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Politics of Sri Lanka. Provinces (black) are divided into districts (grey), which are further divided into divisional secretariats (white). These are then further divided into Grama Niladharis (not marked on the map). The districts are further divided into administrative sub-units known as divisional secretariats.
The Presidential Secretariat is located in the Old Parliament Building in Colombo. The head of the Presidential Secretariat is the Secretary to the President (also known as the President's Secretary), who is ex officio the most senior civil servant and head of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service. The current President's Secretary is Nandika ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 August 1994: D. B. Wijetunga: Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives [29] [30] Nandimithra Ekanayake: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government [31] Richard Pathirana: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001
Provinces are first level administrative divisions in Sri Lanka. They were first established by the British rulers of Ceylon in 1833. Over the next century most of the administrative functions were transferred to the districts, the second level administrative division. By the middle of the 20th century the provinces had become merely ceremonial.
Sri Lanka portal; General. Government of Sri Lanka; The Official Website of the Data and Information Unit of the Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka; Law. Official site of the Judicial Service Commission Secretariat; Sri Lanka's Legal Information Network; Executive Branch. Official site of the Presidency Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
The Public Service Commission (PSC) of Sri Lanka is an independent government commission established under the Constitution of Sri Lanka to manage human resources in the public service. [1] The first Public Service Commission was established in 1946 under the Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council, with powers over the appointment, transfer ...
t. e. Provincial governments of Sri Lanka are the devolved governments of the nine Provinces of Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, provinces have legislative power over a variety of matters including agriculture, education, health, housing, local government, planning, road transport and social services.
Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs Mahinda Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 26 August 2013: 8 January 2015: Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of Law and Order [10] [11] John Amaratunga: United National Party: 12 January 2015: 22 March 2015: Maithripala Sirisena: Minister of Public Order, Disaster Management and ...