# Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government

The Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government (Sinhala: රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු, පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: பொதுநிருவாக, உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள், மாகாண சபைகள் மற்றும் உள்ளூராட்சி அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for provincial councils and local government. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on provincial councils and Local Government and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government is Dinesh Gunawardena. The ministry's secretary is H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri. The ministry has had oversight of drafting the 20th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution.

## Ministers
### Parties

Ceylon National Congress United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna National People's Power
Ministers of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government :
| Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title |
| Charles Batuwantudawe | | | 1931 | 1935 | | Minister of Local Administration |
| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | | | 1936 | 1944 | | Minister of Local Administration |
| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | | United National Party | 26 September 1947 | 12 July 1951 | D. S. Senanayake | Minister of Health and Local Government |
| Dudley Senanayake | | United National Party | 26 March 1952 | 1952 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Health and Local Government |
| C. W. W. Kannangara | | | 19 June 1952 | | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Local Government |
| C. W. W. Kannangara | | | | | John Kotelawala | Minister of Local Government |
| Jayaweera Kuruppu | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | | | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs |
| Vimala Wijewardene | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 9 June 1959 | | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Minister of Local Government and Housing |
| Vimala Wijewardene | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | | 21 November 1959 | W. Dahanayake | Minister of Local Government and Housing |
| M. B. W. Mediwake | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | | | W. Dahanayake | Minister of Local Government and Housing |
| J. R. Jayewardene | | United National Party | 23 March 1960 | 1960 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Local Government and Housing |
| Mahanama Samaraweera | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 July 1960 | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Local Government and Housing |
| M. Tiruchelvam | | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | March 1965 | November 1968 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Local Government |
| Ranasinghe Premadasa | | United National Party | 1968 | | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Local Government |
| Felix Dias Bandaranaike | align=center | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 31 May 1970 | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs |
| W. P. G. Ariyadasa | | | | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Local Government |
| Ranasinghe Premadasa | | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction |
| U. B. Wijekoon | | United National Party | 18 February 1989 | 28 March 1990 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs |
| Festus Perera | | United National Party | 30 March 1990 | | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Home Affairs |
| Amarasiri Dodangoda | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 August 1994 | | D. B. Wijetunga | Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives |
| Nandimithra Ekanayake | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 October 2000 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government |
| 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 |
| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 10 April 2004 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government |
| Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 November 2005 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils |
| A. L. M. Athaullah | | National Congress | 23 April 2010 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils |
| Karu Jayasuriya | | United National Party | 12 January 2015 | 22 March 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance |
| Karu Jayasuriya | | United National Party | 22 March 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Democratic Governance |
| Faiszer Musthapha | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 9 September 2015 | 26 October 2018 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government |
| Vajira Abeywardena | | United National Party | 20 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | Maithripala Sirisena | State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government |
| 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 | | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 18 April 2022 | 18 April 2022 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government |
| Dinesh Gunawardena | | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 18 April 2022 | 23 September 2024 | Ranil Wickremesinghe | Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government |
| Harini Amarasuriya | | National People's Power | 24 September 2024 | 18 November 2024 | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | Minister of Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour |
| Chandana Abayarathna | | National People's Power | 18 November 2024 | | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | Minister of State Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government |

## Secretaries

Local Government Secretaries :
| Name | Took office | Title |
| Nihal Jayathilaka | 25 April 2010 | Local Government and Provincial Councils Secretary |
| R. A. A. K. Ranawaka | 12 July 2012 | Local Government and Provincial Councils Secretary |
| J. Dadallage | 19 January 2015 | Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Democratic Governance Secretary |
| H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri | 11 September 2015 | Provincial Councils and Local Government Secretary |