Ministry of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure

Ministry of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters 79/1 5th Lane, Colombo
6°54′19.90″N 79°51′20.50″E / 6.9055278°N 79.8556944°E / 6.9055278; 79.8556944Coordinates: 6°54′19.90″N 79°51′20.50″E / 6.9055278°N 79.8556944°E / 6.9055278; 79.8556944
Annual budget
  • Rs. 0.1 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 0.3 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Harin Fernando, Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • Nihal Somaweera, Wasantha Deshapriya
Child agencies
  • Department of Telecommunication
  • Information and Communication Technology Agency
  • Sri Lanka Telecom
Website mtdi.gov.lk

The Ministry of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for telecommunication and digital infrastructure. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on telecommunication and digital infrastructure and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure and Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure are Harin Fernando and Tharanath Basnayake respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is Wasantha Deshapriya.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Telecommunication
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Markar, Mohamed MacanMohamed Macan Markar 1931 1936 Minister of Communications and Works [5]
Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala 1936 1945 [6][7]
Sittampalam, C.C. Sittampalam Independent 26 September 1947 Senanayake, D. S.D. S. Senanayake Minister of Posts and Telecommunication [8][9][10]
1952 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake [10]
Samaraweera, MahanamaMahanama Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 May 1963 Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Communications [11]
Moonesinghe, AnilAnil Moonesinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party 11 June 1964 [11]
Jayawickrama, MontagueMontague Jayawickrama United National Party Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telecommunications [12]
Kumarasuriar, ChelliahChelliah Kumarasuriar 31 May 1970 Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Posts and Telecommunications [13][14]
Jayasinghe, SheltonShelton Jayasinghe United National Party 23 July 1977 Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene [15][16]
Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga United National Party [17]
Aluwihare, AlickAlick Aluwihare United National Party 18 February 1989 14 March 1991 Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa [18][19][20]
Adhikari, A. M. S.A. M. S. Adhikari United National Party 14 March 1991 [19][20]
Samaraweera, MangalaMangala Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga [21][22]
de Silva, Nimal SiripalaNimal Siripala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga [23][24]
Gunawardena, IndikaIndika Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 [24][25]
Jayaratne, D. M.D. M. Jayaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Udarata Development [26][27][28]
23 November 2005 Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Posts and Telecommunication [29]
Hakeem, RauffRauff Hakeem Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 28 January 2007 December 2007 [30][31][32][33][34]
Kumaranatunga, JeewanJeewan Kumaranatunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 [35][36][37]
Siyambalapitiya, RanjithRanjith Siyambalapitiya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 2010 Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology [38][39]
Fernando, HarinHarin Fernando United National Party 4 September 2015 Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure [40][41][42]

Secretaries

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Telecommunication Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Jayasekara, AsokaAsoka Jayasekara 25 April 2010 Posts and Telecommunication Secretary [43]
Athukoral, N. A.N. A. Athukoral 22 November 2010 Telecommunication and Information Technology Secretary [44]
Deshapriya, WasanthaWasantha Deshapriya 11 September 2015 Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Secretary [45][46][47]

References

  1. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1933/13. 21 September 2015.
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  8. ↑ "First cabinet had only 14 ministers". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 September 2007.
  9. ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 12: Tryst with independence". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  10. 1 2 Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  11. 1 2 Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 19: Anguish and pain". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  12. ↑ Ceylon Year Book 1968 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. p. 15.
  13. ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 21: A further lack of perspicuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  14. ↑ Sri Lanka Year Book 1975 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. p. 19.
  15. ↑ Sri Lanka Year Book 1977 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 17–18.
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  17. ↑ Sri Lanka Year Book 1982 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 12–14.
  18. ↑ de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 210.
  19. 1 2 de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. pp. 213–214.
  20. 1 2 Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 45: War continues with brutality". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  21. ↑ "The New Cabinet" (PDF). Tamil Times XIII (8): 4. 15 August 1994. ISSN 0266-4488.
  22. ↑ "The Cabinet" (PDF). The Sri Lanka Monitor (79): 2. August 1994.
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  24. 1 2 Weerawarne, Sumadhu (15 September 2001). "18 member Cabinet sworn in yesterday". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  25. ↑ "New Cabinet". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 15 September 2001.
  26. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1335/24. 10 April 2004.
  27. ↑ "The new UPFA Cabinet". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 April 2004.
  28. ↑ "JVP boycotts UPFA cabinet swearing in ceremony". TamilNet. 10 April 2004.
  29. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1420/28. 23 November 2005.
  30. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1482/08. 29 January 2007.
  31. ↑ "The New Cabinet". The Island (Sri Lanka). 29 January 2007.
  32. ↑ "New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in". Current Affairs. The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka. 28 January 2007.
  33. ↑ "SLMC resigns from Rajapaksa government". TamilNet. 12 December 2007.
  34. ↑ "Why the SLMC quit the Rajapaska government". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 16 December 2007.
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  37. ↑ "New Parliament, New Cabinet" (PDF). The Nation (Sri Lanka). 25 April 2010.
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  39. ↑ "New Faces Boost Cabinet as Hopes Rise". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 28 November 2010.
  40. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/07. 14 September 2015.
  41. ↑ "New Cabinet". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 September 2015.
  42. ↑ "The new Cabinet". Ceylon Today. 4 September 2015.
  43. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1652/02. 3 May 2010.
  44. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1681/04. 22 November 2010.
  45. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/69. 18 September 2015.
  46. ↑ "44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 8 September 2015.
  47. ↑ "New Secretaries to Ministries appointed". The Island (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.

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