Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Home Affairs
Type:Ministry
Nativename:Sinhala; Sinhalese: ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය
Tamil: உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு
Seal:Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Jurisdiction:Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Headquarters:Independence Square, Colombo 07
Coordinates:6.9035°N 79.8692°W
Minister1 Name:Dinesh Gunawardena
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Chief1 Name:S. T. Kodikara
Chief1 Position:Ministry Secretary
Child1 Agency:District and divisional secretariats of Sri Lanka
Child2 Agency:Registrar General's Department

The Ministry of Home Affairs (Sinhala: ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය Swadēsha Katayuthu Amathyanshaya; Tamil: உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for public administration.

The Minister of Home Affairs is one of the most senior ministers in the government and ranks third in the ministerial ranking. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The ministry manages the country's administrative service, including District and Divisional Secretariats as well as the Grama Niladhari (village officers) network under the oversight of the latter.

The current Minister of Home Affairs is Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.

Ministers

Ministers of Home Affairs
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Minister of Home Affairs [2] [3]
[4] [5]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development [6] [7]
[8]
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Minister of Home Affairs [9]
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!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"[11] [12]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"[13]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development [14]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs [15] [16]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Home Affairs [17] [18]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"align=center!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs [19] [20]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs [21]
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!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Home Affairs [23] [24]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs [25]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives [26]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=4Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Administrative Reforms [27]
Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development [28] [29]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government [30] [31]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs [32] [33] [34]
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!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"[36] [37] [38]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" [39] [40]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"[41] [42] [43]
!align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2align=center rowspan=2!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=3Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries [44] [45] [46] [47]
Minister of Home Affairs [48] [49] [50] [51]
!align="center" style="background:;"[52] [53] [54]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Janaka Bandara TennakoonSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan="2"Gotabaya RajapaksaMinister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan="2"Dinesh GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaIncumbentMinister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government

Secretaries

Home Affairs Secretaries
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Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretary [55]
Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretary [56]
Home Affairs and Fisheries Secretary [57] [58] [59] [60]
Home Affairs Secretary [61] [62] [63] [64]
Home Affairs Secretary [65]
Home Affairs Secretary [66]

