# Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment

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. 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. The ministry's secretary is Wasantha Deshapriya.

## Ministers

The Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
Ministers of Telecommunication :
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title |
| Mohamed Macan Markar | | 1931 | 1936 | | Minister of Communications and Works |
| John Kotelawala | | 1936 | 1945 | | Minister of Communications and Works |
| C. Sittampalam | Independent | 26 September 1947 | | D. S. Senanayake | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication |
| C. Sittampalam | Independent | | 1952 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication |
| Mahanama Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 28 May 1963 | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Communications |
| Anil Moonesinghe | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | 11 June 1964 | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Communications |
| Montague Jayawickrama | United National Party | | | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telecommunications |
| Leslie Goonewardene | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | 31 May 1970 | 1977 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Shelton Jayasinghe | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| D. B. Wijetunga | United National Party | | | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Alick Aluwihare | United National Party | 18 February 1989 | 14 March 1991 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| A. M. S. Adhikari | United National Party | 14 March 1991 | | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Mangala Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 August 1994 | | D. B. Wijetunga | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 October 2000 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Indika Gunawardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 14 September 2001 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| D. M. Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 10 April 2004 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Udarata Development |
| D. M. Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 November 2005 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication |
| Rauff Hakeem | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 28 January 2007 | December 2007 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication |
| Jeewan Kumaranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 April 2010 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication |
| Ranjith Siyambalapitiya | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 22 November 2010 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology |
| Harin Fernando | United National Party | 4 September 2015 | 25 February 2018 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure |
| Harin Fernando | United National Party | 25 February 2018 | | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment |

## Secretaries

Telecommunication Secretaries :
| Name | Took office | Title |
| Asoka Jayasekara | 25 April 2010 | Posts and Telecommunication Secretary |
| N. A. Athukoral | 22 November 2010 | Telecommunication and Information Technology Secretary |
| Wasantha Deshapriya | 11 September 2015 | Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Secretary |