Ministry of Urban Development and Housing

Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing
නාගරික සංවර්ධන, ඉදිකිරීම් හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශය
நகர அபிவிருத்தி, நிர்மாணிப்பு மற்றும் வீடமைப்பு அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersFloor 2nd,12th & 13th Floors , Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla
6°54′12″N 79°54′56″E / 6.903351°N 79.915638°E / 6.903351; 79.915638
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne, Secretary of the Ministry
Child agencies
  • National Physical Planning Department
  • Department of Buildings
  • Department of Government Factories
  • Department of National Community Water Supply
  • Urban Development Authority
  • National Housing Development Authority
  • Construction Industry Development Authority
  • Urban Settlement Development Authority
  • Condominium Management Authority (Common Amenities Board)
  • Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation
  • Building Material Corporation Limited
  • State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka
Websitewww.moudh.gov.lk

The Ministry of Urban Development,Construction and Housing[2] (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.[3] The current Minister of Urban Development and Housing is Mr.Ranjith Ariyarathne[1] The ministry's secretary is Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne.[4]

Ministers

Ministers of Housing
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Kanthiah Vaithianathan 1953 1953 John Kotelawala Minister of Housing and Social Services [5]
1953 Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services [5]
T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services [6][7][8][9]
Vimala Wijewardene Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959 Minister of Local Government and Housing [10]
21 November 1959 W. Dahanayake
M. B. W. Mediwake Sri Lanka Freedom Party
J. R. Jayewardene United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 Dudley Senanayake [10]
Mahanama Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike [11]
Badi-ud-din Mahmud 28 May 1963 Minister of Health and Housing [12]
M. H. Mohamed United National Party March 1965 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing [13][14]
Pieter Keuneman Communist Party 31 May 1970 February 1977 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Housing and Construction [15][16][17]
Ranasinghe Premadasa United National Party 23 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction [18][19][20]
Sirisena Cooray United National Party 18 February 1989 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Housing and Construction [21][22][23]
Nimal Siripala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities [24][25]
Mangala Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 4 September 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Urban Development, Public Utilities, Housing and Sports [26][27]
Arumugam Thondaman Ceylon Workers' Congress 12 December 2001 Minister of Housing and Plantation Infrastructure [28][29]
Ferial Ashraff National Unity Alliance 10 April 2004 Minister of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education and Irrigation Development [30][31][32]
23 November 2005 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Housing and Construction [33]
28 January 2007 Minister of Housing and Common Amenities [34][35][36]
Wimal Weerawansa National Freedom Front 23 April 2010 Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities [37][38][39][40]
Sajith Premadasa United National Party 12 January 2015 17 August 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Housing and Samurdhi [41][42][43][44]
4 September 2015 Minister of Housing and Construction [45][46][47]

Secretaries

Housing Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Nissanka N. Wijeratne 25 April 2010 Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary [48]
S. M. G. Jayaratne 22 November 2010 Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary [49]
P. H. L. W. Perera 12 July 2012 Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary [50]
W. K. K. Athukorala 8 September 2015 Housing and Construction Secretary [51][52][53]

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