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The '''Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs''' is the [[Government of Sri Lanka|central government]] [[Ministries of Sri Lanka|ministry]] of [[Sri Lanka]] responsible for internal affairs, development of [[Wayamba]] and [[culture]]. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on internal affairs, Waymba development and cultural affairs and other subjects which come under its purview.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1933_13/1933_13%28E%29.pdf|date=21 September 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1933/13}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The current Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs are [[S. B. Nawinne]] and [[Palitha Thewarapperuma]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cabinet Ministers|url=http://www.pmdnews.lk/cabinet-ministers/|publisher=President's Media Division News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Deputy Ministers|url=http://www.pmdnews.lk/deputy-ministers/|publisher=President's Media Division News}}</ref> The ministry's [[Permanent Secretary|secretary]] is D. Swarnapala.<ref>{{cite web|title=Secretaries to the Ministries|url=http://www.pmdnews.lk/secretaries-to-the-ministries/|publisher=President's Media Division News}}</ref>
==Ministers==
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs is a member of the [[Cabinet of Sri Lanka]].
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{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
|+ '''Ministers of Culture'''
|-
! scope=col colspan="2"|Name
! scope=col class=unsortable|Portrait
! scope=col|Party
! scope=col|Took office
! scope=col|Left office
! scope=col colspan="2"|Head of government
! scope=col width=300px|Ministerial title
! scope=col width=50px class=unsortable|Refs
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Jayaweera|Kuruppu}} ||  || [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] ||  ||  || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|S. W. R. D.|Bandaranaike}} || Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs || align=center|<ref>{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1956|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=10–11|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11883/11883.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1957|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=10–11|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11884/11884.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1959|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=9–10|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11885/11885.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|P. B. G.|Kalugalla}} || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1959|06|09|format=dmy}} ||  || rowspan=2|Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services || align=center|<ref name="Rajasingham17">{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html|chapter=Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike|access-date=2016-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=unfit}}</ref>
|-
|  || align=center|{{Dts|format=dmy|1959|12|08}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sinhala Language Front}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|W.|Dahanayake}} || align=center|<ref name="Rajasingham17"/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Bernard|Aluwihare}} ||  || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1960|03|23|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1960|format=dmy}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Dudley|Senanayake}} || Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs || align=center|<ref name="Rajasingham17"/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"| || {{Sortname|Maithripala|Senanayake}} || align=center|[[File:Hon. Maithripala Senanayake.jpg|100x100px]] || [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1960|07|23|format=dmy}} ||  || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Sirimavo|Bandaranaike}} || Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs || align=center|<ref>{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL08Df04.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011217063058/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL08Df04.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2001-12-17|chapter=Chapter 18: Srimavo - weeping arrogance}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"| || {{Sortname|P. B. G.|Kalugalla}} || align=center| || [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1963|05|28|format=dmy}} ||  || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Sirimavo|Bandaranaike}} || rowspan=2|Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs || align=center|<ref name="Rajasingham19">{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL15Df05.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011218081922/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL15Df05.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2001-12-18|chapter=Chapter 19: Anguish and pain}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|I. M. R. A.|Iriyagolla}} ||  || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1965|03||format=dmy}} ||  || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Dudley|Senanayake}} || align=center|<ref>{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1968|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=15–16|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11886/11886.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020416075330/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-04-16|chapter=Chapter 20 - Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity}}</ref>
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|  || {{Sortname|T. B.|Tennekoon}} ||  ||  ||  ||  || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Sirimavo|Bandaranaike}} || rowspan=2|Minister of Cultural Affairs || align=center|<ref>{{cite book|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1975|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka|pages=18–19|url=http://noolaham.net/project/120/11908/11908.pdf}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|E. L. B.|Hurulle}} || align=center|[[File:Edwin Hurulle.jpg|100x100px]] || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1977|07|23|format=dmy}} ||  || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|J. R.|Jayewardene}} || align=center|<ref>{{cite book|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1977|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka|pages=17–18|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14702/14702.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020416074026/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-04-16|chapter=Chapter 25: War or peace?}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1982|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka|pages=12–14|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14703/14703.pdf}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|{{Sortname|W. J. M.|Lokubandara}} || align=center rowspan=3|[[File:WJM Lokubandara.jpg|100x100px]] || rowspan=3|[[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1989|02|18|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1990|03|28|format=dmy}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Ranasinghe|Premadasa}} || Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Information || align=center|<ref>{{cite book|last1=de Silva |first1=W. P. P. |last2=Ferdinando |first2=T. C. L. |title=9th Parliament of Sri Lanka |publisher=[[Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited]] |page=210 |url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf |archive-date=2015-06-23 }}</ref><ref name="Rajasingham43">{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF08Df01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802170437/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF08Df01.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-08-02|chapter=Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal}}</ref>
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| align=center|{{Dts|1990|03|30|format=dmy}} ||  || rowspan=2|Minister of Cultural Affairs and Information || align=center|<ref name="Rajasingham43"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=de Silva |first1=W. P. P. |last2=Ferdinando |first2=T. C. L. |title=9th Parliament of Sri Lanka |publisher=[[Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited]] |pages=213–214 |url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf |archive-date=2015-06-23 }}</ref>
