Ministry of Urban Development and Housing

The Ministry of Urban Development,Construction and Housing^[2] (Sinhala: නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: நகர அபிவிருத்தி மற்றும் வீடமைப்பு அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for housing and construction. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on housing and construction and other subjects which come under its purview.^[3] The current Minister of Urban Development and Housing is Mr.Ranjith Ariyarathne^[1] The ministry's secretary is Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne.^[4]

Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing

නාගරික සංවර්ධන, ඉදිකිරීම් හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශය நகர அபிவிருத்தி, நிர்மாணிப்பு மற்றும் வீடமைப்பு அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	Floor 2nd,12th & 13th Floors , Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla 6.903351°N 79.915638°E / 6.903351; 79.915638
Minister responsible	Mr.Anura Karunathilake[1], Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing
Ministry executive	Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne, Secretary of the Ministry
Child agencies	National Physical Planning Department Department of Buildings Department of Government Factories Department of National Community Water Supply Urban Development Authority National Housing Development Authority Construction Industry Development Authority Urban Settlement Development Authority Condominium Management Authority (Common Amenities Board) Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation Building Material Corporation Limited State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka
Website	www.moudh.gov.lk

Ministers

Ministers of Housing

Name		Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	Head of government		Ministerial title	Refs
	Kanthiah Vaithianathan			1953	1953		John Kotelawala	Minister of Housing and Social Services	[5]
				1953				Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services	[5]
	T. B. Ilangaratne		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	12 April 1956			S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike	Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services	[6][7][8][9]
	Vimala Wijewardene		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	9 June 1959				Minister of Local Government and Housing	[10]
					21 November 1959		W. Dahanayake
	M. B. W. Mediwake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party
	J. R. Jayewardene		United National Party	23 March 1960	1960		Dudley Senanayake		[10]
	Mahanama Samaraweera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 July 1960			Sirimavo Bandaranaike		[11]
	Badi-ud-din Mahmud			28 May 1963				Minister of Health and Housing	[12]
	M. H. Mohamed		United National Party	March 1965			Dudley Senanayake	Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing	[13][14]
	Pieter Keuneman		Communist Party	31 May 1970	February 1977		Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Minister of Housing and Construction	[15][16][17]
	Ranasinghe Premadasa		United National Party	23 July 1977			J. R. Jayewardene	Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction	[18][19][20]
	Sirisena Cooray		United National Party	18 February 1989			Ranasinghe Premadasa	Minister of Housing and Construction	[21][22][23]
	Nimal Siripala de Silva		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 August 1994			D. B. Wijetunga	Minister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities	[24][25]
	Mangala Samaraweera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	4 September 2001			Chandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Urban Development, Public Utilities, Housing and Sports	[26][27]
	Arumugam Thondaman		Ceylon Workers' Congress	12 December 2001				Minister of Housing and Plantation Infrastructure	[28][29]
	Ferial Ashraff		National Unity Alliance	10 April 2004				Minister of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education and Irrigation Development	[30][31][32]
				23 November 2005			Mahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Housing and Construction	[33]
				28 January 2007				Minister of Housing and Common Amenities	[34][35][36]
	Wimal Weerawansa		National Freedom Front	23 April 2010				Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities	[37][38][39][40]
	Sajith Premadasa		United National Party	12 January 2015	17 August 2015		Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Housing and Samurdhi	[41][42][43][44]
				4 September 2015				Minister of Housing and Construction	[45][46][47]

Secretaries

Housing Secretaries

Name	Took office	Left office	Title	Refs
Nissanka N. Wijeratne	25 April 2010		Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary	[48]
S. M. G. Jayaratne	22 November 2010		Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary	[49]
P. H. L. W. Perera	12 July 2012		Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Secretary	[50]
W. K. K. Athukorala	8 September 2015		Housing and Construction Secretary	[51][52][53]