Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare

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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 Promotion and Welfare of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Thalatha Atukorale since 22 November 2010
Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare
Appointer	The President with advice of Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Thalatha Atukorale
Formation	22 November 2010
Website	Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare

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 – 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 – 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