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Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)#Ministers

{{Short description|Government ministry of Sri Lanka}}

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| jurisdiction = Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

| headquarters = Independence Square, Colombo 07

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| minister1_name = Dinesh Gunawardena

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| chief1_name = S. T. Kodikara

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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.{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1933_13/1933_13%28E%29.pdf|date=21 September 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1933/13}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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

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|+ Ministers of Home Affairs

scope=col colspan="2"|Name

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{{Sortname|Don Baron|Jayatilaka}}align=center|100x100pxalign=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1931}}align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1942}}rowspan=2|Minister of Home Affairsalign=center|{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI22Df02.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020207002606/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI22Df02.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-02-07|chapter=Chapter 7: State Councils – elections and boycotts}}{{cite news|last=Sariffodeen|first=Drene Terana|title=What caused the rift between D.S. and Sir Baron|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/030323/plus/6.html|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=23 March 2003}}
{{Sortname|Arunachalam|Mahadeva}}align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1942}}align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1946}}align=center|{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=A. Jeyaratnam|title=The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict|publisher=C. Hurst & Co.|isbn=1-85065-033-0|page=xii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kfK34Y7mYkC|author-link=A. Jeyaratnam Wilson|year=1988}}{{cite news|last=Jayaweera|first=Stanley|title=Dharmaraja College Founder’s Day Oration: Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka — a great legacy|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/07/18/midwee08.html|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=18 July 2001}}
{{Sortname|Oliver|Goonetilleke}}align=center|100x100pxalign=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1947|09|26}}align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy
} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|D. S.|Senanayake}} || rowspan=3|Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development || align=center|{{cite news|title=First cabinet had only 14 ministers|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070923/FunDay/heritage.html|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=23 September 2007}}{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ27Df05.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020103155748/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ27Df05.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-01-03|chapter=Chapter 12: Tryst with independence}}

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| || {{Sortname|Edwin|Wijeyeratne}} || align=center|100x100px || || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1948||}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1951||}} || align=center|{{cite book|last1=Peebles|first1=Patrick|title=Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka|date=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-5584-5|page=391|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50igCgAAQBAJ}}

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| || {{Sortname|Oliver|Goonetilleke}} || align=center|100x100px || || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1952}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Dudley|Senanayake}} || align=center|

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| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|A.|Ratnayake}} || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || rowspan=4|Minister of Home Affairs || align=center|{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1951|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=27–28|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11882/11882.pdf}}

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| align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1953}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|John|Kotelawala}} || align=center|{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK17Df01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020208193722/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK17Df01.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-02-08|chapter=Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language}}

