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Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment

January 01, 1970

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.[1] 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.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is Wasantha Deshapriya.[4]

Ministry of Information Technology
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters79/1 5th Lane, Colombo
6°54′19.90″N 79°51′20.50″E / 6.9055278°N 79.8556944°E / 6.9055278; 79.8556944
Annual budget
  • Rs. 0.1 billion (2018, recurrent)
  • Rs. 2 billion (2018, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Harin Fernando, Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • Nihal Somaweera, Wasantha Deshapriya
Child agencies
  • Department of Telecommunication
  • Information and Communication Technology Agency
  • Sri Lanka Telecom
Websitemtdi.gov.lk

Ministers edit

The Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Ministers of Telecommunication
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Mohamed Macan Markar 1931 1936 Minister of Communications and Works [5]
John Kotelawala 1936 1945 [6][7]
C. Sittampalam Independent 26 September 1947 D. S. Senanayake Minister of Posts and Telecommunication [8][9][10]
1952 Dudley Senanayake [10]
Mahanama Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 May 1963 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Communications [11]
Anil Moonesinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party 11 June 1964 [11]
Montague Jayawickrama United National Party Dudley Senanayake Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telecommunications [12]
Leslie Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party 31 May 1970 1977 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Posts and Telecommunications [13][14]
Shelton Jayasinghe United National Party 23 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene [15][16]
D. B. Wijetunga United National Party [17]
Alick Aluwihare United National Party 18 February 1989 14 March 1991 Ranasinghe Premadasa [18][19][20]
A. M. S. Adhikari United National Party 14 March 1991 [19][20]
Mangala Samaraweera   Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 D. B. Wijetunga [21][22]
Nimal Siripala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Chandrika Kumaratunga [23][24]
Indika Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 [24][25]
D. M. Jayaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Udarata Development [26][27][28]
23 November 2005 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Posts and Telecommunication [29]
Rauff Hakeem   Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 28 January 2007 December 2007 [30][31][32][33][34]
Jeewan Kumaranatunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 [35][36][37]
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya   Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 2010 Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology [38][39]
Harin Fernando United National Party 4 September 2015 25 February 2018 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure [40][41][42][43]
25 February 2018 Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment [44][45][46]

Secretaries edit

Telecommunication Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Asoka Jayasekara 25 April 2010 Posts and Telecommunication Secretary [47]
N. A. Athukoral 22 November 2010 Telecommunication and Information Technology Secretary [48]
Wasantha Deshapriya 11 September 2015 Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Secretary [49][50][51]

References edit

  1. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1933/13. 21 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Cabinet Ministers". President's Media Division News.
  3. ^ "Deputy Ministers". President's Media Division News.
  4. ^ "Secretaries to the Ministries". President's Media Division News.
  5. ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 7: State Councils – elections and boycotts". . Archived from the original on 2002-02-07.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers – A Sinhalese ploy". . Archived from the original on 2001-12-24.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ de Silva, K. M.; Wriggins, William Howard (1988). J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka: 1906-1956. University of Hawaii Press. p. 325. ISBN 9780824811839.
  8. ^ "First cabinet had only 14 ministers". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 September 2007.
  9. ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 12: Tryst with independence". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2002-01-03.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ a b Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2002-01-03.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ a b Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 19: Anguish and pain". . Archived from the original on 2001-12-18.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ Ceylon Year Book 1968 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. p. 15.
  13. ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 21: A further lack of perspicuity". . Archived from the original on 2002-01-27.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ Sri Lanka Year Book 1975 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. p. 19.
  15. ^ Sri Lanka Year Book 1977 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 17–18.
  16. ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 25: War or peace?". . Archived from the original on 2002-04-16.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. ^ Sri Lanka Year Book 1982 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 12–14.
  18. ^ de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 210. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-23.
  19. ^ a b de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. pp. 213–214. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-23.
  20. ^ a b Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 45: War continues with brutality". . Archived from the original on 2002-07-22.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ^ "The New Cabinet" (PDF). Tamil Times. XIII (8): 4. 15 August 1994. ISSN 0266-4488.
  22. ^ "The Cabinet" (PDF). The Sri Lanka Monitor (79): 2. August 1994.
  23. ^ . Current Affairs. Policy Research and Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat. 19 October 2000. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  24. ^ a b Weerawarne, Sumadhu (15 September 2001). "18 member Cabinet sworn in yesterday". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  25. ^ "New Cabinet". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 15 September 2001.
  26. ^ (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1335/24. 10 April 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2014.
  27. ^ "The new UPFA Cabinet". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 April 2004.
  28. ^ "JVP boycotts UPFA cabinet swearing in ceremony". TamilNet. 10 April 2004.
  29. ^ (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1420/28. 23 November 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2007.
  30. ^ (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1482/08. 29 January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014.
  31. ^ "The New Cabinet". The Island (Sri Lanka). 29 January 2007.
  32. ^ . Current Affairs. The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka. 28 January 2007. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007.
  33. ^ "SLMC resigns from Rajapaksa government". TamilNet. 12 December 2007.
  34. ^ . The Nation (Sri Lanka). 16 December 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  35. ^ (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1651/3. 26 April 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2010.
  36. ^ "The New Cabinet". The Sunday Leader. 25 April 2010.
  37. ^ "New Parliament, New Cabinet" (PDF). The Nation (Sri Lanka). 25 April 2010.
  38. ^ (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1681/02. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014.
  39. ^ . The Nation (Sri Lanka). 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  40. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/07. 14 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
  41. ^ "New Cabinet". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 September 2015.
  42. ^ . Ceylon Today. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015.
  43. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications NOTIFICATION" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 2062/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  44. ^ Marasinghe, Sandasen; Mallawaarachchi, Amali (26 February 2018). "President reshuffles UNP pack". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  45. ^ "PM sworn is as law and order minister in low key reshuffle". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  46. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 2062/27. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  47. ^ (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1652/02. 3 May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  48. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1681/04. 22 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
  49. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/69. 18 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
  50. ^ "44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 8 September 2015.
  51. ^ "New Secretaries to Ministries appointed". The Island (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.

