Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment

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The Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for telecommunication and digital infrastructure. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on telecommunication and digital infrastructure and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment and Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure are Harin Fernando and Tharanath Basnayake respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is Wasantha Deshapriya.[4]

JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters79/1 5th Lane, Colombo
6°54′19.90″N 79°51′20.50″E
Annualbudget
  • Rs. 0.1 billion (2018, recurrent)
  • Rs. 2 billion (2018, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Harin Fernando, Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment
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Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters79/1 5th Lane, Colombo
6°54′19.90″N 79°51′20.50″E
Annual budget
  • Rs. 0.1 billion (2018, recurrent)
  • Rs. 2 billion (2018, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Harin Fernando, Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • Nihal Somaweera, Wasantha Deshapriya
Child agencies
  • Department of Telecommunication
  • Information and Communication Technology Agency
  • Sri Lanka Telecom
Websitemtdi.gov.lk
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Ministers

The Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Telecommunication
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]
Mahanama SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party28 May 1963Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Communications[11]
Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja Party11 June 1964[11]
Montague JayawickramaUnited National PartyDudley SenanayakeMinister of Public Works, Posts and Telecommunications[12]
Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party 31 May 19701977 Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Posts and Telecommunications[13][14]
Shelton JayasingheUnited National Party23 July 1977J. R. Jayewardene[15][16]
D. B. WijetungaUnited National Party[17]
Alick AluwihareUnited National Party18 February 198914 March 1991Ranasinghe Premadasa[18][19][20]
A. M. S. AdhikariUnited National Party14 March 1991[19][20]
Mangala SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party19 August 1994D. B. Wijetunga[21][22]
Nimal Siripala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000Chandrika Kumaratunga[23][24]
Indika GunawardenaSri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 2001[24][25]
D. M. JayaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party10 April 2004Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Udarata Development[26][27][28]
23 November 2005Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Posts and Telecommunication[29]
Rauff HakeemSri Lanka Muslim Congress28 January 2007December 2007[30][31][32][33][34]
Jeewan KumaranatungaSri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 2010[35][36][37]
Ranjith SiyambalapitiyaSri Lanka Freedom Party22 November 2010Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology[38][39]
Harin FernandoUnited National Party4 September 201525 February 2018Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure[40][41][42][43]
25 February 2018Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment[44][45][46]
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Secretaries

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Telecommunication Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Asoka Jayasekara25 April 2010Posts and Telecommunication Secretary[47]
N. A. Athukoral22 November 2010Telecommunication and Information Technology Secretary[48]
Wasantha Deshapriya11 September 2015Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Secretary[49][50][51]
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