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Minister of Justice of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Ali Sabry
since 12 August 2020
Ministry of Justice
NominatorThe Prime Minister
AppointerThe President
Formation26 September 1947
Websitewww.moj.gov.lk

The Minister of Justice 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.[1]

List of Justice Ministers

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

Name Portrait Party Tenure Head(s) of Government
rowspan ="2" !align="centre" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sir Lalita Rajapaksa, QC United National Party 26 September 1947 – 1953 rowspan ="2" !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| D. S. Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake
E. B. Wikramanayake, QC United National Party 1953 – 1956 John Kotelawala
rowspan ="3" !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" | M. W. H. de Silva, QC Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 – June 1959 rowspan ="3" !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Valentine S. Jayawickrema Sri Lanka Freedom Party June 1959 – 1960
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| E. J. Cooray United National Party 23 March 1960 – 21 July 1960 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dudley Senanayake
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sam P. C. Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 – March 1965 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| A. F. Wijemanne United National Party March 1965 – 1970 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dudley Senanayake
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Felix Dias Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970 – 1976 rowspan ="2" !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike
!align="centre" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1976 – 1977
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| K. W. Devanayagam United National Party 23 July 1977 – 14 February 1980 rowspan ="5" !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| J. R. Jayewardene
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Nissanka Wijeyeratne Nissanka Wijeyeratne United National Party 14 February 1980 – 1988
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Vincent Perera United National Party 1989 – 1990 Ranasinghe Premadasa
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed United National Party 1990 – 1993
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Harold Herath United National Party 1993 – 1994 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| G. L. Peiris G. L. Peiris Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1994 – 2001 rowspan ="9" !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Chandrika Kumaratunga
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| W. J. M. Lokubandara W. J. M. Lokubandara United National Party 2001 – 2004
rowspan ="4" !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Amarasiri Dodangoda 2004 – 30 May 2009
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Milinda Moragoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party 30 May 2009 – 23 April 2010
Athauda Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 – 22 November 2010
!align="centre" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress/meta/color; color:white;"| Rauff Hakeem Rauff Hakeem Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 22 November 2010 – 28 December 2014
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe United National Party 12 January 2015 - 23 August 2017 Maithripala Sirisena
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Thalatha Atukorale Thalatha Atukorale United National Party 25 August 2017 - 4 August 2020
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| Ali Sabry Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 12 August 2020 - present !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| Gotabaya Rajapaksa

See also

References

  1. ^ fergusons-ceylon-directory (PDF). historyofceylontea.lk. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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