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The '''Ministry of Law and Order''' ({{lang-si|නීතිය හා සාමය සහ දක්ෂිණ සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යාංශය|translit=Nītiya Hā Sāmaya Saha Dakṣiṇa Saṁvardhana Amātyāṁśaya}}; {{lang-si|சட்டமும் ஒழுங்கும் மற்றும் தெற்கு அபிவிருத்தி அமைச்சு|translit=Caṭṭamum Oḻuṅkum Maṟṟum Teṟku Apivirutti Amaiccu}}) is a [[Cabinet of Sri Lanka|cabinet]] [[List of ministries of Sri Lanka|ministry]] of the [[Government of Sri Lanka]] responsible for law and order. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on law and order and other subjects which come under its purview..<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1933_13/1933_13%28E%29.pdf|date=21 September 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1933/13}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The ministry manages the country's [[Sri Lanka Police Service|police]]. The ministry is not responsible for migration and prisons - these come under the purview of the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs (Sri Lanka)|Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs (Sri Lanka)|Ministry of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs]] respectively. The current Minister of Law and Order is [[Ranjith Madduma Bandara]] <ref>{{cite web|title=Cabinet Ministers|url=http://www.pmdnews.lk/cabinet-ministers/|publisher=President's Media Division News}}</ref> The ministry's [[Permanent Secretary|secretary]] is Jagath Wijeweera.<ref>{{cite web|title=Secretaries to the Ministries|url=http://www.pmdnews.lk/secretaries-to-the-ministries/|publisher=President's Media Division News}}</ref>
The '''Ministry of Public Security'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2022/5/2281-41_E.pdf|title=Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)|website=documents.gov.lk|accessdate=2022-06-10}}</ref> ({{langx|si|මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය}} ''Mahajana Arakshaka Amathyanshaya''; {{langx|ta|பொதுமக்கள் பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சு}}) is a [[Cabinet of Sri Lanka|cabinet]] [[List of ministries of Sri Lanka|ministry]] of the [[Government of Sri Lanka]] responsible for law and order. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on law and order and other subjects which come under its purview.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1933_13/1933_13%28E%29.pdf|date=21 September 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1933/13}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The ministry manages the country's [[Sri Lanka Police Service|police]]. The current Minister of Public Security is [[Vijitha Herath]].<ref name="minister">{{cite web|url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.lk/cab/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=23&lang=en|title=LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS|website=cabinetoffice.gov.lk|accessdate=2022-06-10}}</ref> The ministry's [[Permanent Secretary|secretary]] is [[Ravi Seneviratne]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ravi Seneviratne appointed Secretary of Public Security|url=https://www.adaderana.lk/news/102215/ravi-seneviratne-appointed-secretary-of-public-security-|publisher=President's Ada Derana}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Since independence in 1948 the Sri Lankan police had come under the [[Ministry of Defence (Ceylon)|Ministry of Defence]]. The [[Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission]] had recommended that policing be transferred to a separate ministry.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ferdinando|first1=Shamindra|title=Police, STF placed under new ministry in line with LLRC recommendations – GR|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=86469|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=24 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Karunaratne|first1=Waruni|title=Law Out Of Order?|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2013/10/27/law-out-of-order/|work=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=27 October 2013}}</ref> The Ministry of Law and Order was established on 16 August 2013 to manage policing in the country.<ref>{{cite news|title=Police Dept. brought under purview of newly-established Ministry |url=http://www.newsfirst.lk/english/node/27771 |newspaper=[[News First]] |date=23 August 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826054916/http://www.newsfirst.lk/english/node/27771 |archivedate=26 August 2013 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Ministry of Law and Order set up|url=http://www.ft.lk/2013/08/24/new-ministry-of-law-and-order-set-up/|newspaper=[[Daily FT]]|date=24 August 2013|access-date=2015-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132433/http://www.ft.lk/2013/08/24/new-ministry-of-law-and-order-set-up/#|archive-date=2015-01-28|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Aug/1823_70/1823_70%20%28E%29.pdf|date=16 August 2013|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1823/70|access-date=24 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114349/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Aug/1823_70/1823_70%20%28E%29.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2015|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
Since independence in 1948 the Sri Lankan police had come under the [[Ministry of Defence (Ceylon)|Ministry of Defence]]. The [[Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission]] had recommended that policing be transferred to a separate ministry.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ferdinando|first1=Shamindra|title=Police, STF placed under new ministry in line with LLRC recommendations – GR|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=86469|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=24 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Karunaratne|first1=Waruni|title=Law Out Of Order?|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2013/10/27/law-out-of-order/|work=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=27 October 2013}}</ref> The Ministry of Law and Order was established on 16 August 2013 to manage policing in the country.<ref>{{cite news|title=Police Dept. brought under purview of newly-established Ministry |url=http://www.newsfirst.lk/english/node/27771 |newspaper=[[News First]] |date=23 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826054916/http://www.newsfirst.lk/english/node/27771 |archive-date=26 August 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Ministry of Law and Order set up|url=http://www.ft.lk/2013/08/24/new-ministry-of-law-and-order-set-up/|newspaper=[[Daily FT]]|date=24 August 2013|access-date=2015-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132433/http://www.ft.lk/2013/08/24/new-ministry-of-law-and-order-set-up/#|archive-date=2015-01-28|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Aug/1823_70/1823_70%20%28E%29.pdf|date=16 August 2013|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1823/70|access-date=24 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114349/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Aug/1823_70/1823_70%20%28E%29.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Ministers==
==Ministers==
The Minister of Law and Order is a member of the [[Cabinet of Sri Lanka]].
The Minister of Public Security is a member of the [[Cabinet of Sri Lanka]].
