The Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment ( si, කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්යාංශය; ta, தொழில் மற்றும் வெளிநாட்டு வேலைவாய்ப்பு அமைச்சு) is the
central government
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ministry
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of
Sri Lanka
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responsible for
labour
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** Manual labour, physical work
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,
foreign employment
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services and development of
Petroleum Resources
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. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on labour and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment is
Manusha Nanayakkara
Manusha Nanayakkara (born 24 September 1977) is a Sri Lankan politician, Cabinet Minister, and a current Member of Parliament for the Galle District. He is a journalist by profession and was educated at Mahinda College, Galle
Galle ( si, ග ...
.
The ministry's
secretary
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is S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratna.
Ministers
The Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment is a member of the
Cabinet of Sri Lanka
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.
Secretaries
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
Labour and Foreign Employment
Members of the Board of Ministers of Ceylon