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| || {{Sortname|A. P.|Jayasuriya}} || || || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1956|04|12}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1959|06}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|S. W. R. D.|Bandaranaike}} || align=center|{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1956|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=10–11|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11883/11883.pdf}}{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1959|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=9–10|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11885/11885.pdf}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|T. B.|Ilangaratne}} || || Sri Lanka Freedom Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1959|09|26}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1959|12|08}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sinhala Language Front}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|W.|Dahanayake}} || align=center|{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html|chapter=Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike|access-date=2014-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=unfit}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|M. C. M.|Kaleel}} || || United National Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1960|03|23}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1960}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Dudley|Senanayake}} || Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development || align=center|{{cite book|last=Mohan|first=R. Vasundhara|title=Identity Crisis of Sri Lankan Muslims|date=1987|publisher=Mittal Publications|location=Delhi|page=52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C322g0fCcMkC}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Maithripala|Senanayake}} || align=center|100x100px || Sri Lanka Freedom Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1960|07|23}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Sirimavo|Bandaranaike}} || Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs || align=center|{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL08Df04.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011217063058/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL08Df04.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2001-12-17|chapter=Chapter 18: Srimavo - weeping arrogance}}{{cite news|last=Wijenayake|first=Walter|title=Maithripala Senanayake - an illustrious leader of Sri Lanka|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=1849|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=11 July 2010}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|W.|Dahanayake}} || align=center|100x100px || Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1965|03}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Dudley|Senanayake}} || Minister of Home Affairs || align=center|{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1968|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|page=15|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11886/11886.pdf}}{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020416075330/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-04-16|chapter=Chapter 20 - Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Felix Dias|Bandaranaike}} || || Sri Lanka Freedom Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1970|05|31}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Sirimavo|Bandaranaike}} || Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs || align=center|{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA05Df05.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020127131454/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA05Df05.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-01-27|chapter=Chapter 21: A further lack of perspicuity}}{{cite book|last=Jiggins|first=Janice|title=Caste and Family Politics Sinhalese 1947-1976|date=2010|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-22069-9|page=164|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8ip5NofD98C}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|T. B.|Ilangaratne}} || || Sri Lanka Freedom Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || rowspan=2|Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs || align=center|{{cite book|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1975|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka|page=19|url=http://noolaham.net/project/120/11908/11908.pdf}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Montague|Jayawickrama}} || || United National Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1977|07|23}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|J. R.|Jayewardene}} || align=center|{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020416074026/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-04-16|chapter=Chapter 25: War or peace?}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|K. W.|Devanayakam}} || || United National Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1980|02|14}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || Minister of Home Affairs || align=center|{{cite news|last=Vivekananthan|first=C. V.|title=The Cabinet and Sri Lankan Tamils|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/172-opinion/41226-the-cabinet-and-sri-lankan-tamils.html|newspaper=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=6 January 2014}}{{cite news|last=Perera|first=Supun|title=K. W. Devanayagam - the gentle politician|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2003/01/23/fea07.html|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=23 January 2003}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Festus|Perera}} || || United National Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1990}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Ranasinghe|Premadasa}} || Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs || align=center|{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF08Df01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802170437/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF08Df01.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-08-02|chapter=Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Amarasiri|Dodangoda}} || || Sri Lanka Freedom Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1994}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|D. B.|Wijetunga}} || Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives || align=center|{{cite journal|title=The New Cabinet|journal=Tamil Times|date=15 August 1994|volume=XIII|issue=8|page=4|url=http://noolaham.net/project/34/3384/3384.pdf|issn=0266-4488}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Richard|Pathirana}} || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|Sri Lanka Freedom Party || align=center|{{Dts|2000|10|19|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2001|09|14|format=dmy}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=4| || rowspan=4|{{Sortname|Chandrika|Kumaratunga}} || Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Administrative Reforms || align=center|{{cite web|title=New cabinet sworn in today |url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200010/20001019new_cabinet.htm |work=Current Affairs |publisher=Government of Sri Lanka |date=19 October 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171946/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200010/20001019new_cabinet.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}

