Ministry of Mass Media
# Ministry of Mass Media

The Ministry of Mass Media (Sinhala: ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: வெகுசன ஊடக அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the implementation of the Post Office Ordinance and the Stamp Ordinance of Sri Lanka. Aside from broader policy formulation, this also includes the maintenance and expansion of the Sri Lanka postal service, the design, release, sale and archiving of the country's postage stamps, representing Sri Lanka's interests at the Universal Postal Union, the oversight of banking, insurance and wire transfer services provided at postal offices.

The current Minister of Mass Media is Bandula Gunawardane. The ministry's secretary is W.A. Chulananda Perera.

## Ministers

### Parties

Sri Lanka Freedom Party  United National Party  Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

Ministers of Posts :

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Head of government | Ministerial title |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mohamed Macan Markar | | 1931 | 1936 | | Minister of Communications and Works |
| John Kotelawala | | 1936 | 1945 | | Minister of Communications and Works |
| C. Sittampalam | Independent | 26 September 1947 | | D. S. Senanayake | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication |
| C. Sittampalam | Independent | | 1952 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication |
| V. Nalliah | United National Party | 19 June 1952 | 12 July 1952 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Posts and Information |
| S. Natesan | United National Party | 1952 | | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Posts and Information |
| S. Natesan | United National Party | | 19 January 1956 | John Kotelawala | Minister of Posts and Information |
| C. A. S. Marikar | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 April 1956 | | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information |
| C. A. S. Marikar | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | | | W. Dahanayake | Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information |
| Montague Jayawickrama | United National Party | 23 March 1960 | 1960 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Posts, Works and Power |
| M. P. de Z. Sriwardene | | 28 May 1963 | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Public Works and Post |
| J. A. Amaratunga | United National Party | 1969 | 1970 | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Information and Broadcasting |
| Chelliah Kumarasuriar | | 31 May 1970 | | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Shelton Jayasinghe | United National Party | 23 July 1977 | | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| D. B. Wijetunga | United National Party | | | J. R. Jayewardene | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Alick Aluwihare | United National Party | 18 February 1989 | 14 March 1991 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| A. M. S. Adhikari | United National Party | 14 March 1991 | | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Mangala Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 August 1994 | | D. B. Wijetunga | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Nimal Siripala de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 October 2000 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Indika Gunawardena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 14 September 2001 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| D. M. Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 10 April 2004 | | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Udarata Development |
| D. M. Jayaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 November 2005 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication |
| Rauff Hakeem | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 28 January 2007 | December 2007 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication |
| Jeewan Kumaranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 April 2010 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication |
| Jeewan Kumaranatunga | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 22 November 2010 | | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Postal Services |
| M. H. A. Haleem | United National Party | 21 January 2015 | 17 August 2015 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Muslim Religious Affairs and Posts |
| M. H. A. Haleem | United National Party | 4 September 2015 | 22 November 2019 | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Posts, Postal Service and Muslim Affairs |
| Bandula Gunawardane | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 22 November 2019 | 17 January 2020 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Information and Communication Technology |
| Bandula Gunawardane | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 17 January 2020 | | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Information and Mass Media |
| Bandula Gunawardane | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 23 May 2022 | Present | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Minister of Mass Media |

## Secretaries

Posts Secretaries :

| Name | Took office | Left office | Title |
| - | - | - | - |
| Asoka Jayasekara | 25 April 2010 | | Posts and Telecommunication Secretary |
| Asoka Jayasekara | 22 November 2010 | | Postal Services Secretary |
| Abdul Majeed | 19 January 2015 | | Muslim Religious Affairs and Posts Secretary |
| P. H. L. Wimalasiri Perera | 8 September 2015 | | Postal, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs Secretary |
| D. G. M. V. Hapuarachchi | 1 August 2016 | 27 November 2019 | Postal, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs Secretary |
| W.A. Chulananda Perera | 27 November 2019 | Present | Information and Mass Media Secretary |