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|John|Amaratunga}} || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|[[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2015-01-12|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2015-03-22|format=dmy}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=6| || rowspan=6|{{Sortname|Maithripala|Sirisena}} || Minister of Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf|date=18 January 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1897/16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115111/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet ministers sworn in|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61073/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet takes oaths |url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html |work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]] |date=12 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118145912/http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html |archive-date=18 January 2015 }}</ref>
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| align=center|{{Dts|2015-03-22|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2015-08-17|format=dmy}} || Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf|date=26 March 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1907/48|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223820/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Mar/1907_48/1907_48%28E%29.pdf|archivedate=23 September 2015|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=More Ministers appointed|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/66935/more-ministers-appointed|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=22 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cabinet balloons to 40 as 26 more SLFPers luck out|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=121883|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=23 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Weerasinghe |first1=Chamikara |title=SLFPers take oaths as ministers in National Govt |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/slfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt |work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]] |date=23 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329061438/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fslfpers-take-oaths-ministers-national-govt |archivedate=29 March 2015 |df= }}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{United National Party/meta/color}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Tilak|Marapana}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2015|09|04|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2015|11|09|format=dmy}} || Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_07/1932_07%20E.pdf |date=14 September 2015 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |volume=1932/07 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=4 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The new Cabinet |url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html |work=[[Ceylon Today]] |date=4 September 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907020713/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html |archivedate=7 September 2015 |df= }}</ref>
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Tilak|Marapana}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2015|09|04|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2015|11|09|format=dmy}} || Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_07/1932_07%20E.pdf |date=14 September 2015 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |volume=1932/07 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=4 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The new Cabinet |url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html |work=[[Ceylon Today]] |date=4 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907020713/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html |archive-date=7 September 2015 }}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{United National Party/meta/color}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Sagala|Ratnayaka}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2015|11|11|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2018|02|25|format=dmy}} || Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Nov/1941_26/1941_26%20E.pdf |date=19 November 2015 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |volume=1941/26 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sagala, Swaminathan sworn in as Ministers|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/94911/sagala-swaminathan-sworn-in-as-ministers|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=11 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Santiago|first1=Melanie|title=Update: Ministers Sagala Ratnayaka and Swaminathan given additional portfolios|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2015/11/ministers-sagala-rathnayake-and-d-m-swaminathan-given-additional-portfolios/117551|work=[[News First]]|date=11 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications NOTIFICATION|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|date=14 March 2018|volume=2062/26|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2062-26_E.pdf|accessdate=17 March 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Sagala|Ratnayaka}} || || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2015|11|11|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2018|02|25|format=dmy}} || Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Nov/1941_26/1941_26%20E.pdf |date=19 November 2015 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |volume=1941/26 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sagala, Swaminathan sworn in as Ministers|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/94911/sagala-swaminathan-sworn-in-as-ministers|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=11 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Santiago|first1=Melanie|title=Update: Ministers Sagala Ratnayaka and Swaminathan given additional portfolios|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2015/11/ministers-sagala-rathnayake-and-d-m-swaminathan-given-additional-portfolios/117551|work=[[News First]]|date=11 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications NOTIFICATION|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|date=14 March 2018|volume=2062/26|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2062-26_E.pdf|access-date=17 March 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{United National Party/meta/color}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Ranil|Wickremesinghe}} || align=center|[[File:R Wickremasinghe.jpg|100x100px]] || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2018|02|25|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2018|03|08|format=dmy}} || rowspan=2|Minister of Law and Order || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|last1=Marasinghe|first1=Sandasen|last2=Mallawaarachchi|first2=Amali|title=President reshuffles UNP pack|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/02/26/local/143918/president-reshuffles-unp-pack|accessdate=25 March 2018|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]]|date=26 February 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PM sworn is as law and order minister in low key reshuffle|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=180547|accessdate=25 March 2018|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)|The Island]]|date=26 February 