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Established on 1 October 1949 after the independence of Ceylon in 1948 as the Ceylon Overseas Service with the recruitment of its first batch of cadets. The service was dealt with foreign affairs, as opposed to the older Ceylon Civil Service, which dealt with domestic affairs. Following Sri Lanka becoming a republic in 1972 the service changed ...
In 1977 the government led by J.R Jayawardena divided the ministry in two, forming the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of External Affairs. [4] A.C.S Hameed was appointed as the first minister of External Affairs on 23 July 1977. [5]
1.6 Multilateral organizations. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka - Missions Abroad
In March 2021, the Biden administration incorporated the feedback and temporarily expanded the Interview Waiver Program to cover visa renewals for visas that had expired within the past 48 months (4 years) rather than just within the past 12 months (1 year); the Foreign Affairs Manual 9 FAM 403.5 was updated to reflect this. The increase to 48 ...
1 May 2018: Ravindra Samaraweera: United National Party: 1 May 2018: 26 October 2018: Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations Gamini Lokuge: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 9 November 2018: 15 December 2018: Minister of Labour, Foreign Employment and Petroleum Resources Development Daya Gamage: United National Party: 20 December 2018: 11 ...
Ministers of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government; Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs Charles Batuwantudawe: 1931: 1935: Minister of Local Administration [8] S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike: 1936: 1944 [9] United National Party: 26 September 1947: 12 July 1951 ...
As per the Sri Lankan Constitution, the President is a member of and head of the cabinet. [1] The president appoints as Prime Minister, a Member of Parliament who has the confidence of parliament. [1] Other ministers of the cabinet are appointed by the president in consultation with the prime minister. [2]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for overseeing the international diplomacy of the Government of Sri Lanka. The post was first created in 1947 as Minister of External Affairs and Defence , in 1977 the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence separated into two ministries, the ...