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Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing

නාගරික සංවර්ධන, ඉදිකිරීම් හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශය நகர அபிவிருத்தி, நிர்மாணிப்பு மற்றும் வீடமைப்பு அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	Floor 2nd,12th & 13th Floors , Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla 6°54′12″N 79°54′56″E / 6.903351°N 79.915638°E / 6.903351; 79.915638
Minister responsible	Mr.Anura Karunathilake, Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing
Ministry executive	Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne, Secretary of the Ministry
Child agencies	National Physical Planning Department Department of Buildings Department of Government Factories Department of National Community Water Supply Urban Development Authority National Housing Development Authority Construction Industry Development Authority Urban Settlement Development Authority Condominium Management Authority (Common Amenities Board) Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation Building Material Corporation Limited State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka
Website	www.moudh.gov.lk

The Ministry of Urban Development,Construction and Housing (Sinhala: නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: நகர அபிவிருத்தி மற்றும் வீடமைப்பு அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for housing and construction. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on housing and construction and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Urban Development and Housing is Mr.Ranjith Ariyarathne The ministry's secretary is Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne.

Ministers

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2016)

Ministers of Housing

Name		Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	Head of government		Ministerial title	Refs
	Kanthiah Vaithianathan			1953	1953		John Kotelawala	Minister of Housing and Social Services
				1953				Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services
	T. B. Ilangaratne		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	12 April 1956			S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike	Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services
	Vimala Wijewardene		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	9 June 1959				Minister of Local Government and Housing
					21 November 1959		W. Dahanayake
	M. B. W. Mediwake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party
	J. R. Jayewardene		United National Party	23 March 1960	1960		Dudley Senanayake
	Mahanama Samaraweera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 July 1960			Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	Badi-ud-din Mahmud			28 May 1963				Minister of Health and Housing
	M. H. Mohamed		United National Party	March 1965			Dudley Senanayake	Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing
	Pieter Keuneman		Communist Party	31 May 1970	February 1977		Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Minister of Housing and Construction
	Ranasinghe Premadasa		United National Party	23 July 1977			J. R. Jayewardene	Minister of Local Government, Housing and Construction
	Sirisena Cooray		United National Party	18 February 1989			Ranasinghe Premadasa	Minister of Housing and Construction
	Nimal Siripala de Silva		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 August 1994			D. B. Wijetunga	Minister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities
	Mangala Samaraweera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	4 September 2001			Chandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Urban Development, Public Utilities, Housing and Sports
	Arumugam Thondaman		Ceylon Workers' Congress	12 December 2001				Minister of Housing and Plantation Infrastructure
	Ferial Ashraff		National Unity Alliance	10 April 2004				Minister of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education and Irrigation Development
				23 November 2005			Mahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Housing and Construction
				28 January 2007				Minister of Housing and Common Amenities
	Wimal Weerawansa		National Freedom Front	23 April 2010				Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities
	Sajith Premadasa		United National Party	12 January 2015	17 August 2015		Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Housing and Samurdhi
				4 September 2015				Minister of Housing and Construction

Secretaries

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2016)

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