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Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters330 Dr. Colvin R. de Silva Mawatha, Colombo
6°55′09.00″N 79°51′35.40″E / 6.9191667°N 79.8598333°E / 6.9191667; 79.8598333
Annual budget
  • Rs. 169 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 69 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Local Loans and Development Fund
  • Sri Lanka Institute of Local Government
Websitelgpc.gov.lk

The Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for provincial councils and local government. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on provincial councils and Local Government and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government and State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government are Faiszer Musthapha and Piyankara Jayaratne respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Local Government
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Charles Batuwantudawe 1931 1935 Minister of Local Administration [5]
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike 1936 1944 [6]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| United National Party 26 September 1947 12 July 1951 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| D. S. Senanayake Minister of Health and Local Government [7][8]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Dudley Senanayake United National Party 26 March 1952 1952 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Dudley Senanayake [9]
C. W. W. Kannangara 19 June 1952 Minister of Local Government [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; color:white;"| Jayaweera Kuruppu Sri Lanka Freedom Party !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs [12][13][14]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Vimala Wijewardene Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959 Minister of Local Government and Housing [15]
21 November 1959 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sinhala Language Front/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| W. Dahanayake
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| M. B. W. Mediwake Sri Lanka Freedom Party
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| J. R. Jayewardene 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;"| Mahanama Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sirimavo Bandaranaike [16]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi/meta/color;"| M. Tiruchelvam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi March 1965 November 1968 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Dudley Senanayake Minister of Local Government [17][18]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| Ranasinghe Premadasa United National Party 1968
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Felix Dias Bandaranaike File:Hon.Felix Dias Bandaranaike.JPG Sri Lanka Freedom Party 31 May 1970 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs [19][20]
W. P. G. Ariyadasa Minister of Local Government [21]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| Ranasinghe Premadasa United National Party 23 July 1977 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| J. R. Jayewardene Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction [22][23][24]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| U. B. Wijekoon United National Party 18 February 1989 28 March 1990 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs [25]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Festus Perera United National Party 30 March 1990 [26]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Amarasiri Dodangoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives [27][28]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Nandimithra Ekanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=4| Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government [29]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Richard Pathirana Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development [30][31]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Alick Aluvihare United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government [32][33]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government [34][35][36]
23 November 2005 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils [37][38][39][40]
!align="center" style="background:Template:National Congress (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| A. L. M. Athaullah National Congress 23 April 2010 [41][42][43][44]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Karu Jayasuriya United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=3| Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance [45][46][47][48]
22 March 2015 17 August 2015 Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Democratic Governance [49][50][51][52]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Faiszer Musthapha Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 September 2015 Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government [53][54][55]

Secretaries

Local Government Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Nihal Jayathilaka 25 April 2010 Local Government and Provincial Councils Secretary [56][57]
R. A. A. K. Ranawaka 12 July 2012 Local Government and Provincial Councils Secretary [58]
J. Dadallage 19 January 2015 Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance Secretary [59][60][61][62]
H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri 11 September 2015 Provincial Councils and Local Government Secretary [63]

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