Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)
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විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය வெளிநாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு | |
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Sri Lanka portal |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sinhala: විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය Vidhesha Katayuthu Amathyanshaya; Tamil: வெளிநாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு) (also known as the Foreign Ministry or External Affairs Ministry) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for conducting and managing Sri Lanka's foreign relations[1] through oversight of its missions abroad via the Sri Lanka Overseas Service, as well as drafting and general implementation of the nation's foreign policy.[2]
History
The ministry was formally established in 1948
Overseas missions
The ministry has 65 overseas missions including 13
Divisions
- General Administration Division
- Overseas Administration Division
- Consular Affairs Division
- Protocol Division
- Public Diplomacy Division
- Economic Affairs Division
- Finance Division
- IT Division
- Legal Division
- United Nations and Multilateral Affairs Division
- South Asia and SAARC Division
- Middle East and Africa Division
- Europe, Americas and CIS Division
- East Asia and Pacific Division
Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Secretaries to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Informally referred to as the Foreign Secretary.
- W. T. Jayasinghe, SLAS (1977-1989)
- Bernard Tilakaratna, SLOS (1989-1994)
- Rodney Vandergert, SLOS (1994-1997)[6]
- Wilhelm Woutersz, SLOS (1997-1999)[7]
- Lionel Fernando, SLAS
- G. Wijesiri, SLOS
- Nihal Rodrigo, SLOS
- B. A. B. Goonetilleke, SLOS
- H. M. G. S. Palihakkara, SLOS
- Karunatilaka Amunugama, SLOS
- Kshenuka Seneviratne, SLOS
- Esala Weerakoon, SLOS
- Prasad Kariyawasam, SLOS
- Ravinatha Aryasinha, SLOS
- Jayanath Colombage, SLOS
- Aruni Wijewardane
See also
- Foreign relations of Sri Lanka
- Ministries of Sri Lanka
References
- ^ "Organizations". gic.gov.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ "Foreign ministry launches contact Sri Lanka online portal for overseas Sri Lankan's in collaboration with ICTA | Embassy of Srilanka - Paris". srilankaembassy.fr. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ "Brief Overview of Sri Lanka's Foreign Relations to Post-Independence – Foreign Ministry – Sri Lanka". Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Venugopal, Rajesh. "The Politics of Market Reform at a Time of Ethnic Conflict: Sri Lanka in the Jayewardene Years" (PDF).
- ^ "Former Foreign Ministers". MFA.gov.lk. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Bandara, M.H.M.N. (7 October 2007). "Invest further for a fruitful harvest". SundayObserver.lk. Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Wilhelm Woutersz, BY J. B. Muller