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Ministry of Tourism and Lands

Coordinates: 6°53′59.40″N 79°55′00.90″E / 6.8998333°N 79.9169167°E / 6.8998333; 79.9169167
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Ministry of Lands
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersMihikatha Medura, Land Secretariat, 1200/6 Rajamalwatta Avenue, Battaramulla, Colombo
6°53′59.40″N 79°55′00.90″E / 6.8998333°N 79.9169167°E / 6.8998333; 79.9169167
Annual budget
  • Rs. 4 billion (2015, recurrent)
  • Rs. 4 billion (2015, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Vacant, Minister of Lands
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • I. H. K. Mahanama, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of Land Commissioner General
  • Department of Land Settlement
  • Department of Land Use Policy Planning
  • Department of Surveyor General
  • Institute of Surveying and Mapping
  • Kantalai Sugar Company
  • Land Reform Commission
  • Land Survey Council
Websitelandmin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Lands is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for land. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on lands and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The Minister of Lands post is currently vacant. The current State Minister of Lands is T. B. Ekanayake.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is I. H. K. Mahanama.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Lands is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Lands
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
D. S. Senanayake 1931 1946 Minister of Agriculture and Lands [5]
Dudley Senanayake 1946 1947 [6]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| United National Party 26 September 1947 26 March 1952 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| D. S. Senanayake [7][8]
P. B. Bulankulame 26 March 1952 1952 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Dudley Senanayake [9]
19 June 1952 Minister of Lands and Land Development [9][10]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| John Kotelawala [11]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike [12][13][14]
December 1959 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sinhala Language Front/meta/color; color:white;"| W. Dahanayake Minister of Agriculture and Lands [15]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| M. D. Banda United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dudley Senanayake [15]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power [16]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party March 1965 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dudley Senanayake Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power [17][18]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Hector Kobbekaduwa Sri Lanka Freedom Party !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Agriculture and Lands [19][20]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| Lionel Senanayake United National Party 13 July 1977 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| J. R. Jayewardene [21]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| P. Dayaratna United National Party !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Land, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development [22][23]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| Gamini Atukorale United National Party 14 March 1991 [24]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| D. M. Jayaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation [25][26]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Salinda Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Land Development and Minor Export Agricultural Crops [27]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Anuruddha Ratwatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party September 2001 Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power [28]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Jeewan Kumaranatunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Land and Land Development [29][30][31]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 Minister of Lands and Land Development [32][33][34][35][36][37]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| M. K. D. S. Gunawardena United National Front for Good Governance 12 January 2015 19 January 2016 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Lands [38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]

Secretaries

Lands Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
T. Asoka Peiris 25 April 2010 Lands and Land Development Secretary [47][48]
I. H. K. Mahanama 19 January 2015 Lands Secretary [49][50][51][52][53][54][55]

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