Ministry of Urban Development and Housing explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Urban Development and Housing
Type:Ministry
Nativename:Sinhala; Sinhalese: නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශය
Tamil: நகர அபிவிருத்தி மற்றும் வீடமைப்பு அமைச்சு
Seal:Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Jurisdiction:Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters:Floor 2, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla
Coordinates:6.9034°N 79.9156°W
Minister1 Name:Prasanna Ranatunga[1]
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Urban Development and Housing
Chief1 Name:W. K. K. Athukorala
Chief1 Position:Ministry Secretary
Child1 Agency:Building Materials Corporation
Child2 Agency:Centre for Housing Planning and Building
Child3 Agency:Condominium Management Authority (Common Amenities Board)
Child4 Agency:Construction Industry Development Authority
Child5 Agency:Department of Buildings
Child6 Agency:Devco Showa (Private) Limited
Child7 Agency:Government Factory
Child8 Agency:National Equipment and Machinery Organization
Child9 Agency:National Housing Development Authority
Child10 Agency:State Development and Construction Corporation
Child11 Agency:State Engineering Corporation
Child12 Agency:Urban Settlement Development Authority

The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing[2] (Sinhala; Sinhalese: 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 Prasanna Ranatunga.[1] The ministry's secretary is Mr. R M Abyeratne.[4]

Ministers

Ministers of Housing
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!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Housing and Social Services [5]
Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services
!align="center" style="background:;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services [6] [7] [8] [9]
!align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2Minister of Local Government and Housing [10]
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Minister of Health and Housing [12]
!align="center" style="background:;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing [13] [14]
!align="center" style="background:;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Housing and Construction [15] [16] [17]
!align="center" style="background:;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction [18] [19] [20]
!align="center" style="background:;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Housing and Construction [21] [22] [23]
!align="center" style="background:;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities [24] [25]
!align="center" style="background:;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=3Minister of Urban Development, Public Utilities, Housing and Sports [26] [27]
!align="center" style="background:;"Minister of Housing and Plantation Infrastructure [28] [29]
!align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=3align=center rowspan=3Minister of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education and Irrigation Development [30] [31] [32]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=3Minister of Housing and Construction [33]
Minister of Housing and Common Amenities [34] [35] [36]
!align="center" style="background:;"Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities [37] [38] [39] [40]
!align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2align=center rowspan=2!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Housing and Samurdhi [41] [42] [43] [44]
Minister of Housing and Construction [45] [46] [47]

Secretaries

Housing Secretaries
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Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary [48]
Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary [49]
Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary [50]
Housing and Construction Secretary [51] [52] [53]

Notes and References

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  7. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1956. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 10–11.
  8. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1957. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 10–11.
  9. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1959. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 9–10.
  10. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike. 2016-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html. 2015-09-24. unfit.
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