Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)

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Minister of Justice of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Ali Sabry, PC since 12 August 2020
Ministry of Justice
Nominator	The Prime Minister
Appointer	The President
Formation	26 September 1947
Website	www.moj.gov.lk

The Minister of Justice is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

The constitution defines that it is mandatory for a minister of the cabinet to be styled as the Minister of Justice. From 1947 to 1970, per section 48 of the constitution, the Minister of Justice was one of two Ministers appointed from the Senate of Ceylon, as such appointments have been held by Advocates.^[1] It succeeded the office of Legal Secretary of Ceylon which existed from 1932 to 1947.

List of Justice Ministers[]

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

Name		Portrait	Party	Tenure	Head(s) of Government
	Sir Lalita Rajapaksa, QC		United National Party	26 September 1947 – 1953		D. S. Senanayake Dudley Senanayake
	E. B. Wikramanayake, QC		United National Party	1953 – 1956		John Kotelawala
	M. W. H. de Silva, QC		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1956 – June 1959		S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
	Valentine S. Jayawickrema		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	June 1959 – 1960
						Wijeyananda Dahanayake
	E. J. Cooray		United National Party	23 March 1960 – 21 July 1960		Dudley Senanayake
	Sam P. C. Fernando		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 July 1960 – March 1965		Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	A. F. Wijemanne		United National Party	March 1965 – 1970		Dudley Senanayake
	Felix Dias Bandaranaike		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1970 – 1976		Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1976 – 1977
	K. W. Devanayagam		United National Party	23 July 1977 – 14 February 1980		J. R. Jayewardene
	Nissanka Wijeyeratne		United National Party	14 February 1980 – 1988
	Vincent Perera		United National Party	1989 – 1990		Ranasinghe Premadasa
	Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed		United National Party	1990 – 1993
	Harold Herath		United National Party	1993 – 1994		Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
	G. L. Peiris		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1994 – 2001		Chandrika Kumaratunga
	W. J. M. Lokubandara		United National Party	2001 – 2004
	Amarasiri Dodangoda			2004 – 30 May 2009
						Mahinda Rajapaksa
	Milinda Moragoda		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	30 May 2009 – 23 April 2010
	Athauda Seneviratne		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010 – 22 November 2010
	Rauff Hakeem		Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	22 November 2010 – 28 December 2014
	Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC		United National Party	12 January 2015 - 23 August 2017		Maithripala Sirisena
	Thalatha Atukorale		United National Party	25 August 2017 - 4 August 2020
	Ali Sabry, PC		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	12 August 2020 - present		Gotabaya Rajapaksa

See also[]

• Ministry of Justice

References[]

External links[]

• Ministry of Justice
• Government of Sri Lanka