Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු, පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය
பொதுநிருவாக, உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள், மாகாண சபைகள் மற்றும் உள்ளூராட்சி அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed1931
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters330 Union Place, Colombo 2
6°55′09.00″N 79°51′35.40″E / 6.9191667°N 79.8598333°E / 6.9191667; 79.8598333
Annual budget
  • LKR 169 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • LKR 69 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Dinesh Gunawardena[1], Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Ministry executive
  • H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies
  • Local Loans and Development Fund
  • Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance
Websitelgpc.gov.lk

The Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government[2] (Sinhala: රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු, පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: பொதுநிருவாக, உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள், மாகாண சபைகள் மற்றும் உள்ளூராட்சி அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for provincial councils and local government. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on provincial councils and Local Government and other subjects which come under its purview.[3] The current Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government is Dinesh Gunawardena.[1] The ministry's secretary is H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri.[4] The ministry has had oversight of drafting the 20th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution.[5][6]

Ministers

Ministers of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Charles Batuwantudawe19311935Minister of Local Administration[7]
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike19361944[8]
United National Party26 September 194712 July 1951D. S. SenanayakeMinister of Health and Local Government[9][10]
Dudley SenanayakeUnited National Party26 March 19521952Dudley Senanayake[11]
C. W. W. Kannangara19 June 1952Minister of Local Government[12]
John Kotelawala[13]
Jayaweera KuruppuSri Lanka Freedom PartyS. W. R. D. BandaranaikeMinister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs[14][15][16]
Vimala WijewardeneSri Lanka Freedom Party9 June 1959Minister of Local Government and Housing[17]
21 November 1959W. Dahanayake
M. B. W. MediwakeSri Lanka Freedom Party
J. R. JayewardeneUnited National Party23 March 19601960Dudley Senanayake[17]
Mahanama SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party23 July 1960Sirimavo Bandaranaike[18]
M. TiruchelvamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiMarch 1965November 1968Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Local Government[19][20]
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National Party1968
Felix Dias Bandaranaikealign=centerSri Lanka Freedom Party31 May 1970Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs[21][22]
W. P. G. AriyadasaMinister of Local Government[23]
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National Party23 July 1977J. R. JayewardeneMinister of Local Government, Housing and Construction[24][25][26]
U. B. WijekoonUnited National Party18 February 198928 March 1990Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs[27]
Festus PereraUnited National Party30 March 1990[28]
Amarasiri DodangodaSri Lanka Freedom Party19 August 1994D. B. WijetungaMinister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives[29][30]
Nandimithra EkanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Provincial Councils and Local Government[31]
Richard PathiranaSri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 2001Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development[32][33]
Alick AluvihareUnited National Party12 December 2001Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government[34][35]
Janaka Bandara TennakoonSri Lanka Freedom Party10 April 2004Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government[36][37][38]
23 November 2005Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Local Government and Provincial Councils[39][40][41][42]
A. L. M. AthaullahNational Congress23 April 2010[43][44][45][46]
Karu JayasuriyaUnited National Party12 January 201522 March 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance[47][48][49][50]
22 March 201517 August 2015Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Democratic Governance[51][52][53][54]
Faiszer MusthaphaSri Lanka Freedom Party9 September 2015Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government[55][56][57]

Secretaries

Local Government Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Nihal Jayathilaka25 April 2010Local Government and Provincial Councils Secretary[58][59]
R. A. A. K. Ranawaka12 July 2012Local Government and Provincial Councils Secretary[60]
J. Dadallage19 January 2015Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance Secretary[61][62][63][64]
H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri11 September 2015Provincial Councils and Local Government Secretary[65]

References

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