Ministry of Lands (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Lands

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°ECoordinates: 6°53′59.40″N 79°55′00.90″E / 6.8998333°N 79.9169167°E
Annual budget	Rs. 4 billion (2016, recurrent) Rs. 3 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible	John Amaratunga, Minister of Lands
Deputy Minister responsible	T. B. Ekanayake, State Minister of Lands
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 is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for land. 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 State Minister of Lands are John Amaratunga and T. B. Ekanayake respectively.^[2][3] The ministry's secretary is I. H. K. Mahanama.^[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Lands 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
	Senanayake, D. S.D. S. Senanayake			1931	1946			Minister of Agriculture and Lands	[5]
	Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake			1946	1947				[6]
			United National Party	26 September 1947	26 March 1952		Senanayake, D. S.D. S. Senanayake		[7][8]
	Bulankulame, P. B.P. B. Bulankulame			26 March 1952	1952		Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake		[9]
				19 June 1952				Minister of Lands and Land Development	[9][10]
							Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala		[11]
	de Silva, C. P.C. P. de Silva		Sri Lanka Freedom Party				Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D.S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike		[12][13][14]
					December 1959		Dahanayake, W.W. Dahanayake	Minister of Agriculture and Lands	[15]
	Banda, M. D.M. D. Banda		United National Party	23 March 1960	1960		Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake		[15]
	de Silva, C. P.C. P. de Silva		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 July 1960			Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike	Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power	[16]
			Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party	March 1965			Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake	Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power	[17][18]
	Kobbekaduwa, HectorHector Kobbekaduwa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party				Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike	Minister of Agriculture and Lands	[19][20]
	Senanayake, LionelLionel Senanayake		United National Party	13 July 1977			Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene		[21]
	Dayaratna, P.P. Dayaratna		United National Party				Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa	Minister of Land, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development	[22][23]
	Atukorale, GaminiGamini Atukorale		United National Party	14 March 1991					[24]
	Jayaratne, D. M.D. M. Jayaratne		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 August 1994			Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga	Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation	[25][26]
	Dissanayake, SalindaSalinda Dissanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 October 2000			Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Land Development and Minor Export Agricultural Crops	[27]
	Ratwatte, AnuruddhaAnuruddha Ratwatte		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	14 September 2001				Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power	[28][29]
	Kumaranatunga, JeewanJeewan Kumaranatunga		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	28 January 2007			Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Land and Land Development	[30][31][32]
	Tennakoon, Janaka BandaraJanaka Bandara Tennakoon		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010				Minister of Lands and Land Development	[33][34][35][36][37][38]
	Gunawardena, M. K. D. S.M. K. D. S. Gunawardena^✝			12 January 2015	19 January 2016		Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena	Minister of Lands	[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]
			Sri Lanka Freedom Party[48][49]
			Democratic National Movement[50][51]
	Amaratunga, JohnJohn Amaratunga		United National Party	2 March 2016					[52][53][54]

Secretaries

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Lands Secretaries

Name	Took office	Left office	Title	Refs
Peiris, T. AsokaT. Asoka Peiris	25 April 2010		Lands and Land Development Secretary	[55][56]
Mahanama, I. H. K.I. H. K. Mahanama	19 January 2015		Lands Secretary	[57][58][59][60][61][62][63]

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External links

• landmin.gov.lk