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| align=center|{{Dts|2001|09|14|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development || align=center|{{cite news|last1=Weerawarne|first1=Sumadhu|title=18 member Cabinet sworn in yesterday|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/09/15/news02.html|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=15 September 2001}}{{cite news|title=New Cabinet|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2001/09/15/pol01.html|work=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=15 September 2001}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Alick|Aluvihare}} || || United National Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|2001|12|12}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government || align=center|{{cite news|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=6555|title=Wickremesinghe appoints cabinet of 25|date=12 December 2001|newspaper=TamilNet}}{{cite news|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/12/13/news01.html|title=UNF govt. cabinet sworn-in|date=13 December 2001|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Amarasiri|Dodangoda}} || || Sri Lanka Freedom Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|2004|04|10}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || rowspan=5|Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs || align=center|{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2004/pdf/Apr/1335%20_%2024/1335%20_%2024%20E.pdf |date=10 April 2004 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |volume=1335/24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225151106/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2004/pdf/Apr/1335%20_%2024/1335%20_%2024%20E.pdf |archive-date=25 December 2014 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/040411/news/5.html|title=The new UPFA Cabinet|date=11 April 2004|newspaper=Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)}}{{cite news|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=11713|title=JVP boycotts UPFA cabinet swearing in ceremony|date=10 April 2004|newspaper=TamilNet}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" | || {{Sortname|Sarath|Amunugama|Sarath Amunugama (politician)}} || align=center|100x100px || Sri Lanka Freedom Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|2005|11|23}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=4| || rowspan=4|{{Sortname|Mahinda|Rajapaksa}} || align=center|{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1420-28/1420-28E.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317033130/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1420-28/1420-28E.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 March 2007 |date=23 November 2005 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |volume=1420/28 }}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Karu|Jayasuriya}} || align=center|100x100px || United National Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|2007|01|28}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|2008|12|09}} || align=center|{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2007/pdf/Jan/1482_8/1482_8e.pdf |date=29 January 2007 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |volume=1482/8 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024439/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2007/pdf/Jan/1482_8/1482_8e.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}{{cite news|title=The New Cabinet|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/01/29/news5.html|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=29 January 2007}}{{cite news|title=New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in |url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200701/20070128new_cabinet_ministers_sworn_in.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213073604/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200701/20070128new_cabinet_ministers_sworn_in.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-02-13 |work=Current Affairs |publisher=Government of Sri Lanka }}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" | || {{Sortname|Sarath|Amunugama|Sarath Amunugama (politician)}} || align=center|100x100px || Sri Lanka Freedom Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|2009|01|01}} || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|}} || align=center|{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2009/PDF/Jan/1584_10/1584_10%28E%29.pdf|date=13 January 2009|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1584/10|access-date=15 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223519/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2009/PDF/Jan/1584_10/1584_10%28E%29.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Advanced general elections post-Kilinochchi|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090104/Columns/political.html|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=4 January 2009}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|John|Seneviratne}} || || Sri Lanka Freedom Party || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|2010|04|23}} || || align=center|{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Apr/1651_3/1651_3E.pdf |date=26 April 2010 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |volume=1651/3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524225519/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Apr/1651_3/1651_3E.pdf |archive-date=24 May 2010 }}{{cite news|title=The New Cabinet|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/04/25/the-new-cabinet/|newspaper=The Sunday Leader|date=25 April 2010}}{{cite news|title=New Parliament, New Cabinet|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/04/25/NEW_PARLIAMENT.pdf|newspaper=The Nation (Sri Lanka)|date=25 April 2010}}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|M. Joseph Michael|Perera}} || align=center rowspan=2|100x100px || rowspan=2|United National Party || align=center|{{Dts|2015-01-12|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2015-03-22|format=dmy}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|{{Sortname|Maithripala|Sirisena}} || Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries || align=center|{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf|date=18 January 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1897/16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115111/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news|title=New Cabinet ministers sworn in|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61073/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=12 January 2015}}{{cite news|title=New Cabinet takes oaths|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html|work=The Nation (Sri Lanka)|date=12 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118145912/http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html|archive-date=18 January 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Imtiaz |first1=Zahrah |last2=Moramudali |first2=Umesh |title=27-member cabinet 10 State ministers 08 Deputy ministers |url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html |work=Ceylon Today |date=13 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118144216/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html |archive-date=18 January 2015 }}

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| align=center|{{Dts|2015-03-22|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2015-08-17|format=dmy}} || rowspan=2|Minister of Home Affairs || align=center|{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf|date=26 March 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1907/48|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223820/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015}}{{cite news|title=More Ministers appointed|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/66935/more-ministers-appointed|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=22 March 2015}}{{cite news|title=Cabinet balloons to 40 as 26 more SLFPers luck out|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=121883|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=23 March 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Weerasinghe |first1=Chamikara |title=SLFPers take oaths as ministers in National Govt |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/slfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt |work=Daily News (Sri Lanka) |date=23 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329061438/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fslfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt |archive-date=29 March 2015 }}

