Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage
Type:Ministry
Seal:Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Jurisdiction:Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters:1st Floor, Sethsiripaya (Stage II), Battaramulla, Colombo
Minister1 Name:Ranil Wikramasinhe
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage
Deputyminister1 Name:Anupa Pasqual
Deputyminister1 Pfo:Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage
Chief1 Name:Mahinda Seneviratne
Chief1 Position:Secretary
Child1 Agency:Department of Divineguma Development
Child2 Agency:Department of Social Services
Child3 Agency:National Council for Persons with Disabilities
Child4 Agency:National Institute of Social Development
Child5 Agency:National Secretariat for Elders and National Council for Elders
Child6 Agency:National Secretariat for Persons with Disabilities
Child7 Agency:Rural Development Training and Research Institute
Child8 Agency:Social Security Board

The Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for social services, social welfare and Kandyan heritage. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on social empowerment and welfare and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage and Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage are S. B. Dissanayake and Ranjan Ramanayake respectively.[2] [3] The ministry's secretary is Mahinda Seneviratne.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Social Services
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!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Labour and Social Services [5] [6]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Housing and Social Services [7]
Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services [8] [9] [10] [11]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services [12]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Health and Social Services
!align="center" style="background:;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Labour and Social Services [13]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Social Services [14]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"[15]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"[16] [17]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=4Minister of Labour and Social Welfare [18]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Social Welfare [19]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"[20]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Health and Social Services [21] [22]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=3Minister of Social Services and Fishing Community Housing Development [23]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services [24] [25]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Women's Empowerment and Social Welfare [26] [27] [28]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare [29]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Social Services [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
!align="center" style="background:;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=3Minister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development [35] [36] [37] [38]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2align=center rowspan=2Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare [39] [40] [41] [42]
Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage [43] [44]

Secretaries

Social Services Secretaries
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Social Services Secretary [45] [46]
Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Secretary [47] [48] [49] [50]
Social Empowerment and Social Services Secretary [51] [52] [53]

Notes and References

  1. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification. 21 September 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1933/13.
  2. Web site: Cabinet Ministers. President's Media Division News.
  3. Web site: Deputy Ministers. President's Media Division News.
  4. Web site: Secretaries to the Ministries. President's Media Division News.
  5. News: First cabinet had only 14 ministers. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 September 2007.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Chapter 16: 'Honorable wounds of war'. 2016-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20011215123938/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/CK24Df05.html. 2001-12-15. unfit.
  9. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1956. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 10–11.
  10. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1957. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 10–11.
  11. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1959. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 9–10.
  12. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike. 2016-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html. 2015-09-24. unfit.
  13. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20011218081922/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL15Df05.html. unfit. 2001-12-18. Chapter 19: Anguish and pain.
  14. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1968. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 15.
  15. Book: Sri Lanka Year Book 1975. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 19.
  16. Book: Sri Lanka Year Book 1977. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 17–18.
  17. Book: Sri Lanka Year Book 1982. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 12–14.
  18. Book: de Silva . W. P. P. . Ferdinando . T. C. L. . 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka . . 210 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf . 2015-06-23 .
  19. Book: de Silva . W. P. P. . Ferdinando . T. C. L. . 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka . . 213–214 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf . 2015-06-23 .
  20. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020722000018/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/DF22Df04.html. unfit. 2002-07-22. Chapter 45: War continues with brutality.
  21. The New Cabinet. Tamil Times. 15 August 1994. XIII. 8. 4. 0266-4488.
  22. The Cabinet. The Sri Lanka Monitor. August 1994. 79. 2.
  23. 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 .
  24. News: Weerawarne. Sumadhu. 18 member Cabinet sworn in yesterday. The Island (Sri Lanka). 15 September 2001.
  25. News: New Cabinet. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 15 September 2001.
  26. 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 .
  27. News: The new UPFA Cabinet. 11 April 2004. Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
  28. News: JVP boycotts UPFA cabinet swearing in ceremony. 10 April 2004. TamilNet.
  29. 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 .
  30. 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 .
  31. News: The New Cabinet. The Sunday Leader. 25 April 2010.
  32. News: New Parliament, New Cabinet. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 25 April 2010.
  33. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President . 22 November 2010 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1681/2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024545/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Nov/1681_02/1681_02%20%28E%29.pdf . 22 February 2014 .
  34. News: New Faces Boost Cabinet as Hopes Rise. 28 November 2010. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 2 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044010/http://www.nation.lk/2010/11/28/newsfe1.htm. 4 March 2016. dead.
  35. 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.
  36. News: New Cabinet ministers sworn in. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015.
  37. 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.
  38. 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 .
  39. 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 .
  40. News: New Cabinet. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 September 2015.
  41. 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 .
  42. PART I : SECTION (I) – GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 26 May 2017. 2020/76. 27 May 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  43. News: Nine Ministers take oaths following Cabinet reshuffle. 28 May 2017. Daily News. 22 May 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  44. News: Cabinet reshuffle: 9 portfolios change. 28 May 2017. Ceylon Today. 22 May 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  45. 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. 2016-04-02. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. News: Edirisinghe. Dasun. President reminds new Ministry secretaries of their fundamental duty. The Island (Sri Lanka). 20 January 2015.
  49. 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.
  50. News: Secretaries appointed to new Ministries. news.lk. 19 January 2015.
  51. 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.
  52. News: 44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 8 September 2015.
  53. News: New Secretaries to Ministries appointed. The Island (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.

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