The Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies ( si, මුදල්, ආර්ථික ස්ථායිකරණ සහ ජාතික ප්රතිපත්ති අමාත්යාංශය; ta, நிதி, பொருளாதார நிலைப்படுத்தல் மற்றும் தேசிய கொள்கைகள் அமைச்சு) (also known as the Finance Ministry or the Treasury) is a
cabinet
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* Filing ...
ministry
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* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
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of the
Government of Sri Lanka responsible for developing and executing the government's
public finance
Public finance is the study of the role of the government in the economy. It is the branch of economics that assesses the government revenue and government expenditure of the public authorities and the adjustment of one or the other to achiev ...
policy,
economic policy and long term
fiscal planning. The Treasury is housed at the
General Treasury Building
The General Treasury Building (also known as the ''Treasury'' or the ''Treasury Building'') is the building that houses the Treasury of Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies along with several of its de ...
(also referred to as ''The Secretariat'') in
Fort
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.
History
Although the post
Treasurer of Ceylon
The Financial Secretary of Ceylon was an officer of the Ceylonese Government and member of the Board of Ministers. The Treasurer of Ceylon was one of six offices that held a seat in the Executive Council of Ceylon from 1809 to 1932. The post wa ...
of the
British Government of Ceylon dates back to the early nineteenth century and was succeeded by the post of
Financial Secretary of Ceylon
The Financial Secretary of Ceylon was an officer of the Ceylonese Government and member of the Board of Ministers. The Treasurer of Ceylon was one of six offices that held a seat in the Executive Council of Ceylon from 1809 to 1932. The post wa ...
under the recommendations of the
Donoughmore Commission. The post of ''Ministry of Finance and the Treasury of Ceylon'' was established in 1947 under the recommendations of the
Soulbury Commission
The Soulbury Commission ( si, සෝල්බරි කොමිෂන් සභාව ''Solbari Komishan Sabhawa''; ta, சோல்பரி ஆணைக்குழு), announced in 1944 was, like its predecessor, the Donoughmore Commission, a ...
under the ''Ceylon Independence Act, 1947'' and ''The Ceylon (Constitution and Independence) Orders in Council 1947''.
A young
J.R Jayawardena, became the first Minister of Finance of independence Ceylon. Over time the Ministry took over the policy planning which it currently undertakes.
Senior officials
*
Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies -
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Ranil Wickremesinghe ( si, රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ, ta, ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the current president of Sri Lanka since 21 July 2 ...
President
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*
Secretary to the Treasury
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- Mr. K M Mahinda Siriwardana
Treasury departments
*Department of Project Management and Monitoring
*National Planning Department
*External Resources Department
*National Budget Department
*Public Enterprises Department
*Management Services Department
*Fiscal Policy Department
*Trade, Tariff & Investment Policy Department
*Development Finance Department
*Public Finance Department
*Legal Affairs Department
*Treasury Operations Department
*State Accounts Department
*Management Audit Department.
Secretary of the Treasury
The position of Secretary to the Treasury is rooted in the post of Financial Secretary of the colonial
Government of Ceylon this itself originated from the post of Treasurer of the colonial government. Appointments were made from the members of the
British Civil Service
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and later from the
Ceylon Civil Service. It was one of three the key government colonial posts, the others being
Colonial Secretary and Law Secretary. The post of Financial Secretary came second in the order precedence after Colonial Secretary or Chief Secretary as the post was known.
Following independence in 1947 and the official post of Secretary of Treasury, with appointment begin of grade of an
Permanent Secretary
A permanent secretary (also known as a principal secretary) is the most senior Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil servant of a department or Ministry (government department), ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day ...
and to the most senior member and head of the
Ceylon Civil Service. Most appointments in the recent past have been for persons who have not been the career civil servants and the post is concurrently held with that of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance.
*
Sir Charles Ernest Jones,
CMG,
CCS (29.09.1947 – 12.12.1950)
*
Theodore Duncan Perera Theodore Duncan Perera, CMG (born 28 May 1895) was a Ceylonese civil servant who served as the Secretary of the Treasury from December 1950 to March 1951 and Deputy High Commissioner for Ceylon in the United Kingdom.
Graduated with an LL.B. from ...
,
CMG,
CCS (13.12.1950 – 12.03.1951)
*
Sir Arthur Godwin Ranasinha,
CMG,
CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
,
CCS (12.04.1951 – 13.10.1954)
*
Leopold James Seneviratne,
CCS (14.10.1954 – 14.08.1956)
*
Samson Felix Amarasinghe,
OBE,
CCS (15.08.1956 – 31.05.1961 )
*
Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe
Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS (18 March 1913 – 4 December 1980) was a Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant. He was High Commissioner to India and concurrently Ambassador to both Nepal and Afghanistan (1963–1967) and Permanent Secreta ...
,
CCS (01.06.1961 – 10.10.1963)
*
H. E. Tennekoone,
CCS (11.06.1963 – 18.12.1963)
* H J Samarakkody,
CAS (19.12.1963 – 14.11.1968)
*
M. Rajendra,
CAS (15.11.1968 – 06.05.1971)
*
C.A. Corray,
SLAS
The Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) (Sinhala language, Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවය; śrī laṁkā paripālana sēvaya) is the key administrative service of the Government of Sri Lanka, with civi ...
(17.05.1971 – 01.07.1975)
* Dr. L R Jayewardena (16.07.1975 – 08.03.1978)
* Dr. W M Thilakeratne (28.03.1978 – 04.02.1987)
* B Mahadeva (05.02.1987 – 19.07.1987)
* C Chanmugam (20.07.1987 – 31.12.1988)
*
R. Paskaralingam (04.01.1989 – 18.01.1994)
* N V K K Weragoda (19.01.1994 – 18.08.1994)
*
A. S. Jayawardene (19.08.1994 – 07.11.1995)
* B C Perera (08.01.1996 – 31.01.1998)
* Dixon Nilaweera,
SLAS
The Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) (Sinhala language, Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවය; śrī laṁkā paripālana sēvaya) is the key administrative service of the Government of Sri Lanka, with civi ...
(16.03.1998 – 01.11.1999)
* Dr.
P.B. Jayasundera (01.11.1999 – 18.12.2001)
*
J Charitha Ratwatte (19.12.2001 – 02.04.2004)
* Dr.
P.B. Jayasundera (19.04.2004 – 17.09.2008)
* S Abeysinghe,
SLAS
The Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) (Sinhala language, Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවය; śrī laṁkā paripālana sēvaya) is the key administrative service of the Government of Sri Lanka, with civi ...
(17.09.2008 – 2009)
* Dr.
P.B. Jayasundera (2009 – 2015)
* Dr. R.H.S Samaratunga (2015 – 2019)
* S. R. Attygalle (2019 – )
See also
*
Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies
References
External links
Government of Sri LankaOfficial Website of the Treasury of Sri Lanka The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry of Finance and Planning (Sri Lanka)
Finance
Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...
Sri Lanka, Finance
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 ...
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 ...
1947 establishments in Ceylon
Finance in Sri Lanka