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & C., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|date=14 March 2018|volume=2062/27|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2062-27_E.pdf|accessdate=20 March 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Ranil|Wickremesinghe}} || align=center|[[File:R Wickremasinghe.jpg|100x100px]] || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2018|02|25|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2018|03|08|format=dmy}} || rowspan=2|Minister of Law and Order || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|last1=Marasinghe|first1=Sandasen|last2=Mallawaarachchi|first2=Amali|title=President reshuffles UNP pack|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/02/26/local/143918/president-reshuffles-unp-pack|access-date=25 March 2018|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]]|date=26 February 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PM sworn is as law and order minister in low key reshuffle|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=180547|access-date=25 March 2018|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)|The Island]]|date=26 February 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & C., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|date=14 March 2018|volume=2062/27|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2062-27_E.pdf|access-date=20 March 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{United National Party/meta/color}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Ranjith Madduma|Bandara}} || align=center|[[File:Ranjith Madduma Bandara.jpg|100x100px]] || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2018|03|08|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts||format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|title=Ranjith Madduma Bandara new Law and Order Minister|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/146949/Ranjith-Madduma-Bandara-new-Law-and-Order-Minister|accessdate=25 March 2018|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]]|date=8 March 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ranjith Madduma Bandara appointed Law and Order Minister|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2018/03/08/ranjith-madduma-bandara-appointed-law-and-order-minister/|accessdate=25 March 2018|work=[[The Sunday Leader]]/Colombo Gazette|date=8 March 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & C., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|date=22 March 2018|volume=2063/39|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2063-39_E.pdf|accessdate=24 March 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Ranjith Madduma|Bandara}} || align=center|[[File:Ranjith Madduma Bandara.jpg|100x100px]] || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2018|03|08|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2019|11|18|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref>{{cite news|title=Ranjith Madduma Bandara new Law and Order Minister|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/146949/Ranjith-Madduma-Bandara-new-Law-and-Order-Minister|access-date=25 March 2018|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]]|date=8 March 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ranjith Madduma Bandara appointed Law and Order Minister|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2018/03/08/ranjith-madduma-bandara-appointed-law-and-order-minister/|access-date=25 March 2018|work=[[The Sunday Leader]]/Colombo Gazette|date=8 March 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & C., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|date=22 March 2018|volume=2063/39|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2018/3/2063-39_E.pdf|access-date=24 March 2018|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
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|[[Janaka Bandara Tennakoon]]
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|[[Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna]]
|22 November 2019
|12 August 2020
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| rowspan="3" |[[Gotabaya Rajapaksa]]
|Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Appeals Court quashes charges in murder case against Minister Janaka Bandara |url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=69284 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Sarath Weerasekara]]
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|[[Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna]]
|26 November 2020
|18 April 2022
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|Minister of Public Security
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-23 |title=Sarath Weerasekara likely new Cabinet Minister for Public Security |url=https://economynext.com/sarath-weerasekara-likely-new-cabinet-minister-for-public-security-76238/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=EconomyNext |language=en}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"|
|[[Prasanna Ranatunga]]
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|[[Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna]]
|18 April 2022
|9 May 2022
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"|
|Minister of Public Security and Tourism
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Security Minister’s statement in parliament on Rambukkana incident |url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=81936 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}; color:white;"|
|[[Tiran Alles]]
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|[[Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna]]
|20 May 2022
|24 September 2024
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"|
|[[Ranil Wickremesinghe]]
|Minister of Public Security
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nine more cabinet ministers sworn in |url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=82545 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Vijitha Herath]]
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|[[National People's Power]]
|24 September 2024
|18 November 2024
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| rowspan="2" |[[Anura Kumara Dissanayake]]
|Minister of Public Security
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Cabinet appointed - Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/New-Cabinet-appointed/108-292370 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|National People's Power}}; color:white;"|
|[[Ananda Wijepala]]
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|[[National People's Power]]
|18 November 2024
|''Incumbent''
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|National People's Power}}; color:white;"|
|Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ananda Wijepala sworn in as Minister of Public Security - Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Ananda-Wijepala-sworn-in-as-Minister-of-Public-Security/108-296192 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}}</ref>
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==Secretaries==
==[[Tiran Alles|Secretaries]]==
