Ministry of Public Security (Sri Lanka)

The Ministry of Public Security is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for law and order. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on law and order and other subjects which come under its purview. The ministry manages the country's police. The current Minister of Public Security is Ananda Wijepala. The ministry's secretary is Ravi Seneviratne.

History

Since independence in 1948 the Sri Lankan police had come under the Ministry of Defence. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission had recommended that policing be transferred to a separate ministry. The Ministry of Law and Order was established on 16 August 2013 to manage policing in the country.

Name	Took office	Left office	Title	Refs
			Law and Order Secretary
			Law and Order Secretary
			Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs Secretary
			Law and Order and Prison Reforms Secretary
			Law and Order and Southern Development Secretary