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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};"| || {{Sortname|Vajira|Abeywardena}} || || United National Party || align=center|{{Dts|2015-09-04|format=dmy}} || align=center| {{Dts|2019-11-21|format=dmy}}|| align="center" |{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_07/1932_07%20E.pdf |date=14 September 2015 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |volume=1932/07 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|title=New Cabinet|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=4 September 2015}}{{cite news|title=The new Cabinet |url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html |work=Ceylon Today |date=4 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907020713/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html |archive-date=7 September 2015 }}

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

|Janaka Bandara Tennakoon

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|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

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| rowspan="2" |Gotabaya Rajapaksa

|Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government

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|Dinesh Gunawardena

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|Mahajana Eksath Peramuna

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|Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government

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Secretaries

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{{Sortname|D.|Dissanayake |nolink=1}}align=center|{{Dts|2010-04-25|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dtsformat=dmy}}Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretaryalign=center|{{cite journal|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/May/1652_2/G%2012778%20%28E%29.pdf|date=3 May 2010|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1652/02|access-date=2015-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524231520/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/May/1652_2/G%2012778%20(E).pdf|archive-date=2010-05-24|url-status=dead}}
{{Sortname|P. B.|Abeykoon}}align=center|{{Dts|2010-11-22|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dtsformat=dmy}}Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretaryalign=center|{{cite journal|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Nov/1681_04/1681_04%20%28E%29.pdf|date=22 November 2010|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1681/04}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Sortname|S. D. A. B.|Borelessa|nolink=1}}align=center|{{Dts|2015-01-19|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dtsformat=dmy}}Home Affairs and Fisheries Secretaryalign=center|{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.pdf|date=28 January 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1899/14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223752/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Edirisinghe|first1=Dasun|title=President reminds new Ministry secretaries of their fundamental duty|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=117969|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=20 January 2015}}{{cite news|title=The new Ministry Secretaries receive their appointments|url=http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/23350-the-new-ministry-secretaries-receive-their-appointments.html|work=Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation|date=19 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=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|archive-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news|title=Secretaries appointed to new Ministries|url=http://www.news.lk/news/politics/item/5805-secretaries-appointed-to-new-ministries|work=news.lk|date=19 January 2015}}
{{Sortname|J. J.|Rathnasiri|nolink=1}}align=center|{{Dts|2015-09-08|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dts|2016-07-31|format=dmy}}Home Affairs Secretaryalign=center|{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_69/1932_69%20%28E%29.pdf|date=18 September 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1932/69}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|title=44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed|work=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=8 September 2015}}{{cite news|title=New Secretaries to Ministries appointed|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=131424|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=9 September 2015}}{{cite web|title=New Secretaries to 3 Ministries appointed|url=http://www.pmdnews.lk/කැබිනට්-අමාත්‍යාංශ-03-ක්-සඳ/|website=PMDnews.lk|publisher=President's Media Division, Sri Lanka|access-date=8 September 2017|language=en|date=1 August 2016}}
{{Sortname|Neil|De Alwis|nolink=1}}align=center|{{Dts|2016-09-04|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dtsformat=dmy}}Home Affairs Secretaryalign=center|{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Neil de Alwis assumes duties as Home Affairs Secretary |publisher=Dailynews.lk |agency=Daily News Sri Lanka |url=http://dailynews.lk/2016/08/04/local/89532 |access-date=8 September 2017}}
{{Sortname|S. T.|Kodikara|nolink=1}}align=center|{{Dts|2018-04-17|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dtsformat=dmy}}Home Affairs Secretaryalign=center|{{cite news|title=Mr. S.T. Kodikara assumes duties as Home Affairs Secretary|url=http://dailynews.lk/2018-04-17/local/89532|access-date=8 September 2017|agency=Daily News Sri Lanka|publisher=Dailynews.lk|date=4 August 2016}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

References

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External links

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