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Ministry of Justice
අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය
நீதி அமைச்சு
Agency overview
HeadquartersSuperior Courts Complex, Colombo 12
6°56′07″N 79°51′43″E / 6.935221°N 79.861824°E / 6.935221; 79.861824
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Padmasiri Jayamanna, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of the Attorney General
  • Debt Conciliation Board
  • Department of Government Analyst
  • Department of the Legal Draftsman
  • Department of Prisons
  • Department of Public Trustee
  • Judicial and Reforms Unit
  • Law Commission of Sri Lanka
  • Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka
  • Mediation Boards Commission
  • National Authority for The Protection of Victims of Crimes and Witnesses
  • Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court
  • Office of the Secretary of Labour Tribunals
  • Sri Lanka Judge’s Institute
  • Sri Lanka Law College
  • Superior Courts Complex Board of Management
  • Training Schools for Youthful Offenders
Websitemoj.gov.lk
This article is part of a series on the
Politics of
Sri Lanka
Constitution
Executive
Legislature

  • Secretary General
  • Kushani Anusha Rohanadeera
Judiciary
  • Parinda Ranasinghe
  • Ayesha Jinasena
Elections
  • R. M. A. L. Rathnayake
  • Members
  • M. A. P. C. Perera
  • Ameer Faaiz
  • Anusuya Shanmuganathan
  • Lakshman Dissanayake
Administrative divisions
Devolution
  • S. Alokabandara
Central Bank
  • Senior Deputy Governor
  • K. M. A. N. Daulagala
  • K. M. Mahinda Siriwardana
Foreign relations
Related topics

The Ministry of Justice is a (Sinhala: අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය Adhikarana Amathyanshaya; Tamil: நீதி அமைச்சு) is the cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the implementation of policies, plans and programmes for the administration of the country's justice system, and thereby administers its courts and prisons. It also has the authority to appoint individuals to the positions of:

The ministry does not have oversight of policing, which comes under the Ministry of Defence.

List of ministers

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

Name Portrait Party Tenure Head(s) of Government
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Lalitha Rajapaksa United National Party 26 September 1947 – 1953 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| D. S. Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| E. B. Wikramanayake United National Party 1953 – 1956 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| John Kotelawala
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| M. W. H. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 – June 1959 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Valentine S. Jayawickrema Sri Lanka Freedom Party June 1959 – 1960 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
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 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="center" 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
!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 !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 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"|
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Amarasiri Dodangoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party 2004 – 30 May 2009 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Chandrika Kumaratunga
Mahinda Rajapaksa
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Milinda Moragoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party 30 May 2009 – 23 April 2010 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Mahinda Rajapaksa
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Athauda Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 – 22 November 2010 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"|
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress/meta/color; color:white;"| Rauff Hakeem Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 22 November 2010 – 28 December 2014 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"|
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe United National Party 12 January 2015 - 23 August 2017 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Maithripala Sirisena
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Thalatha Atukorale United National Party 25 August 2017 - present !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"|

See also

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