Ministry of Public Security (Sri Lanka)

The Ministry of Public Security[2] (Sinhala: මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: பொதுமக்கள் பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for law and order. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on law and order and other subjects which come under its purview.[3] The ministry manages the country's police. The current Minister of Public Security is Tiran Alles.[1] The ministry's secretary is Jagath Wijeweera.[4]

Ministry of Public Security
මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය
பொதுமக்கள் பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed16 August 2013 (2013-08-16)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersFloor 14, Suhurupaya, Subuthipura road, Battaramulla
6.903069°N 79.917034°E / 6.903069; 79.917034
Annual budget
  • LKR 63 billion (2018, recurrent)
  • LKR 5 billion (2018, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • S. Hettiarachchi, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies
Websitewww.pubsec.gov.lk

History

Since independence in 1948 the Sri Lankan police had come under the Ministry of Defence. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission had recommended that policing be transferred to a separate ministry.[5][6] The Ministry of Law and Order was established on 16 August 2013 to manage policing in the country.[7][8][9]

Ministers

The Minister of Public Security is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Law and Order
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Mahinda RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom Party26 August 20138 January 2015Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Law and Order[10][11]
John AmaratungaUnited National Party12 January 201522 March 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs[12][13][14]
22 March 201517 August 2015Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs[15][16][17][18]
Tilak MarapanaUnited National Party4 September 20159 November 2015Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms[19][20][21]
Sagala RatnayakaUnited National Party11 November 201525 February 2018Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development[22][23][24][25]
Ranil WickremesingheUnited National Party25 February 20188 March 2018Minister of Law and Order[26][27][28]
Ranjith Madduma BandaraUnited National Party8 March 201818 November 2019[29][30][31]

Secretaries
Law and Order Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Nanda Mallawaarachchi19 August 2013Law and Order Secretary[32][33][34]
Mahinda Balasuriya20 October 2014Law and Order Secretary[35][36][37]
T. M. K. B. Tennakoon19 January 2015Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs Secretary[38][39][40][41]
Jagath Wijeweera8 September 2015Law and Order and Prison Reforms Secretary[42][43][44]
19 November 2015Law and Order and Southern Development Secretary[45]

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