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| {{Sortname|Nanda|Mallawaarachchi}} || align=center|{{Dts|2013-08-19|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts||format=dmy}} || Law and Order Secretary || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Aug/1825_08/1825_08%20%28E%29.pdf|date=27 August 2013|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1825/08|access-date=24 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114352/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Aug/1825_08/1825_08%20%28E%29.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2015|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Major General (Rtd.) Nanda Mallawarachchi receives the letter of appointment as Law and Order Ministry Secretary from President Mahinda Rajapaksa|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/major-general-rtd-nanda-mallawarachchi-receives-letter-appointment-law-and-order-ministry|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=24 August 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132148/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fmajor-general-rtd-nanda-mallawarachchi-receives-letter-appointment-law-and-order-ministry|archivedate=28 January 2015|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ranwala|first1=Madura|title=Law and Order Ministry Secy. vows to make police people friendly|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=86975|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=31 August 2013}}</ref>
| {{Sortname|Nanda|Mallawaarachchi}} || align=center|{{Dts|2013-08-19|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts||format=dmy}} || Law and Order Secretary || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Aug/1825_08/1825_08%20%28E%29.pdf|date=27 August 2013|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1825/08|access-date=24 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114352/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Aug/1825_08/1825_08%20%28E%29.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Major General (Rtd.) Nanda Mallawarachchi receives the letter of appointment as Law and Order Ministry Secretary from President Mahinda Rajapaksa|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/major-general-rtd-nanda-mallawarachchi-receives-letter-appointment-law-and-order-ministry|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=24 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132148/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fmajor-general-rtd-nanda-mallawarachchi-receives-letter-appointment-law-and-order-ministry|archive-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ranwala|first1=Madura|title=Law and Order Ministry Secy. vows to make police people friendly|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=86975|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=31 August 2013}}</ref>
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| {{Sortname|Mahinda|Balasuriya}} || align=center|{{Dts|2014-10-20|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts||format=dmy}} || Law and Order Secretary || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2014/PDF/Oct/1886_07/1886_07%20E.pdf|date=27 October 2014|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1886/07|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113245/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2014/PDF/Oct/1886_07/1886_07%20E.pdf|archivedate=28 January 2015|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dias|first1=Supun|title=Ex-IGP Balasuriya new Law and Order Secretary|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/54511/ex-igp-balasuriya-new-law-and-order-secretary|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Shanmugarajah|first1=Kavinthan|title=New appointment for Dr Mahinda Balasuriya|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2014/10/dr-mahinda-balasuriya-assume-duties-secretary-ministry-law-order/58979|work=[[News First]]|date=20 October 2014}}</ref>
| {{Sortname|Mahinda|Balasuriya}} || align=center|{{Dts|2014-10-20|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts||format=dmy}} || Law and Order Secretary || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2014/PDF/Oct/1886_07/1886_07%20E.pdf|date=27 October 2014|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1886/07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113245/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2014/PDF/Oct/1886_07/1886_07%20E.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dias|first1=Supun|title=Ex-IGP Balasuriya new Law and Order Secretary|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/54511/ex-igp-balasuriya-new-law-and-order-secretary|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Shanmugarajah|first1=Kavinthan|title=New appointment for Dr Mahinda Balasuriya|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2014/10/dr-mahinda-balasuriya-assume-duties-secretary-ministry-law-order/58979|work=[[News First]]|date=20 October 2014}}</ref>
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| {{Sortname|T. M. K. B.|Tennakoon|nolink=1}} || align=center|{{Dts|2015-01-19|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts||format=dmy}} || Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs Secretary || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.pdf|date=28 January 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1899/14|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223752/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.pdf|archivedate=23 September 2015|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Edirisinghe|first1=Dasun|title=President reminds new Ministry secretaries of their fundamental duty|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=117969|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=20 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The new Ministry Secretaries receive their appointments|url=http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/23350-the-new-ministry-secretaries-receive-their-appointments.html|work=[[Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=19 January 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113642/http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/23350-the-new-ministry-secretaries-receive-their-appointments.html|archivedate=28 January 2015|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Secretaries appointed to new Ministries|url=http://www.news.lk/news/politics/item/5805-secretaries-appointed-to-new-ministries|work=news.lk|date=19 January 2015}}</ref>
| {{Sortname|T. M. K. B.|Tennakoon|nolink=1}} || align=center|{{Dts|2015-01-19|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts||format=dmy}} || Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs Secretary || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.pdf|date=28 January 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1899/14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223752/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Edirisinghe|first1=Dasun|title=President reminds new Ministry secretaries of their fundamental duty|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=117969|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=20 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The new Ministry Secretaries receive their appointments|url=http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/23350-the-new-ministry-secretaries-receive-their-appointments.html|work=[[Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=19 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113642/http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/23350-the-new-ministry-secretaries-receive-their-appointments.html|archive-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Secretaries appointed to new Ministries|url=http://www.news.lk/news/politics/item/5805-secretaries-appointed-to-new-ministries|work=news.lk|date=19 January 2015}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 06:29, 24 November 2024

