Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Sri Lanka) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Type:Ministry
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The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs was a Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for providing support to Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament, through the provision of office space and equipment, personal staff, salary and insurance services and training to MPs.[1] The duties of the ministry were merged with those of the Ministry of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms in May 2017, essentially resulting in the dissolution of the ministry.

List of ministers

Post:Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Body:Sri Lanka
Insignia:Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Insigniasize:50
Appointer:The President
Inaugural:Wimal Wickramasinghe
Formation:7 April 1993
Abolished:26 May 2017 (merged)
Last:Gayantha Karunathilaka

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs was an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Parties
NamePortraitPartyTenurePresidentMinisterial title
Wimal WickramasingheUnited National Party7 April 1993 – 16 August 1994Ranasinghe Premadasa
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Minister of Environment & Parliamentary Affairs
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party27 August 1994 – 9 June 1997Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Public Administration, Plantation Industries & Parliamentary Affairs
Jeyaraj FernandopulleSri Lanka Freedom Party9 July 1997 – 10 October 2000Minister of Plan Implementation & Parliamentary Affairs
S. B. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000 – 13 September 2001Minister of Samurdhi, Rural Development, Up country Development & Parliamentary Affairs
Maithripala SirisenaSri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 2001 – 7 December 2001Minister of Mahaweli Development & Parliamentary Affairs
A. H. M. AzwerSri Lanka Freedom Party12 December 2001 – 7 February 2004Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Milroy FernandoSri Lanka Freedom Party24 April 2004 – 18 July 2005Minister of Christian & Parliamentary Affairs
Wiswa WarnapalaSri Lanka Freedom Party2 August 2005 – 1 March 2007Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Parliamentary Affairs
M. H. MohamedSri Lanka Freedom Party2 March 2007 – 2010
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Sri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 2010 – 8 January 2015
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"United National Party9 January 2015 – 26 May 2017 Maithripala Sirisena

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our Services. Minparliament.gov.lk. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs of Sri Lanka. 8 September 2017.