Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government

The Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government^[2] (Sinhala: රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු, පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: பொதுநிருவாக, உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள், மாகாண சபைகள் மற்றும் உள்ளூராட்சி அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for provincial councils and local government. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on provincial councils and Local Government and other subjects which come under its purview.^[3] The current Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government is Dinesh Gunawardena.^[4] The ministry's secretary is H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri.^[5] The ministry has had oversight of drafting the 20th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution.^[6][7]

Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government

රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු, පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය பொதுநிருவாக, உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள், மாகாண சபைகள் மற்றும் உள்ளூராட்சி அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed	1931; 94 years ago (1931)
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	330 Union Place, Colombo 2 6°55′09.00″N 79°51′35.40″E
Annual budget	LKR 81.24 billion (2025)[1]
Minister responsible	Chandana Abayarathna, Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Ministry executive	H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies	Local Loans and Development Fund Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance
Website	lgpc.gov.lk

Ministers

Parties

  Ceylon National Congress   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna   National People's Power

Ministers of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government

Name		Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	Head of government		Ministerial title	Refs
	Charles Batuwantudawe			1931	1935			Minister of Local Administration	[8]
	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike			1936	1944				[9]
			United National Party	26 September 1947	12 July 1951		D. S. Senanayake	Minister of Health and Local Government	[10][11]
	Dudley Senanayake		United National Party	26 March 1952	1952		Dudley Senanayake		[12]
	C. W. W. Kannangara			19 June 1952				Minister of Local Government	[13]
							John Kotelawala		[14]
	Jayaweera Kuruppu		Sri Lanka Freedom Party				S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike	Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs	[15][16][17]
	Vimala Wijewardene		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	9 June 1959				Minister of Local Government and Housing	[18]
					21 November 1959		W. Dahanayake
	M. B. W. Mediwake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party
	J. R. Jayewardene		United National Party	23 March 1960	1960		Dudley Senanayake		[18]
	Mahanama Samaraweera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 July 1960			Sirimavo Bandaranaike		[19]
	M. Tiruchelvam		Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi	March 1965	November 1968		Dudley Senanayake	Minister of Local Government	[20][21]
	Ranasinghe Premadasa		United National Party	1968
	Felix Dias Bandaranaike	align=center	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	31 May 1970			Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs	[22][23]
	W. P. G. Ariyadasa							Minister of Local Government	[24]
	Ranasinghe Premadasa		United National Party	23 July 1977			J. R. Jayewardene	Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction	[25][26][27]
	U. B. Wijekoon		United National Party	18 February 1989	28 March 1990		Ranasinghe Premadasa	Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs	[28]
	Festus Perera		United National Party	30 March 1990					[29]
	Amarasiri Dodangoda		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 August 1994			D. B. Wijetunga	Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives	[30][31]
	Nandimithra Ekanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 October 2000			Chandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	[32]
	Richard Pathirana		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	14 September 2001				Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development	[33][34]
	Alick Aluvihare		United National Party	12 December 2001				Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government	[35][36]
	Janaka Bandara Tennakoon		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	10 April 2004				Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	[37][38][39]
				23 November 2005			Mahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils	[40][41][42][43]
	A. L. M. Athaullah		National Congress	23 April 2010					[44][45][46][47]
	Karu Jayasuriya		United National Party	12 January 2015	22 March 2015		Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance	[48][49][50][51]
				22 March 2015	17 August 2015			Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Democratic Governance	[52][53][54][55]
	Faiszer Musthapha		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	9 September 2015	26 October 2018			Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	[56][57][58]
	Vajira Abeywardena		United National Party	20 December 2018	21 November 2019			State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government
	Janaka Bandara Tennakoon		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	22 November 2019	3 April 2022		Gotabaya Rajapaksa	Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
	Dinesh Gunawardena		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	18 April 2022	18 April 2022			Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
	Dinesh Gunawardena		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	18 April 2022	23 September 2024		Ranil Wickremesinghe	Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
	Harini Amarasuriya		National People's Power	24 September 2024	18 November 2024		Anura Kumara Dissanayake	Minister of Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour	[59]
	Chandana Abayarathna		National People's Power	18 November 2024				Minister of State Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government	[60]

Secretaries

Local Government Secretaries

Name	Took office	Left office	Title	Refs
Nihal Jayathilaka	25 April 2010		Local Government and Provincial Councils Secretary	[61][62]
R. A. A. K. Ranawaka	12 July 2012		Local Government and Provincial Councils Secretary	[63]
J. Dadallage	19 January 2015		Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance Secretary	[64][65][66][67]
H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri	11 September 2015		Provincial Councils and Local Government Secretary	[68]

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External links

• lgpc.gov.lk