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|  || align=center|{{Dts|1993|08||format=dmy}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|D. B.|Wijetunga}} || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sebastian|first=Rita|title=One Hundred Days of Wijetunge's Presidency|journal=[[Tamil Times]]|date=15 August 1993|volume=XII|issue=8|page=4|url=http://noolaham.net/project/34/3372/3372.pdf|issn=0266-4488}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Lakshman|Jayakody}} ||  || [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|1994|08|19|format=dmy}} ||  || Minister of Cultural and Religious Affairs || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|title=The New Cabinet|journal=[[Tamil Times]]|date=15 August 1994|volume=XIII|issue=8|page=4|url=http://noolaham.net/project/34/3384/3384.pdf|issn=0266-4488}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The Cabinet|journal=The Sri Lanka Monitor|date=August 1994|issue=79|page=2|url=http://www.padippakam.com/document/srilanka_monitor/monitor079.pdf}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Monty|Gopallawa}} ||  || [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2000|10|19|format=dmy}} ||  || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Chandrika|Kumaratunga}} || Minister of Cultural Affairs || align=center|<ref>{{cite web|title=New cabinet sworn in today |url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200010/20001019new_cabinet.htm |work=Current Affairs |publisher=[[Government of Sri Lanka]] |date=19 October 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171946/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200010/20001019new_cabinet.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Mahinda Yapa|Abeywardena}} || align=center rowspan=2|[[File:Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.JPG|100x100px]] || rowspan=2|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2005|07|25|format=dmy}} ||  || Minister of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/July/1403-6/1403-6e.pdf|date=25 July 2005|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1403/06}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| align=center|{{Dts|2007|01|28|format=dmy}} ||  || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|{{Sortname|Mahinda|Rajapaksa}} || Minister of Cultural Affairs || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2007/pdf/Jan/1482_8/1482_8e.pdf |date=29 January 2007 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |volume=1482/08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024439/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2007/pdf/Jan/1482_8/1482_8e.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The New Cabinet|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/01/29/news5.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=29 January 2007}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|Pavithra Devi|Wanniarachchi}} ||  || [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2010|04|23|format=dmy}} ||  || Minister of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Apr/1651_3/1651_3E.pdf |date=26 April 2010 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |volume=1651/3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524225519/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Apr/1651_3/1651_3E.pdf |archive-date=24 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The New Cabinet|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/04/25/the-new-cabinet/|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=25 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Parliament, New Cabinet|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/04/25/NEW_PARLIAMENT.pdf|newspaper=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|date=25 April 2010}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| || {{Sortname|T. B.|Ekanayake}} || align=center|[[File:T. B. Ekanayake - Korea-South Asia Culture Ministers Meeting (15376643337) (cropped).jpg|100x100px]] || [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2010|11|22|format=dmy}} ||  || Minister of Culture and the Arts || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Nov/1681_02/1681_02%20(E).pdf |date=22 November 2010 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |volume=1681/2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024545/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Nov/1681_02/1681_02%20%28E%29.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/11/28/newsfe1.htm|title=New Faces Boost Cabinet as Hopes Rise|date=28 November 2010|publisher=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|access-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044010/http://www.nation.lk/2010/11/28/newsfe1.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};"| || {{Sortname|Ranil|Wickremesinghe}} || align=center|[[File:Ranil Wickremesinghe.jpg|100x100px]] || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2015|01|12|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|2015|08|17|format=dmy}} || !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Maithripala|Sirisena}} || Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf|date=18 January 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1897/16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115111/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_16/1897_16%20%28E%29.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet ministers sworn in|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61073/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet takes oaths|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html|work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118145912/http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html|archive-date=18 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Imtiaz |first1=Zahrah |last2=Moramudali |first2=Umesh |title=27-member cabinet 10 State ministers 08 Deputy ministers |url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html |work=[[Ceylon Today]] |date=13 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118144216/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-82146-news-detail-27-member-cabinet-10-state-ministers-08-deputy-ministers.html |archive-date=18 January 2015 }}</ref>
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| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};"| || {{Sortname|S. B.|Nawinne}} ||  || [[United National Party]] || align=center|{{Dts|2015|09|04|format=dmy}} || align=center| || Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_07/1932_07%20E.pdf |date=14 September 2015 |title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President |journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |volume=1932/07 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=4 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The new Cabinet |url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html |work=[[Ceylon Today]] |date=4 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907020713/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html |archive-date=7 September 2015 }}</ref>
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==Secretaries==
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| rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Wimal|Rubasinghe|nolink=1}} || align=center|{{Dts|2010|04|25|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts||format=dmy}} || National Heritage and Cultural Affairs Secretary || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/May/1652_2/G%2012778%20%28E%29.pdf|date=3 May 2010|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1652/02|access-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524231520/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/May/1652_2/G%2012778%20(E).pdf|archive-date=24 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=center|{{Dts|2010|11|22|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts||format=dmy}} || Culture and the Arts Secretary || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Nov/1681_04/1681_04%20%28E%29.pdf|date=22 November 2010|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1681/04}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| {{Sortname|K.|Liyanage|nolink=1}} || align=center|{{Dts|2015|01|19|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts||format=dmy}} || Policy Planning, Economic Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs Secretary || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.pdf|date=28 January 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1899/14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223752/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1899_14/1899_14%20E.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
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| {{Sortname|D.|Swarnapala|nolink=1}} || align=center|{{Dts|2015|09|08|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts||format=dmy}} || Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs Secretary || align=center|<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_69/1932_69%20%28E%29.pdf|date=18 September 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1932/69}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=8 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Secretaries to Ministries appointed|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=131424|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=9 September 2015}}</ref>
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