The Prime Minister's Office is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka. It provides the administrative and institutional framework for the exercise of the duties and responsibilities vested in the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. From 1947 to 1978 it was the most powerful office within the government. However, after the creation of the executive presidency in 1978 the post of Prime Minister became more or less nominal and functions as a deputy to the President, with a few exceptions.
With the 1978 Constitution, the president became both head of state and government. The first prime minister in the new capacity, Ranasinghe Premadasa set about defining the new role of the prime minister. He established the Prime Minister's Office at the Sirimathipaya Mansion in 1978, which houses the office of the Prime Minister's Secretary and Secretariat.
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The LTTE carried out a suicide bombing at the Prime Minister's Office, on January 5, 2000 in an assassination attempt when a female suicide bomber detonated the bomb outside the Prime Minister's Office, killing 13 civilians and three police officers attached to the PMSD.
^Weerakoon, Bradman (2004). Rendering Unto Caesar: A Fascinating Story of One Man's Tenure Under Nine Prime Ministers and Presidents of Sri Lanka. Vijitha Yapa Publications.
^"Protesters storm Sri Lanka's prime minister's office, as president flees country without resigning". CNN. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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Prime Minister's Office - official website
Prime Minister's Office staff
December 01, 2023
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Prime Minister s Office Sri Lanka news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Prime Minister s Office is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka It provides the administrative and institutional framework for the exercise of the duties and responsibilities vested in the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka From 1947 to 1978 it was the most powerful office within the government However after the creation of the executive presidency in 1978 the post of Prime Minister became more or less nominal and functions as a deputy to the President with a few exceptions Prime Minister s OfficeAgency overviewFormed1947JurisdictionGovernment of Sri LankaHeadquartersSirimathipaya Sir Ernest de Silva Mawatha ColomboMinister responsiblePrime MinisterAgency executiveAnura Dissanayake Permanent SecretaryWebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 Staff 2 History 2 1 Terrorist attack 2 2 2022 Sri Lankan protests 3 Former Permanent Secretaries 4 Former Chiefs of Staff 5 Former Deputy Chiefs of Staff 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksStaff editSecretary to the Prime Minister Saman EkanayakeHistory editWith the establishment of the post of Prime Minister of Ceylon in 1947 under the Soulbury Commission the first prime minister D S Senanayake took the portfolio of External Affairs and Defence The early Prime Minister s Office was located at Senate Square consisting of a working office room of the Prime Minister along with rooms of the Prime Minister s Secretary Permanent Secretary rank Assistant Secretary from the Ceylon Civil Service a Private Secretary along with clerical and support staff The Ministry of External Affairs and Defence was also located at Senate Square along with the Cabinet office and the Senate of Ceylon Some Prime Minister s preferred to work from their official residence Temple Trees or from their personal residence Per the Westminster tradition the prime minister had an office at the Parliament too 1 With the 1978 Constitution the president became both head of state and government The first prime minister in the new capacity Ranasinghe Premadasa set about defining the new role of the prime minister He established the Prime Minister s Office at the Sirimathipaya Mansion in 1978 which houses the office of the Prime Minister s Secretary and Secretariat Terrorist attack edit The LTTE carried out a suicide bombing at the Prime Minister s Office on January 5 2000 in an assassination attempt when a female suicide bomber detonated the bomb outside the Prime Minister s Office killing 13 civilians and three police officers attached to the PMSD 2022 Sri Lankan protests edit On 13 July 2022 during the 2022 Sri Lankan protests thousands of protesters stormed and occupied the Prime Minister s Office after the President s House the Presidential Secretariat and Temple Trees been stormed and occupied on the 9 July 2022 demanding that both president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resign immediately 2 Former Permanent Secretaries editNandasara Atukorala CMG CBE September 1947 October 1953 Pararajasingam Nadesan CMG OBE CCS October 1953 April 1956 Bradman Weerakoon CCS September 1959 1970 M D D Peiris CAS May 1970 July 1977 W P M B Menikdiwela SLAS July 1977 February 1978 Eardly Goonawardana SLAS February 1978 September 1979 Bradman Weerakoon SLAS September 1979 March 1984 K H J Wijedasa March 1984 February 1989 K M Abeysinghe February 1989 August 1994 K Balapatabendi PC August 1994 November 1994 Hemasiri Fernando November 1994 December 1999 V K Nanayakkara November 2000 December 2001 Bradman Weerakoon SLAS December 2001 April 2004 Lalith Weeratunga SLAS April 2004 November 2005 Mahinda Bandusena SLAS November 2005 April 2010 S Amarasekara SLPS April 2010 January 2015 Saman Ekanayake January 2015 October 2018 S Amarasekara SLPS October December 2018 Saman Ekanayake December 2018 November 2019 Gamini Senarath SLAS November 2019 January 2022 Former Chiefs of Staff editSagala Ratnayaka January 2015 September 2015 Former Deputy Chiefs of Staff editRosy Senanayake January 2015 19 March 2018 See also editPrime Minister of Sri Lanka Prime Minister s House Presidential SecretariatReferences edit Weerakoon Bradman 2004 Rendering Unto Caesar A Fascinating Story of One Man s Tenure Under Nine Prime Ministers and Presidents of Sri Lanka Vijitha Yapa Publications Protesters storm Sri Lanka s prime minister s office as president flees country without resigning CNN Retrieved 1 August 2022 External links editPrime Minister s Office official website Prime Minister s Office staff Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Prime Minister 27s Office Sri Lanka amp oldid 1171128995, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
