The Ministry of Public Security ( si, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශය; ta, பொதுமக்கள் பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சு) is a
cabinet ministry of the
Government of Sri Lanka
The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා රජය, Śrī Lankā Rajaya; ta, இலங்கை அரசாங்கம்) is a parliamentary system determined by the Sri Lankan Constitution. It administers the is ...
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
Tiran Alles
Tiran Alles, MP is a Sri Lankan businessman and politician. He is a current member of Parliament of Sri Lanka and the Minister of Public Security. Alles had entered politics as an ally of former General Sarath Fonseka and a member of parliame ...
.
The ministry's
secretary is Jagath Wijeweera.
History
Since independence in 1948 the Sri Lankan police had come under the
Ministry of Defence
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. 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.
Ministers
The Minister of Public Security is a member of the
Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
Secretaries
References
External links
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2013 establishments in Sri Lanka
Public Security
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 ...
Public Security
Ministries established in 2013