Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government

Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government

Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	330 Dr. Colvin R. de Silva Mawatha, Colombo 6°55′09.00″N 79°51′35.40″E / 6.9191667°N 79.8598333°ECoordinates: 6°55′09.00″N 79°51′35.40″E / 6.9191667°N 79.8598333°E
Annual budget	Rs. 169 billion (2016, recurrent) Rs. 69 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible	Faiszer Musthapha, Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government
Deputy Minister responsible	Piyankara Jayaratne, State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government
Ministry executive	H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri, Secretary
Child agencies	Local Loans and Development Fund Sri Lanka Institute of Local Government
Website	lgpc.gov.lk

The Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for provincial councils and local government. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on provincial councils and Local Government and other subjects which come under its purview.^[1] The current Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government and State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government are Faiszer Musthapha and Piyankara Jayaratne respectively.^[2][3] The ministry's secretary is H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri.^[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Local Government

Name		Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	Head of government		Ministerial title	Refs
	Batuwantudawe, CharlesCharles Batuwantudawe			1931	1935			Minister of Local Administration	[5]
	Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D.S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike			1936	1944				[6]
			United National Party	26 September 1947	12 July 1951		Senanayake, D. S.D. S. Senanayake	Minister of Health and Local Government	[7][8]
	Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake		United National Party	26 March 1952	1952		Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake		[9]
	Kannangara, C. W. W.C. W. W. Kannangara			19 June 1952				Minister of Local Government	[10]
							Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala		[11]
	Kuruppu, JayaweeraJayaweera Kuruppu		Sri Lanka Freedom Party				Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D.S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike	Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs	[12][13][14]
	Wijewardene, VimalaVimala Wijewardene		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	9 June 1959				Minister of Local Government and Housing	[15]
					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		[15]
	Samaraweera, MahanamaMahanama Samaraweera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 July 1960			Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike		[16]
	Tiruchelvam, M.M. Tiruchelvam		Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi	March 1965	November 1968		Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake	Minister of Local Government	[17][18]
	Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa		United National Party	1968
	Bandaranaike, Felix DiasFelix Dias Bandaranaike		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	31 May 1970			Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike	Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs	[19][20]
	Ariyadasa, W. P. G.W. P. G. Ariyadasa							Minister of Local Government	[21]
	Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa		United National Party	23 July 1977			Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene	Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction	[22][23][24]
	Wijekoon, U. B.U. B. Wijekoon		United National Party	18 February 1989	28 March 1990		Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa	Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs	[25]
	Perera, FestusFestus Perera		United National Party	30 March 1990					[26]
	Dodangoda, AmarasiriAmarasiri Dodangoda		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 August 1994			Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga	Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives	[27][28]
	Ekanayake, NandimithraNandimithra Ekanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 October 2000			Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	[29]
	Pathirana, RichardRichard Pathirana		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	14 September 2001				Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development	[30][31]
	Aluvihare, AlickAlick Aluvihare		United National Party	12 December 2001				Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government	[32][33]
	Tennakoon, Janaka BandaraJanaka Bandara Tennakoon		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	10 April 2004				Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	[34][35][36]
				23 November 2005			Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils	[37][38][39][40]
	Athaullah, A. L. M.A. L. M. Athaullah		National Congress	23 April 2010					[41][42][43][44]
	Jayasuriya, KaruKaru Jayasuriya		United National Party	12 January 2015	22 March 2015		Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena	Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance	[45][46][47][48]
				22 March 2015	17 August 2015			Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Democratic Governance	[49][50][51][52]
	Musthapha, FaiszerFaiszer Musthapha		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	9 September 2015				Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government	[53][54][55]

Secretaries

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Local Government Secretaries

Name	Took office	Left office	Title	Refs
Jayathilaka, NihalNihal Jayathilaka	25 April 2010		Local Government and Provincial Councils Secretary	[56][57]
Ranawaka, R. A. A. K.R. A. A. K. Ranawaka	12 July 2012		Local Government and Provincial Councils Secretary	[58]
Dadallage, J.J. Dadallage	19 January 2015		Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance Secretary	[59][60][61][62]
Pathmasiri, H. T. KamalH. T. Kamal Pathmasiri	11 September 2015		Provincial Councils and Local Government Secretary	[63]

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External links

• lgpc.gov.lk