The Ministry of Public Security ( Mahajana Arakshaka Amathyanshaya; ) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for law and order. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on law and order and other subjects which come under its purview. The ministry manages the country's police. The current Minister of Public Security is Ananda Wijepala. The ministry's secretary is Ravi Seneviratne.
History Since independence in 1948 the Sri Lankan police had come under the Ministry of Defence. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission had recommended that policing be transferred to a separate ministry. The Ministry of Law and Order was established on 16 August 2013 to manage policing in the country.
Ministers The Minister of Public Security is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
+ Ministers of Law and OrderNamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeHead of governmentMinisterial titleRefs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Law and Order United National Party Minister of Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs Minister of Public Order and Christian Religious Affairs United National Party Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms United National Party Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development United National Party Minister of Law and Order United National Party Janaka Bandara TennakoonSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna22 November 201912 August 2020 Gotabaya RajapaksaMinister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Sarath WeerasekaraSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna26 November 202018 April 2022 Minister of Public Security Prasanna RanatungaSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna18 April 20229 May 2022 Minister of Public Security and Tourism Tiran AllesSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna20 May 202224 September 2024 Ranil WickremesingheMinister of Public Security Vijitha HerathNational People's Power24 September 202418 November 2024 Anura Kumara DissanayakeMinister of Public Security Ananda WijepalaNational People's Power18 November 2024Incumbent Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
Secretaries
+ Law and Order SecretariesNameTook officeLeft officeTitleRefs Law and Order Secretary Law and Order Secretary Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs Secretary Law and Order and Prison Reforms Secretary Law and Order and Southern Development Secretary
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