Ministry of Mass Media
‍ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය
வெகுசன ஊடக அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed26 September 1947; 76 years ago (1947-09-26)
(as Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications)
Preceding Ministry
  • Ministry of Communications and Works
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersFloors 6 & 8, Postal Headquarters Building,
310 D. R. Wijewardena mawatha
Colombo 10
6°55′40″N 79°51′29″E / 6.927887°N 79.857956°E / 6.927887; 79.857956
Annual budget
  • LKR 12 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • LKR 0.2 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executives
  • W.A. Chulananda Perera, Secretary
  • Prof. Sunanda Maddumabandara, State Secretary
Child Ministry
Key documents
  • Post Office Ordinance, No. 11 of 1908
  • Stamp Ordinance, No. 22 of 1909
Websitewww.media.gov.lk

The Ministry of Mass Media[2] (Sinhala: ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: வெகுசன ஊடக அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the implementation of the Post Office Ordinance and the Stamp Ordinance of Sri Lanka.[3] Aside from broader policy formulation, this also includes the maintenance and expansion of the Sri Lanka postal service, the design, release, sale and archiving of the country's postage stamps, representing Sri Lanka's interests at the Universal Postal Union, the oversight of banking, insurance and wire transfer services provided at postal offices.[3]

The current Minister of Mass Media is Bandula Gunawardane.[1] The ministry's secretary is W.A. Chulananda Perera.[4]

Ministers

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

Ministers of Posts
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Mohamed Macan Markar 1931 1936 Minister of Communications and Works [5]
John Kotelawala 1936 1945 [6][7]
C. Sittampalam Independent 26 September 1947 D. S. Senanayake Minister of Posts and Telecommunication [8][9][10]
1952 Dudley Senanayake [10]
V. Nalliah United National Party 19 June 1952 12 July 1952 Minister of Posts and Information [10]
S. Natesan United National Party 1952 [10][11]
19 January 1956 John Kotelawala [12]
C. A. S. Marikar Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 April 1956 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information [13][14][15][16]
W. Dahanayake
Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Posts, Works and Power [17]
M. P. de Z. Sriwardene 28 May 1963 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Public Works and Post [18]
J. A. Amaratunga United National Party 1969 1970 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Information and Broadcasting [19]
Chelliah Kumarasuriar 31 May 1970 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Posts and Telecommunications [20][21]
Shelton Jayasinghe United National Party 23 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene [22][23]
D. B. Wijetunga United National Party [24]
Alick Aluwihare United National Party 18 February 1989 14 March 1991 Ranasinghe Premadasa [25][26][27]
A. M. S. Adhikari United National Party 14 March 1991 [26][27]
Mangala Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 D. B. Wijetunga [28][29]
Nimal Siripala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Chandrika Kumaratunga [30][31]
Indika Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 [31][32]
D. M. Jayaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Udarata Development [33][34][35]
23 November 2005 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Posts and Telecommunication [36]
Rauff Hakeem Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 28 January 2007 December 2007 [37][38][39][40][41]
Jeewan Kumaranatunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 [42][43][44]
22 November 2010 Minister of Postal Services [45][46]
M. H. A. Haleem United National Party 21 January 2015 17 August 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Muslim Religious Affairs and Posts [47][48][49]
4 September 2015 22 November 2019 Minister of Posts, Postal Service and Muslim Affairs [50][51][52]
Bandula Gunawardane Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 22 November 2019 17 January 2020 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Minister of Information and Communication Technology [53]
17 January 2020 Minister of Information and Mass Media [54]
23 May 2022 Present Minister of Mass Media

Secretaries

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2015)
Posts Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Asoka Jayasekara 25 April 2010 Posts and Telecommunication Secretary [55]
22 November 2010 Postal Services Secretary [56]
Abdul Majeed 19 January 2015 Muslim Religious Affairs and Posts Secretary [57][58]
P. H. L. Wimalasiri Perera 8 September 2015 Postal, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs Secretary [59][60][61]
D. G. M. V. Hapuarachchi 1 August 2016 27 November 2019 Postal, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs Secretary
W.A. Chulananda Perera 27 November 2019 Present Information and Mass Media Secretary [4][62]

See also

References

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