Ministry of Urban Development and Housing

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The Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing[2] (Sinhala: නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: நகர அபிவிருத்தி மற்றும் வீடமைப்பு அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for housing and construction. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on housing and construction and other subjects which come under its purview.[3] The current Minister of Urban Development and Housing is Mr. Ranjith Ariyarathne[1] The ministry's secretary is Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne.[4]

JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersFloor 2nd,12th & 13th Floors, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla
6.903351°N 79.915638°E / 6.903351; 79.915638
Minister responsible
  • Mr.Anura Karunathilake[1], Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing
Ministry executive
  • Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne, Secretary of the Ministry
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Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing
නාගරික සංවර්ධන, ඉදිකිරීම් හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශය
நகர அபிவிருத்தி, நிர்மாணிப்பு மற்றும் வீடமைப்பு அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersFloor 2nd,12th & 13th Floors, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla
6.903351°N 79.915638°E / 6.903351; 79.915638
Minister responsible
  • Mr.Anura Karunathilake[1], Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing
Ministry executive
  • Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne, Secretary of the Ministry
Child agencies
  • National Physical Planning Department
  • Department of Buildings
  • Department of Government Factories
  • Department of National Community Water Supply
  • Urban Development Authority
  • National Housing Development Authority
  • Construction Industry Development Authority
  • Urban Settlement Development Authority
  • Condominium Management Authority (Common Amenities Board)
  • Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation
  • Building Material Corporation Limited
  • State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka
Websitewww.moudh.gov.lk
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Ministers

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Ministers of Housing
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Kanthiah Vaithianathan19531953John KotelawalaMinister of Housing and Social Services[5]
19531956Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services[5]
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party12 April 19561959S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeMinister of Labour, Housing and Social Services[6][7][8][9]
Vimala WijewardeneSri Lanka Freedom Party9 June 1959Minister of Local Government and Housing[10]
21 November 1959W. Dahanayake
M. B. W. MediwakeSri Lanka Freedom Party
J. R. JayewardeneUnited National Party23 March 19601960Dudley Senanayake[10]
Mahanama SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party23 July 1960Sirimavo Bandaranaike[11]
Badi-ud-din Mahmud28 May 1963Minister of Health and Housing[12]
M. H. MohamedUnited National PartyMarch 1965Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Labour, Employment and Housing[13][14]
Pieter KeunemanCommunist Party31 May 1970February 1977Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Housing and Construction[15][16][17]
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National Party23 July 1977J. R. JayewardeneMinister of Local Government, Housing and Construction[18][19][20]
Sirisena CoorayUnited National Party18 February 1989Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Housing and Construction[21][22][23]
Nimal Siripala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party19 August 1994D. B. WijetungaMinister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities[24][25]
Mangala SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party4 September 2001Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Urban Development, Public Utilities, Housing and Sports[26][27]
Arumugam ThondamanCeylon Workers' Congress12 December 2001Minister of Housing and Plantation Infrastructure[28][29]
Ferial AshraffNational Unity Alliance10 April 2004Minister of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education and Irrigation Development[30][31][32]
23 November 2005Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Housing and Construction[33]
28 January 2007Minister of Housing and Common Amenities[34][35][36]
Wimal WeerawansaNational Freedom Front23 April 2010Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities[37][38][39][40]
Sajith PremadasaUnited National Party12 January 201517 August 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Housing and Samurdhi[41][42][43][44]
4 September 2015Minister of Housing and Construction[45][46][47]
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Secretaries

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Housing Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Nissanka N. Wijeratne25 April 2010Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary[48]
S. M. G. Jayaratne22 November 2010Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary[49]
P. H. L. W. Perera12 July 2012Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary[50]
W. K. K. Athukorala8 September 2015Housing and Construction Secretary[51][52][53]
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