Ministry of Mass Media

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The Ministry of Mass Media[2] (Sinhala: ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: வெகுசன ஊடக அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the implementation of the Post Office Ordinance and the Stamp Ordinance of Sri Lanka.[3] Aside from broader policy formulation, this also includes the maintenance and expansion of the Sri Lanka postal service, the design, release, sale and archiving of the country's postage stamps, representing Sri Lanka's interests at the Universal Postal Union, the oversight of banking, insurance and wire transfer services provided at postal offices.[3]

Formed26 September 1947; 78 years ago (1947-09-26)
(as Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications)
Preceding Ministry
  • Ministry of Communications and Works
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersFloors 6 & 8, Postal Headquarters Building,
310 D. R. Wijewardena mawatha
Colombo 10
6.927887°N 79.857956°E / 6.927887; 79.857956
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Ministry of Mass Media
‍ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය
வெகுசன ஊடக அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed26 September 1947; 78 years ago (1947-09-26)
(as Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications)
Preceding Ministry
  • Ministry of Communications and Works
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersFloors 6 & 8, Postal Headquarters Building,
310 D. R. Wijewardena mawatha
Colombo 10
6.927887°N 79.857956°E / 6.927887; 79.857956
Annual budget
  • LKR 12 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • LKR 0.2 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executives
  • W.A. Chulananda Perera, Secretary
  • Prof. Sunanda Maddumabandara, State Secretary
Child Ministry
Key documents
  • Post Office Ordinance, No. 11 of 1908
  • Stamp Ordinance, No. 22 of 1909
Websitewww.media.gov.lk
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The current Minister of Mass Media is Nalinda Jayatissa. The ministry's secretary is W.A. Chulananda Perera.[4]

Ministers

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

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Ministers of Posts
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Mohamed Macan Markar19311936Minister of Communications and Works[5]
John Kotelawala19361945[6][7]
C. SittampalamIndependent26 September 1947D. S. SenanayakeMinister of Posts and Telecommunication[8][9][10]
1952Dudley Senanayake[10]
V. NalliahUnited National Party19 June 195212 July 1952Minister of Posts and Information[10]
S. NatesanUnited National Party1952[10][11]
19 January 1956John Kotelawala[12]
C. A. S. MarikarSri Lanka Freedom Party12 April 1956S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeMinister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information[13][14][15][16]
W. Dahanayake
Montague JayawickramaUnited National Party23 March 19601960Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Posts, Works and Power[17]
M. P. de Z. Sriwardene28 May 1963Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Public Works and Post[18]
J. A. AmaratungaUnited National Party19691970Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Information and Broadcasting[19]
Chelliah Kumarasuriar31 May 1970Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Posts and Telecommunications[20][21]
Shelton JayasingheUnited National Party23 July 1977J. R. Jayewardene[22][23]
D. B. WijetungaUnited National Party[24]
Alick AluwihareUnited National Party18 February 198914 March 1991Ranasinghe Premadasa[25][26][27]
A. M. S. AdhikariUnited National Party14 March 1991[26][27]
Mangala SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party19 August 1994D. B. Wijetunga[28][29]
Nimal Siripala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000Chandrika Kumaratunga[30][31]
Indika GunawardenaSri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 2001[31][32]
D. M. JayaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party10 April 2004Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Udarata Development[33][34][35]
23 November 2005Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Posts and Telecommunication[36]
Rauff HakeemSri Lanka Muslim Congress28 January 2007December 2007[37][38][39][40][41]
Jeewan KumaranatungaSri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 2010[42][43][44]
22 November 2010Minister of Postal Services[45][46]
M. H. A. HaleemUnited National Party21 January 201517 August 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Muslim Religious Affairs and Posts[47][48][49]
4 September 201522 November 2019Minister of Posts, Postal Service and Muslim Affairs[50][51][52]
Bandula GunawardaneSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna22 November 201917 January 2020Gotabaya RajapaksaMinister of Information and Communication Technology[53]
17 January 2020Minister of Information and Mass Media[54]
23 May 2022PresentMinister of Mass Media
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Secretaries

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Posts Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Asoka Jayasekara25 April 2010Posts and Telecommunication Secretary[55]
22 November 2010Postal Services Secretary[56]
Abdul Majeed19 January 2015Muslim Religious Affairs and Posts Secretary[57][58]
P. H. L. Wimalasiri Perera8 September 2015Postal, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs Secretary[59][60][61]
D. G. M. V. Hapuarachchi1 August 201627 November 2019Postal, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs Secretary
W.A. Chulananda Perera27 November 2019PresentInformation and Mass Media Secretary[4][62]
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