Prime Minister's Office (Sri Lanka)
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1947 |
Jurisdiction | Permanent Secretary |
Website | Official website |
The Prime Minister's Office is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka. It provides the administrative and institutional framework for the exercise of the duties and responsibilities vested in the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. From 1947 to 1978 it was the most powerful office within the government. However, after the creation of the executive presidency in 1978 the post of Prime Minister became more or less nominal and functions as a deputy to the President, with a few exceptions.
Staff
- Secretaryto the Prime Minister – Saman Ekanayake
History
With the establishment of the post of Prime Minister of Ceylon in 1947, under the
With the 1978 Constitution, the president became both head of state and government. The first prime minister in the new capacity, Ranasinghe Premadasa set about defining the new role of the prime minister. He established the Prime Minister's Office at the Sirimathipaya Mansion in 1978, which houses the office of the Prime Minister's Secretary and Secretariat.
Terrorist attack
The
2022 Sri Lankan protests
On 13 July 2022, during the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, thousands of protesters stormed and occupied the Prime Minister's Office, after the President's House, the Presidential Secretariat and Temple Trees been stormed and occupied on the 9 July 2022 demanding that both president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resign immediately.[2]
Former Permanent Secretaries
- CBE(September 1947 - October 1953)
- OBE, CCS(October 1953 - April 1956)
- Bradman Weerakoon, CCS (September 1959 - 1970)
- M.D.D.Peiris, CAS (May 1970 - July 1977)
- W.P.M.B. Menikdiwela, SLAS (July 1977 - February 1978)
- Eardly Goonawardana, SLAS (February 1978 - September 1979)
- Bradman Weerakoon, SLAS (September 1979 - March 1984)
- K.H.J.Wijedasa (March 1984 - February 1989)
- K.M.Abeysinghe (February 1989 - August 1994)
- PC(August 1994 - November 1994)
- Hemasiri Fernando (November 1994 - December 1999)
- V.K.Nanayakkara (November 2000 - December 2001)
- Bradman Weerakoon, SLAS (December 2001 - April 2004)
- Lalith Weeratunga, SLAS (April 2004 - November 2005)
- Mahinda Bandusena, SLAS (November 2005 - April 2010)
- S. Amarasekara, SLPS (April 2010 - January 2015)
- Saman Ekanayake (January 2015 - October 2018)
- S. Amarasekara, SLPS (October - December 2018)
- Saman Ekanayake (December 2018 - November 2019)
- Gamini Senarath, SLAS (November 2019 – January 2022)
Former Chiefs of Staff
- Sagala Ratnayaka (January 2015 - September 2015)
Former Deputy Chiefs of Staff
- Rosy Senanayake (January 2015 - 19 March 2018)
See also
- Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- Prime Minister's House
- Presidential Secretariat
References
- ^ Weerakoon, Bradman (2004). Rendering Unto Caesar: A Fascinating Story of One Man's Tenure Under Nine Prime Ministers and Presidents of Sri Lanka. Vijitha Yapa Publications.
- ^ "Protesters storm Sri Lanka's prime minister's office, as president flees country without resigning". CNN. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
External links
- Prime Minister's Office - official website
- Prime Minister's Office staff