Prime Minister's Office (Sri Lanka)

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Prime Minister's Office
Agency overview
Formed1947
Jurisdiction
Permanent Secretary
WebsiteOfficial 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

  • Secretary
    to the Prime Minister – Saman Ekanayake

History

With the establishment of the post of Prime Minister of Ceylon in 1947, under the

Temple Trees or from their personal residence. Per the Westminster tradition, the prime minister had an office at the Parliament too.[1]

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

suicide bombing at the Prime Minister's Office, on January 5, 2000 in an assassination attempt when a female suicide bomber detonated the bomb outside the Prime Minister's Office, killing 13 civilians and three police officers attached to the PMSD
.

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

Former Chiefs of Staff

Former Deputy Chiefs of Staff

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Protesters storm Sri Lanka's prime minister's office, as president flees country without resigning". CNN. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

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