Ministry of Housing and Construction (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Housing and Construction
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters 2nd Floor, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, Colombo
6°54′12.60″N 79°54′55.60″E / 6.9035000°N 79.9154444°E / 6.9035000; 79.9154444Coordinates: 6°54′12.60″N 79°54′55.60″E / 6.9035000°N 79.9154444°E / 6.9035000; 79.9154444
Annual budget
  • Rs. 0.7 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 2 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • W. K. K. Athukorala, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Building Materials Corporation
  • Centre for Housing Planning and Building
  • Condominium Management Authority (Common Amenities Board)
  • Construction Industry Development Authority
  • Department of Buildings
  • Devco Showa (Private) Limited
  • Government Factory
  • National Equipment and Machinery Organization
  • National Housing Development Authority
  • State Development and Construction Corporation
  • State Engineering Corporation
  • Urban Settlement Development Authority
Website houseconmin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Housing and Construction is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for housing and construction. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on housing and construction and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Housing and Construction and Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction are Sajith Premadasa and Indika Bandaranaike respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is W. K. K. Athukorala.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Housing and Construction is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Housing
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Vaithianathan, KanthiahKanthiah Vaithianathan 1953 1953 Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala Minister of Housing and Social Services [5]
1953 Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services [5]
Ilangaratne, T. B.T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D.S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services [6][7][8][9]
Wijewardene, VimalaVimala Wijewardene Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959 Minister of Local Government and Housing [10]
21 November 1959 Dahanayake, W.W. Dahanayake
Mediwake, M. B. W.M. B. W. Mediwake Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake [10]
Samaraweera, MahanamaMahanama Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike [11]
Mahmud, Badi-ud-dinBadi-ud-din Mahmud 28 May 1963 Minister of Health and Housing [12]
Mohamed, M. H.M. H. Mohamed United National Party March 1965 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing [13][14]
Keuneman, PieterPieter Keuneman Communist Party 31 May 1970 February 1977 Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Housing and Construction [15][16][17]
Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa United National Party 23 July 1977 Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction [18][19][20]
Cooray, SirisenaSirisena Cooray United National Party 18 February 1989 Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa Minister of Housing and Construction [21][22][23]
de Silva, Nimal SiripalaNimal Siripala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities [24][25]
Samaraweera, MangalaMangala Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 4 September 2001 Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Urban Development, Public Utilities, Housing and Sports [26][27]
Thondaman, ArumugamArumugam Thondaman Ceylon Workers' Congress 12 December 2001 Minister of Housing and Plantation Infrastructure [28][29]
Ashraff, FerialFerial Ashraff National Unity Alliance 10 April 2004 Minister of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education and Irrigation Development [30][31][32]
23 November 2005 Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Housing and Construction [33]
28 January 2007 Minister of Housing and Common Amenities [34][35][36]
Weerawansa, WimalWimal Weerawansa National Freedom Front 23 April 2010 Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities [37][38][39][40]
Premadasa, SajithSajith Premadasa United National Party 12 January 2015 17 August 2015 Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Minister of Housing and Samurdhi [41][42][43][44]
4 September 2015 Minister of Housing and Construction [45][46][47]

Secretaries

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Housing Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Wijeratne, Nissanka N.Nissanka N. Wijeratne 25 April 2010 Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary [48]
Jayaratne, S. M. G.S. M. G. Jayaratne 22 November 2010 Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary [49]
Perera, P. H. L. W.P. H. L. W. Perera 12 July 2012 Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary [50]
Athukorala, W. K. K.W. K. K. Athukorala 8 September 2015 Housing and Construction Secretary [51][52][53]

References

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