Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage

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Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage
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Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters1st Floor, Sethsiripaya (Stage II), Battaramulla, Colombo
6°54′10.10″N79°54′57.40″E / 6.9028056°N 79.9159444°E / 6.9028056; 79.9159444 Coordinates: 6°54′10.10″N79°54′57.40″E / 6.9028056°N 79.9159444°E / 6.9028056; 79.9159444
Annual budget
  • Rs. 14 billion (2017, recurrent)
  • Rs. 2 billion (2017, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Ranjan Ramanayake, Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage
Ministry executive
  • Mahinda Seneviratne, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of Divineguma Development
  • Department of Social Services
  • National Council for Persons with Disabilities
  • National Institute of Social Development
  • National Secretariat for Elders and National Council for Elders
  • National Secretariat for Persons with Disabilities
  • Rural Development Training and Research Institute
  • Social Security Board
Website socialemwelfare.gov.lk

The Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for social services, social welfare and Kandyan heritage. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on social empowerment and welfare and other subjects which come under its purview. [1] The current Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage and Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage are S. B. Dissanayake and Ranjan Ramanayake respectively. [2] [3] The ministry's secretary is Mahinda Seneviratne. [4]

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Ministers

The Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Social Services
NamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeHead of governmentMinisterial titleRefs
T. B. Jayah 26 September 19471950 D. S. Senanayake Minister of Labour and Social Services [5] [6]
Kanthiah Vaithianathan 19531953 John Kotelawala Minister of Housing and Social Services [7]
1953Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services [7]
T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services [8] [9] [10] [11]
P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services [12]
8 December 1959 W. Dahanayake [12]
M. V. P. Peiris 23 March 19601960 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Health and Social Services [12]
D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 May 1963 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Labour and Social Services [13]
Asoka Karunaratne AsokaKarunaratne.jpg United National Party Dudley Senanayake Minister of Social Services [14]
S. S. Kulatileke Sirimavo Bandaranaike [15]
Asoka Karunaratne AsokaKarunaratne.jpg United National Party 23 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene [16] [17]
Ranjit Atapattu United National Party 18 February 19895 January 1990 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Labour and Social Welfare [18]
D. B. Wijetunga United National Party 11 January 1990 [18]
A. M. S. Adhikari United National Party 30 March 199014 March 1991Minister of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Social Welfare [19]
P. Dayaratna United National Party 14 March 1991 [19] [20]
A. H. M. Fowzie A. H. M. Fowzie.jpeg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Health and Social Services [21] [22]
Milroy Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Social Services and Fishing Community Housing Development [23]
Nimal Siripala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services [24] [25]
Sumedha G. Jayasena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004Minister of Women's Empowerment and Social Welfare [26] [27] [28]
Douglas Devananda Douglas Devananda 2.jpg Eelam People's Democratic Party 23 November 2005 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare [29]
Felix Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010Minister of Social Services [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
P. Harrison P. Harrison.jpg United National Party 12 January 201517 August 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development [35] [36] [37] [38]
S. B. Dissanayake S.B. Dissanayake.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 4 September 201522 May 2017Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare [39] [40] [41] [42]
22 May 2017Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage [42] [43] [44]

Secretaries

Social Services Secretaries
NameTook officeLeft officeTitleRefs
W. Yamuna Chitrangani25 April 2010Social Services Secretary [45] [46]
D. K. R. Ekanayake19 January 2015Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Secretary [47] [48] [49] [50]
Mahinda Seneviratne8 September 2015Social Empowerment and Social Services Secretary [51] [52] [53]

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