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Ministry of Tourism and Lands

The Ministry of Tourism and Lands[2] (Sinhala: සංචාරක හා ඉඩම් අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: சுற்றுலாத்துறை மற்றும் காணி அமைச்சு) 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.[3] The current Minister of Tourism and Lands is Harin Fernando.[1] The ministry's secretary is W.A. Chulananda Perera.[4]

Ministry of Tourism and Lands
සංචාරක හා ඉඩම් අමාත්‍යාංශය
சுற்றுலாத்துறை மற்றும் காணி அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersMihikatha 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; 79.9169167
Annual budget
  • Rs. 5 billion (2017, recurrent)
  • Rs. 3 billion (2017, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • W.A. Chulananda Perera, 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
Websitewww.tourismmin.gov.lk

Ministers

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

Parties

  Governors of British Ceylon  United National Party  Sri Lanka Freedom Party  Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party  Democratic National Movement  Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna  Samagi Jana Balawegaya

Ministers of Lands
NamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeHead of governmentMinisterial titleRefs
D. S. Senanayake United National Party19311946Henry Monck-Mason MooreMinister of Agriculture and Lands[5]
Dudley Senanayake United National Party19461947[6]
26 September 194726 March 1952D. S. Senanayake[7][8]
P. B. BulankulameUnited National Party26 March 195212 October 1953Dudley Senanayake[9][10]
12 October 195312 April 1956John KotelawalaMinister of Lands and Land Development[11]
C. P. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party12 April 195626 September 1959S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike[12][13][14]
26 September 1959December 1959W. DahanayakeMinister of Agriculture and Lands[15]
M. D. BandaUnited National Party23 March 19601960Dudley Senanayake[15]
C. P. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party23 July 196029 May 1970Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power[16]
Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist PartyDudley SenanayakeMinister of Land, Irrigation and Power[17][18]
Hector KobbekaduwaSri Lanka Freedom PartySirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Agriculture and Lands[19][20]
Lionel Senanayake United 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✝ Sri Lanka Freedom Party[39][40]12 January 201519 January 2016Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Lands[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
Democratic National Movement[50][51]
John AmaratungaUnited National Party2 March 201622 May 2017[52][53][54]
Gayantha KarunatilekaUnited National Party22 May 201721 November 2019Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms[55][56][57]
S. M. ChandrasenaSri Lanka Freedom Party22 November 20193 April 2022Gotabaya RajapaksaMinister of Lands and Development
Harin Fernando Samagi Jana Balawegaya20 May 20229 July 2022Minister of Tourism and Lands
United National Party22 July 2022PresentRanil Wickremesinghe

Secretaries

Lands Secretaries
NameTook officeLeft officeTitleRefs
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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