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Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)

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| post = Minister of Justice and National Integration

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| department = Minister of Justice and National Integration

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| incumbent = Harshana Nanayakkara

| incumbentsince = 18 November 2024

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| nominator = The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

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| appointer = The President of Sri Lanka

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| website = {{URL|www.moj.gov.lk}}

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The Minister Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

The constitution defines that it is mandatory for a minister of the cabinet to be styled as the Minister of Justice. From 1947 to 1970, per section 48 of the constitution, the Minister of Justice was one of two Ministers appointed from the Senate of Ceylon, as such appointments have been held by Advocates.{{cite book |title=fergusons-ceylon-directory |publisher=historyofceylontea.lk |url=https://www.historyofceylontea.com/ceylon-publications/fergusons-directory/1957-fergusons-ceylon-directory/pdf/resources/1957-fergusons-ceylon-directory.pdf |accessdate=10 July 2020}} It succeeded the office of Legal Secretary of Ceylon which existed from 1932 to 1947.

List of Justice Ministers

;Parties

{{legend2|{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|Sri Lanka Freedom Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|United National Party}}|United National Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|National People's Power}}|National People's Power|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
colspan="2"|Name

! Portrait

! Party

! Tenure

! colspan="2"|Head(s) of Government

!

rowspan ="2" !align="centre" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| Sir Lalita Rajapaksa, QC

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| United National Party

| 26 September 1947 – 1953

| rowspan ="2" !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| D. S. Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake

E. B. Wikramanayake, QC

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| United National Party

| 1953 – 1956

| John Kotelawala

rowspan ="3" !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" |

| M. W. H. de Silva, QC

|

| Sri Lanka Freedom Party

| 1956 – June 1959

| rowspan ="3" !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"|

| rowspan ="2"| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

rowspan ="2" |Valentine S. Jayawickrema

| rowspan ="2" |

| rowspan ="2" | Sri Lanka Freedom Party

| rowspan ="2" |June 1959 – 1960

Wijeyananda Dahanayake
!align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| E. J. Cooray

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| United National Party

| 23 March 1960 – 21 July 1960

| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| Dudley Senanayake

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"|

| Sam P. C. Fernando

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| Sri Lanka Freedom Party

| 23 July 1960 – March 1965

| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"|

| Sirimavo Bandaranaike

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| A. F. Wijemanne

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| United National Party

| March 1965 – 1970

| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| Dudley Senanayake

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"|

| Felix Dias Bandaranaike

| Sri Lanka Freedom Party

| 1970 – 1976

| rowspan ="2" !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"|

| rowspan ="2"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike

!align="centre" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"|

| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

| File:Ratnasiri Wickremanayake1.jpg

| Sri Lanka Freedom Party

| 1976 – 1977

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| K. W. Devanayagam

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| United National Party

| 23 July 1977 – 14 February 1980

| rowspan ="5" !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| rowspan ="2"| J. R. Jayewardene

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| Nissanka Wijeyeratne

| File:Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne.jpg

| United National Party

| 14 February 1980 – 1988

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| Vincent Perera

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| United National Party

| 1989 – 1990

| rowspan ="2"| Ranasinghe Premadasa

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed

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| United National Party

| 1990 – 1993

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| Harold Herath

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| United National Party

| 1993 – 1994

| Dingiri Banda Wijetunga

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"|

| G. L. Peiris

| File:G. L. Peiris portrait.jpg

| Sri Lanka Freedom Party

| 1994 – 2001

| rowspan ="9" !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"|

| rowspan="4" | Chandrika Kumaratunga

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| W. J. M. Lokubandara

| File:WJM Lokubandara.jpg

| United National Party

| 2001 – 2004

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"|

|John Seneviratne

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|Sri Lanka Freedom Party

|2004 - 2006

rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" !align="center" |

| rowspan="2" | Amarasiri Dodangoda

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" | 2006 – 30 May 2009

rowspan ="4"| Mahinda Rajapaksa
Milinda Moragoda

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| Sri Lanka Freedom Party

| 30 May 2009 – 23 April 2010

Athauda Seneviratne

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| Sri Lanka Freedom Party

23 April 2010 – 22 November 2010
!align="centre" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}; color:white;"|

| Rauff Hakeem

| File:Rauff Hakeem.jpg

| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

| 22 November 2010 – 28 December 2014

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC

| File:Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.jpg

| United National Party

| 12 January 2015 - 23 August 2017

| rowspan ="2"|Maithripala Sirisena

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| Thalatha Atukorale

| File:Thalatha Atukorale.jpg

| United National Party

| 25 August 2017 - 22 November 2019

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"|

| Nimal Siripala de Silva

| File:Nimal Siripala de Silva.jpg

| Sri Lanka Freedom Party

| 22 November 2019 - 12 August 2020

| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"|

| rowspan ="1"|Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickremesinghe

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"|

| Ali Sabry, PC

| 80px

| Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

| 12 August 2020 - 3 April 2022

| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"|

| rowspan ="1"|Gotabaya Rajapaksa

colspan="4" | Office Vacant

| 3 April 2022 - 26 April 2022

| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"|

| rowspan ="1"|Gotabaya Rajapaksa

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"|

| Ali Sabry, PC

| 80px

| Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

| 26 April 2022 - 9 May 2022

| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"|

| rowspan ="1"|Gotabaya Rajapaksa

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; color:white;"|

|Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC

|File:Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.jpg

|Independent

|20 May 2022 - 29 July 2024

| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"|

| rowspan="1" |Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremesinghe

|{{Cite web |date=2022-05-20 |title=Sri Lanka appoints nine new cabinet ministers |url=https://economynext.com/sri-lanka-appoints-nine-new-cabinet-ministers-94491 |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=EconomyNext |language=en}}

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"|

|Ali Sabry, PC

|80px

| Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

|12 August 2024 - 23 September 2024

| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|

| rowspan="1" |Ranil Wickremesinghe

|{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=Ali Sabry takes oath as new Justice Minister |url=https://www.adaderana.lk/news/101171/ali-sabry-takes-oath-as-new-justice-minister |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Ada Derana |language=en}}

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|National People's Power}}; color:white;"|

|Harini Amarasuriya

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|National People's Power

|24 September 2024 – 18 November 2024

| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|National People's Power}}; color:white;"|

| rowspan="2" |Anura Kumara Dissanayake

|{{Cite web |title=Harini Amarasuriya sworn in as Prime Minister - Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Harini-Amarasuriya-sworn-in-as-Prime-Minister/108-292361 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}}

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|National People's Power}}; color:white;"|

|Harshana Nanayakkara

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|National People's Power

|18 November 2024 – Present

| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|National People's Power}}; color:white;"|

|{{Cite web |title=Harshana Nanayakkara sworn in as Minister of Justice - Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Harshana-Nanayakkara-sworn-in-as-Minister-of-Justice/108-296185 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.moj.gov.lk/ Ministry of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms]
  • [https://www.priu.gov.lk/ Government of Sri Lanka]

{{Sri Lankan Justice ministers}}

{{Ministries of Sri Lanka}}

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