External links edit

  • mtdi.gov.lk

January 01, 1970
ministry, telecommunication, digital, infrastructure, foreign, employment, central, government, ministry, lanka, responsible, telecommunication, digital, infrastructure, ministry, responsible, formulating, implementing, national, policy, telecommunication, dig. 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 1 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 2 3 The ministry s secretary is Wasantha Deshapriya 4 Ministry of Information TechnologyMinistry overviewJurisdictionGovernment of Sri LankaHeadquarters79 1 5th Lane Colombo6 54 19 90 N 79 51 20 50 E 6 9055278 N 79 8556944 E 6 9055278 79 8556944Annual budgetRs 0 1 billion 2018 recurrent Rs 2 billion 2018 capital Minister responsibleHarin Fernando Minister of Telecommunication Digital Infrastructure and Foreign EmploymentDeputy Minister responsibleTharanath Basnayake Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Digital InfrastructureMinistry executiveNihal Somaweera Wasantha DeshapriyaChild agenciesDepartment of TelecommunicationInformation and Communication Technology AgencySri Lanka TelecomWebsitemtdi gov lk Contents 1 Ministers 2 Secretaries 3 References 4 External linksMinisters editThe Minister of Telecommunication Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items April 2016 Ministers of Telecommunication Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs Mohamed Macan Markar 1931 1936 Minister of Communications and Works 5 John Kotelawala 1936 1945 6 7 C Sittampalam Independent 26 September 1947 D S Senanayake Minister of Posts and Telecommunication 8 9 10 1952 Dudley Senanayake 10 Mahanama Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 May 1963 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Communications 11 Anil Moonesinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party 11 June 1964 11 Montague Jayawickrama United National Party Dudley Senanayake Minister of Public Works Posts and Telecommunications 12 Leslie Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party 31 May 1970 1977 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Posts and Telecommunications 13 14 Shelton Jayasinghe United National Party 23 July 1977 J R Jayewardene 15 16 D B Wijetunga United National Party 17 Alick Aluwihare United National Party 18 February 1989 14 March 1991 Ranasinghe Premadasa 18 19 20 A M S Adhikari United National Party 14 March 1991 19 20 Mangala Samaraweera nbsp Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 D B Wijetunga 21 22 Nimal Siripala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Chandrika Kumaratunga 23 24 Indika Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 24 25 D M Jayaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 Minister of Post Telecommunications and Udarata Development 26 27 28 23 November 2005 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Posts and Telecommunication 29 Rauff Hakeem nbsp Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 28 January 2007 December 2007 30 31 32 33 34 Jeewan Kumaranatunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 35 36 37 Ranjith Siyambalapitiya nbsp Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 2010 Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology 38 39 Harin Fernando United National Party 4 September 2015 25 February 2018 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure 40 41 42 43 25 February 2018 Minister of Telecommunication Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment 44 45 46 Secretaries editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items April 2016 Telecommunication Secretaries Name Took office Left office Title Refs Asoka Jayasekara 25 April 2010 Posts and Telecommunication Secretary 47 N A Athukoral 22 November 2010 Telecommunication and Information Technology Secretary 48 Wasantha Deshapriya 11 September 2015 Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Secretary 49 50 51 References edit PART I SECTION I GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 1933 13 21 September 2015 permanent dead link Cabinet Ministers President s Media Division News Deputy Ministers President s Media Division News Secretaries to the Ministries President s Media Division News Rajasingham K T Chapter 7 State Councils elections and boycotts Sri Lanka The Untold Story Archived from the original on 2002 02 07 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint unfit URL link Rajasingham K T Chapter 8 Pan Sinhalese board of ministers A Sinhalese ploy Sri Lanka The Untold Story Archived from the original on 2001 12 24 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint unfit URL link de Silva K M Wriggins William Howard 1988 J R Jayewardene of Sri Lanka 1906 1956 University of Hawaii Press p 325 ISBN 9780824811839 First cabinet had only 14 ministers The Sunday Times Sri Lanka 23 September 2007 Rajasingham K T Chapter 12 Tryst with independence Sri Lanka The Untold Story Archived from the original on 2002 01 03 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint unfit URL link a b Rajasingham K T Chapter 14 Post colonial realignment of political forces Sri Lanka The Untold Story Archived from the original on 2002 01 03 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint unfit