S. SenanayakeMinister of Home Affairs and Rural Development[7][8]
Edwin Wijeyeratne19481951[9]
Oliver Goonetilleke1952Dudley Senanayake
A. RatnayakeMinister of Home Affairs[10]
1953John Kotelawala[11]
A. P. Jayasuriya12 April 1956June 1959S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike[12][13]
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party26 September 19598 December 1959W. Dahanayake[14]
M. C. M. KaleelUnited National Party23 March 19601960Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Home Affairs and Rural Development[14][15]
Maithripala SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party23 July 1960Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs[16][17]
W. DahanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Socialist PartyMarch 1965Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Home Affairs[18][19]
Felix Dias BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom Party31 May 1970Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs[20][21]
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Public Administration and Home Affairs[22]
Montague JayawickramaUnited National Party23 July 1977J. R. Jayewardene[23]
K. W. DevanayakamUnited National Party14 February 1980Minister of Home Affairs[24][25]
Festus PereraUnited National Party1990Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs[26]
Amarasiri DodangodaSri Lanka Freedom Party1994D. B. WijetungaMinister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives[27]
Richard PathiranaSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 200014 September 2001Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Administrative Reforms[28]
14 September 2001Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development[29][30]
Alick AluvihareUnited National Party12 December 2001Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government[31][32]
Amarasiri DodangodaSri Lanka Freedom Party10 April 2004Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs[33][34][35]
Sarath AmunugamaSri Lanka Freedom Party23 November 2005Mahinda Rajapaksa[36]
Karu JayasuriyaUnited National Party28 January 20079 December 2008[37][38][39]
Sarath AmunugamaSri Lanka Freedom Party1 January 2009[40][41]
John SeneviratneSri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 2010[42][43][44]
M. Joseph Michael PereraUnited National Party12 January 201522 March 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Home Affairs and Fisheries[45][46][47][48]
22 March 201517 August 2015Minister of Home Affairs[49][50][51][52]
Vajira AbeywardenaUnited National Party4 September 201521 November 2019[53][54][55]
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 22 November 2019 3 April 2022 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Dinesh Gunawardena Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 18 April 2022 Incumbent Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
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Secretaries

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Home Affairs Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
D. Dissanayake25 April 2010Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretary[56]
P. B. Abeykoon22 November 2010Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretary[57]
S. D. A. B. Borelessa19 January 2015Home Affairs and Fisheries Secretary[58][59][60][61]
J. J. Rathnasiri8 September 201531 July 2016Home Affairs Secretary[62][63][64][65]
Neil De Alwis4 September 2016Home Affairs Secretary[66]
S. T. Kodikara17 April 2018Home Affairs Secretary[67]
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