Ministry of Public Security
මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය
பொதுமக்கள் பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed16 August 2013; 11 years ago (2013-08-16)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersFloor 14, Suhurupaya, Subuthipura road, Battaramulla
6°54′11″N 79°55′01″E / 6.903069°N 79.917034°E / 6.903069; 79.917034
Annual budget
  • LKR 63 billion (2018, recurrent)
  • LKR 5 billion (2018, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
Child agencies
Websitewww.pubsec.gov.lk

The Ministry of Public Security[1] (Sinhala: මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය Mahajana Arakshaka Amathyanshaya; Tamil: பொதுமக்கள் பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for law and order. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on law and order and other subjects which come under its purview.[2] The ministry manages the country's police. The current Minister of Public Security is Vijitha Herath.[3] The ministry's secretary is Ravi Seneviratne.[4]

History

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Since independence in 1948 the Sri Lankan police had come under the Ministry of Defence. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission had recommended that policing be transferred to a separate ministry.[5][6] The Ministry of Law and Order was established on 16 August 2013 to manage policing in the country.[7][8][9]

Ministers

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The Minister of Public Security is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Law and Order
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 26 August 2013 8 January 2015 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Law and Order [10][11]
John Amaratunga United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs [12][13][14]
22 March 2015 17 August 2015 Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs [15][16][17][18]
Tilak Marapana United National Party 4 September 2015 9 November 2015 Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms [19][20][21]
Sagala Ratnayaka United National Party 11 November 2015 25 February 2018 Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development [22][23][24][25]
Ranil Wickremesinghe United National Party 25 February 2018 8 March 2018 Minister of Law and Order [26][27][28]
Ranjith Madduma Bandara United National Party 8 March 2018 18 November 2019 [29][30][31]
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 22 November 2019 12 August 2020 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government [32]
Sarath Weerasekara Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 26 November 2020 18 April 2022 Minister of Public Security [33]
Prasanna Ranatunga Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 18 April 2022 9 May 2022 Minister of Public Security and Tourism [34]
Tiran Alles Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 20 May 2022 24 September 2024 Ranil Wickremesinghe Minister of Public Security [35]
Vijitha Herath National People's Power 24 September 2024 18 November 2024 Anura Kumara Dissanayake Minister of Public Security [36]
Ananda Wijepala National People's Power 18 November 2024 Incumbent Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs [37]

Secretaries

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Law and Order Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Nanda Mallawaarachchi 19 August 2013 Law and Order Secretary [38][39][40]
Mahinda Balasuriya 20 October 2014 Law and Order Secretary [41][42][43]
T. M. K. B. Tennakoon 19 January 2015 Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs Secretary [44][45][46][47]
Jagath Wijeweera 8 September 2015 Law and Order and Prison Reforms Secretary [48][49][50]
19 November 2015 Law and Order and Southern Development Secretary [51]

References

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  1. ^ "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  2. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1933/13. 21 September 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS". cabinetoffice.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  4. ^ "Ravi Seneviratne appointed Secretary of Public Security". President's Ada Derana.
  5. ^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (24 August 2013). "Police, STF placed under new ministry in line with LLRC recommendations – GR". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  6. ^ Karunaratne, Waruni (27 October 2013). "Law Out Of Order?". The Sunday Leader.
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  9. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1823/70. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  10. ^ Perera, Chaminda (24 August 2013). "BRAND NEW LAW AND ORDER MINISTRY BORN". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 28 January 2015.
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  23. ^ "Sagala, Swaminathan sworn in as Ministers". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 11 November 2015.
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  25. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications NOTIFICATION" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 2062/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  26. ^ Marasinghe, Sandasen; Mallawaarachchi, Amali (26 February 2018). "President reshuffles UNP pack". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  27. ^ "PM sworn is as law and order minister in low key reshuffle". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  28. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 2062/27. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  29. ^ "Ranjith Madduma Bandara new Law and Order Minister". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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  37. ^ "Ananda Wijepala sworn in as Minister of Public Security - Breaking News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
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  39. ^ "Major General (Rtd.) Nanda Mallawarachchi receives the letter of appointment as Law and Order Ministry Secretary from President Mahinda Rajapaksa". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 August 2013. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015.
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  47. ^ "Secretaries appointed to new Ministries". news.lk. 19 January 2015.
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