Ministry of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms

Ministry of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters Mihikatha Medura, Land Secretariat, 1200/6 Rajamalwatta Avenue, Battaramulla, Colombo
6°53′59.40″N 79°55′00.90″E / 6.8998333°N 79.9169167°E / 6.8998333; 79.9169167Coordinates: 6°53′59.40″N 79°55′00.90″E / 6.8998333°N 79.9169167°E / 6.8998333; 79.9169167
Annual budget
  • Rs. 5 billion (2017, recurrent)
  • Rs. 3 billion (2017, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • I. H. K. Mahanama, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of Land Commissioner General
  • Department of Land Settlement
  • Department of Land Use Policy Planning
  • Department of Surveyor General
  • Institute of Surveying and Mapping
  • Kantalai Sugar Company
  • Land Reform Commission
  • Land Survey Council
Website landmin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for land and parliamentary reforms. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on lands and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms and State Minister of Lands are Gayantha Karunatileka and T. B. Ekanayake respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is I. H. K. Mahanama.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Lands
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
D. S. Senanayake19311946Minister of Agriculture and Lands[5]
Dudley Senanayake19461947[6]
United National Party26 September 194726 March 1952D. S. Senanayake[7][8]
P. B. Bulankulame26 March 19521952Dudley Senanayake[9]
19 June 1952Minister of Lands and Land Development[9][10]
John Kotelawala[11]
C. P. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyS. W. R. D. Bandaranaike[12][13][14]
December 1959W. DahanayakeMinister of Agriculture and Lands[15]
M. D. BandaUnited National Party23 March 19601960Dudley Senanayake[15]
C. P. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party23 July 1960Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power[16]
Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist PartyMarch 1965Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Land, Irrigation and Power[17][18]
Hector KobbekaduwaSri Lanka Freedom PartySirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Agriculture and Lands[19][20]
Lionel SenanayakeUnited National Party13 July 1977J. R. Jayewardene[21]
P. DayaratnaUnited National PartyRanasinghe PremadasaMinister of Land, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development[22][23]
Gamini AtukoraleUnited National Party14 March 1991[24]
D. M. JayaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party19 August 1994D. B. WijetungaMinister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation[25][26]
Salinda DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Land Development and Minor Export Agricultural Crops[27]
Anuruddha RatwatteSri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 2001Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power[28][29]
Jeewan KumaranatungaSri Lanka Freedom Party28 January 2007Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Land and Land Development[30][31][32]
Janaka Bandara TennakoonSri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 2010Minister of Lands and Land Development[33][34][35][36][37][38]
M. K. D. S. Gunawardena✝12 January 201519 January 2016Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Lands[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[48][49]
Democratic National Movement[50][51]
John AmaratungaUnited National Party2 March 2016[52][53][54]
Gayantha KarunatilekaUnited National Party22 May 2017Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms[55][56][57]

Secretaries

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Lands Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
T. Asoka Peiris25 April 2010Lands and Land Development Secretary[58][59]
I. H. K. Mahanama19 January 2015Lands Secretary[60][61][62][63][64][65][66]

References

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