Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs
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බුද්ධශාසන, ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය புத்தசாசன, சமய மற்றும் கலாசார அலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு | |
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Jurisdiction | Government of Sri Lanka |
Headquarters | 135 Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala road, Colombo 7 6°54′52″N 79°51′32″E / 6.914409°N 79.858778°E |
Minister responsible |
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Ministry executive |
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Website | mbra |
The Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs[2] (Sinhala: බුද්ධශාසන, ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය; Tamil: புத்தசாசன, சமய மற்றும் கலாசார அலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka. It is responsible for oversight of the country's de facto state religion, Theravada Buddhism by:[3]
- General oversight and maintenance of the welfare of the nation's Buddhist clergy and places of worship
- Oversight of Buddhist education in the country, including provision of information technology to temples
- The development of temples as community centres with multiple services outside of matters spiritual
- Maintenance of selected places of Buddhist worship as tourist sites, and maintenance of sites of Buddhist pilgrimage
- The propagation of Buddhism and Buddhist philosophy
- Maintaining the nature of the Buddhist state via necessary legislation
List of ministers
[edit]- Parties
Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | President | ||
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W. J. M. Lokubandara | ![]() |
United National Party | 12 December 2001 | 9 April 2004 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | ||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | ![]() |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 25 November 2005 | 23 April 2010 | |||
D. M. Jayaratne | ![]() |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 April 2010 | 9 January 2015 | |||
Karu Jayasuriya | ![]() |
United National Party | 12 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | ||
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe | ![]() |
United National Party | 4 September 2015 | 23 August 2017 | |||
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera | United National Party | 25 August 2017 | 26 October 2018 | ||||
Udaya Gammanpila | ![]() |
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya | 9 November 2018 | 15 December 2018 | |||
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera | United National Party | 28 December 2018 | 21 November 2019 | ||||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | ![]() |
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 22 November 2019 | 9 May 2022 | |||
Vidura Wickremanayake | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 20 May 2022 | 14 July 2022 | ||||
22 July 2022 | Incumbent | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS". cabinetoffice.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ^ "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ^ "About us". Mobs.gov.lk. Ministry of Buddhasasana. Retrieved 3 September 2017.