# Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)

The Ministry of Home Affairs (Sinhala: ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය Swadēsha Katayuthu Amathyanshaya; Tamil: உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for public administration.
The Minister of Home Affairs is one of the most senior ministers in the government and ranks third in the ministerial ranking. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview. The ministry manages the country's administrative service, including District and Divisional Secretariats as well as the Grama Niladhari (village officers) network under the oversight of the latter.
The current Minister of Home Affairs is Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.

## Ministers

Ministers of Home Affairs :
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title |
| Don Baron Jayatilaka | | 1931 | 1942 | | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Arunachalam Mahadeva | | 1942 | 1946 | | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Oliver Goonetilleke | | 26 September 1947 | | D. S. Senanayake | Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development |
| Edwin Wijeyeratne | | 1948 | 1951 | D. S. Senanayake | Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development |
| Oliver Goonetilleke | | 1952 | | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development |
| A. Ratnayake | | | | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Home Affairs |
| A. Ratnayake | | 1953 | | John Kotelawala | Minister of Home Affairs |
| A. P. Jayasuriya | | 12 April 1956 | June 1959 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Minister of Home Affairs |
| T. B. Ilangaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 26 September 1959 | 8 December 1959 | W. Dahanayake | Minister of Home Affairs |
| M. C. M. Kaleel | United National Party | 23 March 1960 | 1960 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development |
| Maithripala Senanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 July 1960 | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs |
| W. Dahanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party | March 1965 | | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Felix Dias Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 31 May 1970 | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs |
| T. B. Ilangaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs |
| Montague Jayawickrama | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs |
| K. W. Devanayakam | United National Party | 14 February 1980 | | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Festus Perera | United National Party | 1990 | | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs |
| Amarasiri Dodangoda | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1994 | | D. B. Wijetunga | Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives |
| Richard Pathirana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 October 2000 | 14 September 2001 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Administrative Reforms |
| Richard Pathirana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 14 September 2001 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Southern Development |
| Alick Aluvihare | United National Party | 12 December 2001 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government |
| Amarasiri Dodangoda | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 10 April 2004 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs |
| Sarath Amunugama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 November 2005 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs |
| Karu Jayasuriya | United National Party | 28 January 2007 | 9 December 2008 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs |
| Sarath Amunugama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1 January 2009 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs |
| John Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 April 2010 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs |
| M. Joseph Michael Perera | United National Party | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries |
| M. Joseph Michael Perera | United National Party | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Vajira Abeywardena | United National Party | 4 September 2015 | 21 November 2019 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 22 November 2019 | 3 April 2022 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government |
| Dinesh Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 18 April 2022 | Incumbent | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government |

## Secretaries

Home Affairs Secretaries :
| Name | Took office | Left office | Title |
| D. Dissanayake | 25 April 2010 | | Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretary |
| P. B. Abeykoon | 22 November 2010 | | Public Administration and Home Affairs Secretary |
| S. D. A. B. Borelessa | 19 January 2015 | | Home Affairs and Fisheries Secretary |
| J. J. Rathnasiri | 8 September 2015 | 31 July 2016 | Home Affairs Secretary |
| Neil De Alwis | 4 September 2016 | | Home Affairs Secretary |
| S. T. Kodikara | 17 April 2018 | | Home Affairs Secretary |