Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare

Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare of Sri Lanka
Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare of Sri Lanka
	Incumbent; Thalatha Atukorale; since 22 November 2010
	Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare
Appointer	Maithripala Sirisena
Inaugural holder	Thalatha Atukorale
Formation	22 November 2010
Website	Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare

Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare
Agency overview
Formed	22 November 2010; 14 years ago
Jurisdiction	Sri Lanka
Employees	55
Annual budget	Rs .561,650 Billion
Minister responsible	Thalatha Atukorale;
Agency executive	Nissanka N. Wijeratne, Secretary;
Website	foreignemploymin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare 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.”^[1]

List of ministers

The Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare 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 – 12 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 – Present	!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Maithripala Sirisena

References

^ "About us". Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

External links

[1] "About us". Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

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