Minister of Defence ( Sri Lanka ) - wikipedia Minister of Defence ( Sri Lanka ) This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( March 2016 ) Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka Incumbent Maithripala Sirisena since 12th January 2015 Ministry of Defence Inaugural holder Don Stephen Senanayake Formation 24 September 1947 Deputy Ruwan Wijewardene Website www.defence.lk The Minister of Defence is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for the implementation of the Government of Sri Lankas defence policy and the headquarters of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. The post was first created in 1947 as Minister of External Affairs and Defence, in 1978 the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence separated into two ministries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. Prior to the separation of the post the Minister of External Affairs and Defence was held by the Prime Minister since 1947, with a Parliamentary Secretary for Defence and External Affairs who was an elected parliamentarian and was the de facto foreign minister. Contents 1 List of Defence Ministers 2 See also 3 References 4 External links List of Defence ministers Parties Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Name Portrait Party Tenure Head ( s ) of Government Ministerial title Don Stephen Senanayake United National Party 24 September 1947 - 22 March 1952 Don Stephen Senanayake Minister of External Affairs and Defence Dudley Senanayake United National Party 22 March 1952 - 12 October 1953 Dudley Senanayake John Kotelawala United National Party 12 October 1953 - 12 April 1956 John Kotelawala S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 - 26 September 1959 S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party 26 September 1959 - 20 March 1960 Wijeyananda Dahanayake Dudley Senanayake United National Party 21 March 1960 - 21 July 1960 Dudley Senanayake Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 21 July 1960 - 25 March 1965 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Dudley Senanayake United National Party 25 March 1965 - 29 May 1970 Dudley Senanayake Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 29 May 1970 - 23 July 1977 Sirimavo Bandaranaike J.R. Jayewardene United National Party 23 July 1977 - 4 February 1978 J.R. Jayewardene Ranasinghe Premadasa United National Party 1989 - Ranasinghe Premadasa Ranjan Wijeratne United National Party Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga United National Party Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Tilak Marapana United National Party 12 December 2001 - 2004 Chandrika Kumaratunga Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 November 2005 -- 08 January 2015 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Defence and Urban Development Maithripala Sirisena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 January 2015 -- present Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Defence See also Ministry of Defence Ministry of External Affairs and Defence References Wikimedia Commons has media related to Defence Ministers of Sri Lanka. 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Question: who is the minister of defence in sri lanka
Answer: Maithripala Sirisena