The Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for social services, social welfare and Kandyan heritage. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on social empowerment and welfare and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage and Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage are S. B. Dissanayake and Ranjan Ramanayake respectively. The ministry's secretary is Mahinda Seneviratne.
Ministers The Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
Parties
+ Ministers of Social ServicesNamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeHead of governmentMinisterial titleRefs Minister of Labour and Social Services Minister of Housing and Social Services Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services Minister of Health and Social Services Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Labour and Social Services United National Party Minister of Social Services United National Party United National Party Minister of Labour and Social Welfare United National Party United National Party Minister of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Social Welfare United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Health and Social Services Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Social Services and Fishing Community Housing Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine and Social Services Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Women's Empowerment and Social Welfare Eelam People's Democratic Party Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Social Services United National Party Minister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare 12 April 2018 Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage Daya GamageUnited National Party20 December 201821 November 2019Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Social EmpowermentMahinda RajapaksaSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna1 June 20209 May 2022Gotabaya RajapaksaMinister of Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure DevelopmentRanil WickremesingheUnited National Party21 July 202223 September 2024Ranil WickremesingheMinister of Women, Child Affairs and Social EmpowermentAnura Kumara Dissanayake National People's Power24 September 202418 November 2024Anura Kumara DissanayakeMinister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community EmpowermentUpali Pannilage National People's Power18 November 2024IncumbentAnura Kumara DissanayakeMinister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment
Secretaries
+ Social Services SecretariesNameTook officeLeft officeTitleRefs Social Services Secretary Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Secretary Social Empowerment and Social Services Secretary
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