Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Sri Lanka)

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Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry overview

Formed	7 April 1993 (1993-04-07)
Dissolved	26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Website	minparliament.gov.lk

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs was a Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for providing support to Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament, through the provision of office space and equipment, personal staff, salary and insurance services and training to MPs.^[1] The duties of the ministry were merged with those of the Ministry of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms in May 2017, essentially resulting in the dissolution of the ministry.

List of ministers

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of Sri Lanka

Appointer	The President
Inaugural holder	Wimal Wickramasinghe
Formation	7 April 1993
Final holder	Gayantha Karunathilaka
Abolished	26 May 2017 (merged)

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs was an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Parties

Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party

	Party	Tenure		Ministerial title
Wimal Wickramasinghe	United National Party	7 April 1993 – 16 August 1994	Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga	Minister of Environment & Parliamentary Affairs
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	27 August 1994 – 9 June 1997	Chandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Public Administration, Plantation Industries & Parliamentary Affairs
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	9 July 1997 – 10 October 2000		Minister of Plan Implementation & Parliamentary Affairs
S. B. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 October 2000 – 13 September 2001		Minister of Samurdhi, Rural Development, Up country Development & Parliamentary Affairs
Maithripala Sirisena	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	14 September 2001 – 7 December 2001		Minister of Mahaweli Development & Parliamentary Affairs
A. H. M. Azwer	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	12 December 2001 – 7 February 2004		Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Milroy Fernando	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	24 April 2004 – 18 July 2005		Minister of Christian & Parliamentary Affairs
Wiswa Warnapala	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	2 August 2005 – 1 March 2007	Mahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
M. H. Mohamed	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	2 March 2007 – 2010
Sumedha G. Jayasena	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010 – 8 January 2015
Gayantha Karunathilaka	United National Party	9 January 2015 – 26 May 2017	Maithripala Sirisena

References

^ "Our Services". Minparliament.gov.lk. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

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v t e Parliamentary Affairs Ministers of Sri Lanka
Ratnayake Perera Wickramasinghe Wickremanayake Fernandopulle Dissanayake Sirisena Azwer Fernando Mohamed Warnapala Mohamed Jayasena Karunathilaka

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