Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment

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Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters79/1 5th Lane, Colombo
6°54′19.90″N79°51′20.50″E / 6.9055278°N 79.8556944°E / 6.9055278; 79.8556944 Coordinates: 6°54′19.90″N79°51′20.50″E / 6.9055278°N 79.8556944°E / 6.9055278; 79.8556944
Annual budget
  • Rs. 0.1 billion (2018, recurrent)
  • Rs. 2 billion (2018, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Harin Fernando, Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment
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, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment 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, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment 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]

Contents

Ministers

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

Ministers of Telecommunication
NamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeHead of governmentMinisterial titleRefs
Mohamed Macan Markar 19311936Minister of Communications and Works [5]
John Kotelawala 19361945 [6] [7]
C. Sittampalam Independent 26 September 1947 D. S. Senanayake Minister of Posts and Telecommunication [8] [9] [10]
1952 Dudley Senanayake [10]
Mahanama Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 May 1963 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Communications [11]
Anil Moonesinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party 11 June 1964 [11]
Montague Jayawickrama United National Party Dudley Senanayake Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telecommunications [12]
Leslie Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party 31 May 19701977 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Posts and Telecommunications [13] [14]
Shelton Jayasinghe United National Party 23 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene [15] [16]
D. B. Wijetunga United National Party [17]
Alick Aluwihare United National Party 18 February 198914 March 1991 Ranasinghe Premadasa [18] [19] [20]
A. M. S. Adhikari United National Party 14 March 1991 [19] [20]
Mangala Samaraweera Mangala Samaraweera.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 D. B. Wijetunga [21] [22]
Nimal Siripala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Chandrika Kumaratunga [23] [24]
Indika Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 [24] [25]
D. M. Jayaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Udarata Development [26] [27] [28]
23 November 2005 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Posts and Telecommunication [29]
Rauff Hakeem Rauff Hakeem.jpg Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 28 January 2007December 2007 [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
Jeewan Kumaranatunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 [35] [36] [37]
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Ranjith Siyambalapitiya 003.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 2010Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology [38] [39]
Harin Fernando United National Party 4 September 201525 February 2018 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure [40] [41] [42] [43]
25 February 2018Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment [44] [45] [46]

Secretaries

Telecommunication Secretaries
NameTook officeLeft officeTitleRefs
Asoka Jayasekara25 April 2010Posts and Telecommunication Secretary [47]
N. A. Athukoral22 November 2010Telecommunication and Information Technology Secretary [48]
Wasantha Deshapriya11 September 2015Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Secretary [49] [50] [51]

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