URL link a b Rajasingham K T Chapter 19 Anguish and pain Sri Lanka The Untold Story Archived from the original on 2001 12 18 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint unfit URL link Ceylon Year Book 1968 PDF Department of Census and Statistics Ceylon p 15 Rajasingham K T Chapter 21 A further lack of perspicuity Sri Lanka The Untold Story Archived from the original on 2002 01 27 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint unfit URL link Sri Lanka Year Book 1975 PDF Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka p 19 Sri Lanka Year Book 1977 PDF Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka pp 17 18 Rajasingham K T Chapter 25 War or peace Sri Lanka The Untold Story Archived from the original on 2002 04 16 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint unfit URL link Sri Lanka Year Book 1982 PDF Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka pp 12 14 de Silva W P P Ferdinando T C L 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka PDF Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited p 210 Archived from the original PDF on 2015 06 23 a b de Silva W P P Ferdinando T C L 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka PDF Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited pp 213 214 Archived from the original PDF on 2015 06 23 a b Rajasingham K T Chapter 45 War continues with brutality Sri Lanka The Untold Story Archived from the original on 2002 07 22 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint unfit URL link The New Cabinet PDF Tamil Times XIII 8 4 15 August 1994 ISSN 0266 4488 The Cabinet PDF The Sri Lanka Monitor 79 2 August 1994 New cabinet sworn in today Current Affairs Policy Research and Information Unit Presidential Secretariat 19 October 2000 Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 a b Weerawarne Sumadhu 15 September 2001 18 member Cabinet sworn in yesterday The Island Sri Lanka New Cabinet Daily News Sri Lanka 15 September 2001 PART I SECTION I GENERAL Appointments amp c by the President PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 1335 24 10 April 2004 Archived from the original PDF on 25 December 2014 The new UPFA Cabinet Sunday Times Sri Lanka 11 April 2004 JVP boycotts UPFA cabinet swearing in ceremony TamilNet 10 April 2004 PART I SECTION I GENERAL Appointments amp c by the President PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 1420 28 23 November 2005 Archived from the original PDF on 17 March 2007 PART I SECTION I GENERAL Appointments amp c by the President PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 1482 08 29 January 2007 Archived from the original PDF on 22 February 2014 The New Cabinet The Island Sri Lanka 29 January 2007 New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in Current Affairs The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka 28 January 2007 Archived from the original on 13 February 2007 SLMC resigns from Rajapaksa government TamilNet 12 December 2007 Why the SLMC quit the Rajapaska government The Nation Sri Lanka 16 December 2007 Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 9 April 2016 PART I SECTION I GENERAL Appointments amp c by the President PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 1651 3 26 April 2010 Archived from the original PDF on 24 May 2010 The New Cabinet The Sunday Leader 25 April 2010 New Parliament New Cabinet PDF The Nation Sri Lanka 25 April 2010 PART I SECTION I GENERAL Appointments amp c by the President PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 1681 02 22 November 2010 Archived from the original PDF on 22 February 2014 New Faces Boost Cabinet as Hopes Rise The Nation Sri Lanka 28 November 2010 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 9 April 2016 PART I SECTION I GENERAL Appointments amp c by the President PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 1932 07 14 September 2015 permanent dead link New Cabinet The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka 4 September 2015 The new Cabinet Ceylon Today 4 September 2015 Archived from the original on 7 September 2015 PART I SECTION I GENERAL Government Notifications NOTIFICATION PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 2062 26 Colombo Sri Lanka 14 March 2018 Retrieved 17 March 2018 Marasinghe Sandasen Mallawaarachchi Amali 26 February 2018 President reshuffles UNP pack Daily News Colombo Sri Lanka Retrieved 25 March 2018 PM sworn is as law and order minister in low key reshuffle The Island Colombo Sri Lanka 26 February 2018 Retrieved 25 March 2018 PART I SECTION I GENERAL Appointments amp C by the President PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 2062 27 Colombo Sri Lanka 14 March 2018 Retrieved 20 March 2018 PART I SECTION I GENERAL Appointments amp c by the President PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 1652 02 3 May 2010 Archived from the original PDF on 24 May 2010 Retrieved 9 April 2016 PART I SECTION I GENERAL Appointments amp c by the President PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 1681 04 22 November 2010 permanent dead link PART I SECTION I GENERAL Appointments amp c by the President PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary 1932 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