Ministry of Justice (Sri Lanka)

The Ministry of Justice is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka that directs implementation of Policies, plans and Programmes in respect of Justice, as well as handles the administration of courts and prisons.

The ministry is not responsible for policing which comes under the Ministry of Defence

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Senior officials

• Minister of Justice - Hon. (Dr.) Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
• Permanent Secretary — Padmasiri Jayamanna

Current and past ministers

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

Name		Portrait	Party	Tenure	Head(s) of Government
	Lalitha Rajapaksa		United National Party	26 September 1947 – 1953		D. S. Senanayake Dudley Senanayake
	E. B. Wikramanayake		United National Party	1953 – 1956		John Kotelawala
	M. W. H. de Silva		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1956 – June 1959		S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
	Valentine S. Jayawickrema		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	June 1959 – 1960		S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake
	E. J. Cooray		United National Party	23 March 1960 – 21 July 1960		Dudley Senanayake
	Sam Fernando		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 July 1960 – March 1965		Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	A. F. Wijemanne		United National Party	March 1965 – 1970		Dudley Senanayake
	Felix Dias Bandaranaike		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1970 – 1976		Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1976 – 1977
	K. W. Devanayagam		United National Party	23 July 1977 – 14 February 1980		J. R. Jayewardene
	Nissanka Wijeyeratne		United National Party	14 February 1980 – 1988
	Vincent Perera		United National Party	1989 – 1990		Ranasinghe Premadasa
	Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed		United National Party
	Harold Herath		United National Party	1993 – 1994		Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
	G. L. Peiris		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1994 – 2001		Chandrika Kumaratunga
	W. J. M. Lokubandara		United National Party	2001 – 2004
	Amarasiri Dodangoda		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	2004 – 30 May 2009		Chandrika Kumaratunga Mahinda Rajapaksa
	Milinda Moragoda		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	30 May 2009 – 23 April 2010		Mahinda Rajapaksa
	Athauda Seneviratne		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010 – 22 November 2010
	Rauff Hakeem		Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	22 November 2010 – 28 December 2014
	Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe		United National Party	12 January 2015 - present		Maithripala Sirisena

Departments & Agencies

• Department of the Attorney General
• Department of Prisons
• Department of the Legal Draftsman
• Department of Government Analyst
• Debt Conciliation Board
• Law Commission of Sri Lanka
• Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka
• Mediation Boards Commission
• Registrar of the Supreme Court
• Judicial and Reforms Unit
• Training Schools for Youthful Offenders

See also

• Minister of Justice

External links

• Government of Sri Lanka
• Ministry of Justice

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