Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs

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Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs
Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters 8th Floor, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, Colombo
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Annual budget
  • Rs. 3 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 3 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
  • S. B. Nawinne, Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • D. Swarnapala, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of Cultural Affairs
  • Department of Immigration and Emigration
  • Department of National Museum
  • Department of Registration of Persons
Website cultural.gov.lk

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for internal affairs, development of Wayamba and culture. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on internal affairs, Waymba development and cultural affairs and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs are S. B. Nawinne and Palitha Thewarapperuma respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is D. Swarnapala.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Culture
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Jayaweera Kuruppu Sri Lanka Freedom Party S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs [5][6][7]
P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959 Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services [8]
8 December 1959 W. Dahanayake [8]
Bernard Aluwihare United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs [8]
Maithripala Senanayake Hon. Maithripala Senanayake.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs [9]
P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 May 1963 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs [10]
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla United National Party March 1965 Dudley Senanayake [11][12]
T. B. Tennakoon Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Cultural Affairs [13]
E. L. B. Hurulle 100x100px United National Party 23 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene [14][15][16]
W. J. M. Lokubandara WJM Lokubandara.jpg United National Party 18 February 1989 28 March 1990 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Information [17][18]
30 March 1990 Minister of Cultural Affairs and Information [18][19]
August 1993 D. B. Wijetunga [20]
Lakshman Jayakody Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 Minister of Cultural and Religious Affairs [21][22]
Monty Gopallawa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Cultural Affairs [23]
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena 100x100px Sri Lanka Freedom Party 25 July 2005 Minister of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage [24]
28 January 2007 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Cultural Affairs [25][26]
Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 Minister of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs [27][28][29]
T. B. Ekanayake T. B. Ekanayake - Korea-South Asia Culture Ministers Meeting (15376643337) (cropped).jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 2010 Minister of Culture and the Arts [30][31]
Ranil Wickremesinghe Ranil Wickremesinghe.jpg United National Party 12 January 2015 17 August 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs [32][33][34][35]
S. B. Nawinne United National Party 4 September 2015 Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs [36][37][38]

Secretaries

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Culture Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Wimal Rubasinghe 25 April 2010 National Heritage and Cultural Affairs Secretary [39]
22 November 2010 Culture and the Arts Secretary [40]
K. Liyanage 19 January 2015 Policy Planning, Economic Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs Secretary [41]
D. Swarnapala 8 September 2015 Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs Secretary [42][43][44]

References

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