# Ministry of Urban Development and Housing

The Ministry of Urban Development,Construction and Housing (Sinhala: නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: நகர அபிவிருத்தி மற்றும் வீடமைப்பு அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for housing and construction. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on housing and construction and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Urban Development and Housing is Mr.Ranjith Ariyarathne The ministry's secretary is Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne.

## Ministers

Ministers of Housing :
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title |
| Kanthiah Vaithianathan | | 1953 | 1953 | John Kotelawala | Minister of Housing and Social Services |
| Kanthiah Vaithianathan | | 1953 | | John Kotelawala | Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services |
| T. B. Ilangaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 April 1956 | | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services |
| 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 |
| Badi-ud-din Mahmud | | 28 May 1963 | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Health and Housing |
| M. H. Mohamed | United National Party | March 1965 | | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing |
| Pieter Keuneman | Communist Party | 31 May 1970 | February 1977 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Housing and Construction |
| Ranasinghe Premadasa | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction |
| Sirisena Cooray | United National Party | 18 February 1989 | | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Housing and Construction |
| Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 August 1994 | | D. B. Wijetunga | Minister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities |
| Mangala Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 4 September 2001 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Urban Development, Public Utilities, Housing and Sports |
| Arumugam Thondaman | Ceylon Workers' Congress | 12 December 2001 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Housing and Plantation Infrastructure |
| Ferial Ashraff | National Unity Alliance | 10 April 2004 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education and Irrigation Development |
| Ferial Ashraff | National Unity Alliance | 23 November 2005 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Housing and Construction |
| Ferial Ashraff | National Unity Alliance | 28 January 2007 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Housing and Common Amenities |
| Wimal Weerawansa | National Freedom Front | 23 April 2010 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities |
| Sajith Premadasa | United National Party | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Housing and Samurdhi |
| Sajith Premadasa | United National Party | 4 September 2015 | | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Housing and Construction |

## Secretaries

Housing Secretaries :
| Name | Took office | Title |
| Nissanka N. Wijeratne | 25 April 2010 | Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary |
| S. M. G. Jayaratne | 22 November 2010 | Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary |
| P. H. L. W. Perera | 12 July 2012 | Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary |
| W. K. K. Athukorala | 8 September 2015 | Housing and Construction Secretary |