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020207002606/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI22Df02.html. unfit. 2002-02-07. Chapter 7: State Councils – elections and boycotts.
  3. News: Sariffodeen. Drene Terana. What caused the rift between D.S. and Sir Baron. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 March 2003.
  4. Book: Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam. The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict. C. Hurst & Co.. 1-85065-033-0. xii. A. Jeyaratnam Wilson. 1988.
  5. News: Jayaweera. Stanley. Dharmaraja College Founder’s Day Oration: Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka — a great legacy. The Island (Sri Lanka). 18 July 2001.
  6. News: First cabinet had only 14 ministers. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 September 2007.
  7. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020103155748/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ27Df05.html. unfit. 2002-01-03. Chapter 12: Tryst with independence.
  8. Book: Peebles. Patrick. Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka. 2015. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1-4422-5584-5. 391.
  9. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1951. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 27–28.
  10. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020208193722/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK17Df01.html. unfit. 2002-02-08. Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language.
  11. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1956. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 10–11.
  12. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1959. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 9–10.
  13. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike. 2014-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html. 2015-09-24. unfit.
  14. Book: Mohan, R. Vasundhara. Identity Crisis of Sri Lankan Muslims. 1987. Mittal Publications. Delhi. 52.
  15. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20011217063058/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL08Df04.html. unfit. 2001-12-17. Chapter 18: Srimavo - weeping arrogance.
  16. News: Wijenayake. Walter. Maithripala Senanayake - an illustrious leader of Sri Lanka. The Island (Sri Lanka). 11 July 2010.
  17. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1968. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 15.
  18. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020416075330/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html. unfit. 2002-04-16. Chapter 20 - Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity.
  19. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020127131454/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA05Df05.html. unfit. 2002-01-27. Chapter 21: A further lack of perspicuity.
  20. Book: Jiggins, Janice. Caste and Family Politics Sinhalese 1947-1976. 2010. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-22069-9. 164.
  21. Book: Sri Lanka Year Book 1975. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 19.
  22. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020416074026/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html. unfit. 2002-04-16. Chapter 25: War or peace?.
  23. News: Vivekananthan. C. V.. The Cabinet and Sri Lankan Tamils. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 6 January 2014.
  24. News: Perera. Supun. K. W. Devanayagam - the gentle politician. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 23 January 2003.
  25. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020802170437/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF08Df01.html. unfit. 2002-08-02. Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal.
  26. The New Cabinet. Tamil Times. 15 August 1994. XIII. 8. 4. 0266-4488.
  27. Web site: New cabinet sworn in today . Current Affairs . . 19 October 2000 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171946/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200010/20001019new_cabinet.htm . 3 March 2016 .
  28. News: Weerawarne. Sumadhu. 18 member Cabinet sworn in yesterday. The Island (Sri Lanka). 15 September 2001.
  29. News: New Cabinet. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 15 September 2001.
  30. News: Wickremesinghe appoints cabinet of 25. 12 December 2001. TamilNet.
  31. News: UNF govt. cabinet sworn-in. 13 December 2001. The Island (Sri Lanka).
  32. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President . 10 April 2004 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1335/24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141225151106/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2004/pdf/Apr/1335%20_%2024/1335%20_%2024%20E.pdf . 25 December 2014 .
  33. News: The new UPFA Cabinet. 11 April 2004. Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
  34. News: JVP boycotts UPFA cabinet swearing in ceremony. 10 April 2004. TamilNet.
  35. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President . https://web.archive.org/web/20070317033130/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1420-28/1420-28E.pdf . dead . 17 March 2007 . 23 November 2005 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1420/28 .
  36. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President . 29 January 2007 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1482/8 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024439/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2007/pdf/Jan/1482_8/1482_8e.pdf . 22 February 2014 .
  37. News: The New Cabinet. The Island (Sri Lanka). 29 January 2007.
  38. News: New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in . https://web.archive.org/web/20070213073604/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200701/20070128new_cabinet_ministers_sworn_in.htm . dead . 2007-02-13 . Current Affairs . .
  39. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 13 January 2009. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1584/10. 15 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223519/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2009/PDF/Jan/1584_10/1584_10%28E%29.pdf. 23 September 2015. dead.
  40. News: Advanced general elections post-Kilinochchi. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 4 January 2009.
  41. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President . 26 April 2010 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1651/3 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100524225519/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Apr/1651_3/1651_3E.pdf . 24 May 2010 .
  42. News: The New Cabinet. The Sunday Leader. 25 April 2010.
  43. News: New Parliament, New Cabinet. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 25 April 2010.
  44. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 18 January 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1897/16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115111/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf. 28 January 2015.
  45. News: New Cabinet ministers sworn in. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015.
  46. News: New Cabinet takes oaths. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150118145912/http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html. 18 January 2015.
  47. News: Imtiaz . Zahrah . Moramudali . Umesh . 27-member cabinet 10 State ministers 08 Deputy ministers . . 13 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150118144216/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html . 18 January 2015 .
  48. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 26 March 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1907/48. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223820/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf. 23 September 2015.
  49. News: More Ministers appointed. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 22 March 2015.
  50. News: Cabinet balloons to 40 as 26 more SLFPers luck out. The Island (Sri Lanka). 23 March 2015.
  51. News: Weerasinghe . Chamikara . SLFPers take oaths as ministers in National Govt . . 23 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150329061438/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fslfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt . 29 March 2015 .
  52. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President . 14 September 2015 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1932/07 .
  53. News: New Cabinet. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 September 2015.
  54. News: The new Cabinet . . 4 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150907020713/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html . 7 September 2015 .
  55. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 3 May 2010. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1652/02. 2015-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20100524231520/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/May/1652_2/G%2012778%20(E).pdf. 2010-05-24. dead.
  56. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 22 November 2010. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1681/04.
  57. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 28 January 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1899/14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223752/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.pdf. 23 September 2015.
  58. News: Edirisinghe. Dasun. President reminds new Ministry secretaries of their fundamental duty. The Island (Sri Lanka). 20 January 2015.
  59. News: The new Ministry Secretaries receive their appointments. Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. 19 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113642/http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/23350-the-new-ministry-secretaries-receive-their-appointments.html. 28 January 2015.
  60. News: Secretaries appointed to new Ministries. news.lk. 19 January 2015.
  61. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 18 September 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/69.
  62. News: 44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 8 September 2015.
  63. News: New Secretaries to Ministries appointed. The Island (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.
  64. Web site: New Secretaries to 3 Ministries appointed. PMDnews.lk. President's Media Division, Sri Lanka. 8 September 2017. en. 1 August 2016.
  65. News: 4 August 2016 . Neil de Alwis assumes duties as Home Affairs Secretary . Dailynews.lk . Daily News Sri Lanka . 8 September 2017.
  66. News: Mr. S.T. Kodikara assumes duties as Home Affairs Secretary. 8 September 2017. Daily News Sri Lanka. Dailynews.lk. 4 August 2016.

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