Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare

Ministry of Foreign Employment

Foreign Employment Division of Ministry of Telecommunication , Digital Infrastructure & Foreign Employment Ministry of Foreign Employment Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare
Government Ministry overview
Formed	22 November 2010 (2010-11-22)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Sri Lanka
Headquarters	No.52/1/1, Asset Arcade Building, York Street, Colombo-01
Employees	55
Annual budget	Rs .561,650 Billion
Minister responsible	Harin Fernando
Government Ministry executives	Wasantha Deshapriya, Secretary M.I.Ameer, Additional Secretary
Parent Government Ministry	Sri Lanka Government
Child agencies	Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency
Website	mfe.gov.lk

The Ministry of Foreign Employment is a ministry in the Government of Sri Lanka responsible “for converting the entire labour migration sector into a demand driven process and make it highly competitive by introducing required structural changes together with necessary promotional and welfare activities to meet the international market challenges considering the importance of its contribution to the national economy.”

List of ministers

Minister of Foreign Employment of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Harin Fernando
Ministry of Foreign Employment
Appointer	The President with advice of Prime Minister
Formation	22 November 2010
Website	Ministry of Foreign Employment

The Minister of Foreign Employment is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party

Name		Portrait	Party	Tenure	President
!align="centre" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"|	Dilan Perera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 November 2010 – 9 January 2015	!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"|	Mahinda Rajapaksa
!align="centre" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"|	Thalatha Atukorale		United National Party	12 January 2015 – 25 February 2018	!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"|	Maithripala Sirisena
!align="centre" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"|	Harin Fernando		United National Party	25 February 2018 – Present	!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"|	Maithripala Sirisena

See also

• List of ministries of Sri Lanka

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare
• Government of Sri Lanka