Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka)

Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Maithripala Sirisena since 12th January 2015
Ministry of Defence
Inaugural holder	Don Stephen Senanayake
Formation	24 September 1947
Deputy	Ruwan Wijewardene
Website	www.defence.lk

The Minister of Defence is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for the implementation of the Government of Sri Lankas defence policy and the headquarters of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. The post was first created in 1947 as Minister of External Affairs and Defence, in 1978 the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence separated into two ministries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. Prior to the separation of the post the Minister of External Affairs and Defence was held by the Prime Minister since 1947, with a Parliamentary Secretary for Defence and External Affairs who was an elected parliamentarian and was the de facto foreign minister.

List of Defence Ministers

Parties

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	Party	Tenure		Ministerial title
Don Stephen Senanayake	United National Party	24 September 1947 - 22 March 1952	Don Stephen Senanayake	Minister of External Affairs and Defence
Dudley Senanayake	United National Party	22 March 1952 - 12 October 1953	Dudley Senanayake
John Kotelawala	United National Party	12 October 1953 - 12 April 1956	John Kotelawala
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	12 April 1956 - 26 September 1959	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Wijeyananda Dahanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party	26 September 1959 - 20 March 1960	Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Dudley Senanayake	United National Party	21 March 1960 - 21 July 1960	Dudley Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	21 July 1960 - 25 March 1965	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Dudley Senanayake	United National Party	25 March 1965 - 29 May 1970	Dudley Senanayake
Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	29 May 1970 - 23 July 1977	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
J. R. Jayewardene	United National Party	23 July 1977 - 4 February 1978	J. R. Jayewardene
Ranasinghe Premadasa	United National Party	1989 -	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Ranjan Wijeratne	United National Party		Ranasinghe Premadasa
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga	United National Party		Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Tilak Marapana	United National Party	12 December 2001 - 2004	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Mahinda Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 November 2005 – 08 January 2015	Mahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Defence and Urban Development
Maithripala Sirisena	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	12 January 2015 – present	Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Defence

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Defence Ministers of Sri Lanka

External Affairs and Defence (1947 - 1978)	Senanayake Senanayake Kotelawala Bandaranaike Dahanayake Senanayake Bandaranaike Senanayake Bandaranaike

Defence (1978 - Present)	Jayewardene Premadasa Wijeratne Wijetunga Marapana Rajapaksa Sirisena

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Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka)

List of Defence Ministers

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