Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Information Technology
Type:Ministry
Seal:Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Jurisdiction:Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters:79/1 5th Lane, Colombo
Minister1 Name:Harin Fernando
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment
Deputyminister1 Name:Tharanath Basnayake
Deputyminister1 Pfo:Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure
Chief1 Name:Nihal Somaweera
Chief1 Position:Wasantha Deshapriya
Child1 Agency:Department of Telecommunication
Child2 Agency:Information and Communication Technology Agency
Child3 Agency:Sri Lanka Telecom

The Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for telecommunication and digital infrastructure. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on telecommunication and digital infrastructure and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment and Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure are Harin Fernando and Tharanath Basnayake respectively.[2] [3] The ministry's secretary is Wasantha Deshapriya.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Telecommunication
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Minister of Communications and Works [5]
[6] [7]
!align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Posts and Telecommunication [8] [9] [10]
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!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Communications [11]
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!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telecommunications [12]
!align="center" style="background:; color:red;"Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party1977Minister of Posts and Telecommunications [13] [14]
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!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Udarata Development [26] [27] [28]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=4Minister of Posts and Telecommunication [29]
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!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology [38] [39]
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure [40] [41] [42] [43]
Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment [44] [45] [46]

Secretaries

Telecommunication Secretaries
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Posts and Telecommunication Secretary [47]
Telecommunication and Information Technology Secretary [48]
Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Secretary [49] [50] [51]

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. 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.
  6. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20011224000734/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI29Df03.html. unfit. 2001-12-24. Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers – A Sinhalese ploy.
  7. Book: de Silva. K. M.. Wriggins. William Howard. J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka: 1906-1956. University of Hawaii Press. 325. K. M. de Silva. William Howard Wriggins. 1988. 9780824811839 .
  8. News: First cabinet had only 14 ministers. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 September 2007.
  9. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://archive.today/20020103155748/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ27Df05.html. unfit. 2002-01-03. Chapter 12: Tryst with independence.
  10. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://archive.today/20020103152932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK10Df03.html. unfit. 2002-01-03. Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces.
  11. 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.
  12. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1968. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 15.
  13. 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.
  14. Book: Sri Lanka Year Book 1975. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 19.
  15. Book: Sri Lanka Year Book 1977. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 17–18.
  16. 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?.
  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 . 29 January 2007 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1482/08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024439/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2007/pdf/Jan/1482_8/1482_8e.pdf . 22 February 2014 .
  31. News: The New Cabinet. The Island (Sri Lanka). 29 January 2007.
  32. Web site: 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 . 13 February 2007 . Current Affairs . The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka . 28 January 2007 .
  33. News: SLMC resigns from Rajapaksa government. 12 December 2007. TamilNet.
  34. News: Why the SLMC quit the Rajapaska government. 16 December 2007. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 9 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181819/http://www.nation.lk/2007/12/16/newsfe1.htm. 3 March 2016. dead.
  35. 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 .
  36. News: The New Cabinet. The Sunday Leader. 25 April 2010.
  37. News: New Parliament, New Cabinet. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 25 April 2010.
  38. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President . 22 November 2010 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1681/02 . 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 .
  39. News: New Faces Boost Cabinet as Hopes Rise. 28 November 2010. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 9 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044010/http://www.nation.lk/2010/11/28/newsfe1.htm. 4 March 2016. dead.
  40. 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 .
  41. News: New Cabinet. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 September 2015.
  42. 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 .
  43. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications NOTIFICATION. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 14 March 2018. 2062/26. 17 March 2018. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  44. News: Marasinghe. Sandasen. Mallawaarachchi. Amali. President reshuffles UNP pack. 25 March 2018. Daily News. 26 February 2018. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  45. News: PM sworn is as law and order minister in low key reshuffle. 25 March 2018. The Island. 26 February 2018. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  46. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & C., by the President. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 14 March 2018. 2062/27. 20 March 2018. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  47. 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. 9 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20100524231520/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/May/1652_2/G%2012778%20(E).pdf. 24 May 2010. dead.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. News: 44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 8 September 2015.
  51. News: New Secretaries to Ministries appointed. The Island (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.

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