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Sri Lanka's national defense and armed forces administration
The
Ministry of Defence
(
Sinhala
: ?????? ?????? ???????????
R?jya ?rakshaka am?thyanshaya
;
Tamil
: ?????????? ?????????) is the
cabinet
ministry
of the
Government of Sri Lanka
responsible for implementation of government
defence policy
and acts as the overall headquarters of the
Sri Lankan Armed Forces
.
The Ministry of Defence states that its principal objectives are the formulation, co-ordination and the execution of policies in relation to the
national security
. With the end of the
Cold War
, the MOD does not foresee any short-term conventional military threat, the main threat to Sri Lanka having been the now-defunct organization, the
LTTE
and
Islamic Terrorism
. The Ministry of Defence also manages day-to-day running of the armed forces,
contingency planning
and
defence procurement
.
The
National Security Council of Sri Lanka
is the executive body of the
Sri Lankan government
that is charged with the maintenance of national security with authority to direct the
Sri Lankan military
and
Police
. The Minister of Defence and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and the Chief of the Defence Staff are permanent members of the National Security Council.
History
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With Ceylon gaining independence in 1948, the
Ministry of External Affairs and Defence
was formed to administer the country's armed forces and formulate defence and
foreign policy
. The
Prime Minister
was also the Minister of Defence and External Affairs, and was supported by a
Parliamentary Secretary
for Defence and External Affairs who was a member of Parliament.
In 1977,
J.R Jayawardena
's government adapted two separate ministries, forming the Ministry of Defence and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
were formed. Since then many presidents retained the portfolio of Minister of Defence under him/her self, except for a few brief periods. In 1999 the
National Security Council
was established removing the direct control the military from the deputy Minister of Defence.
In 2011, the ministry was renamed Ministry of Defence and Urban Development.
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Funding
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Year
|
Appropriated endowment (billions of Rs)
|
Supplementary funding (billions of Rs)
|
Cumulative expenditure (billions of Rs)
|
1948
|
?
|
?
|
|
1988
|
5
|
?
|
5
|
1989
|
4
|
?
|
9
|
1990
|
7
|
?
|
16
|
1991
|
11
|
?
|
27
|
1992
|
14
|
?
|
41
|
1993
|
17
|
?
|
58
|
1994
|
21
|
?
|
79
|
1995
|
39
|
?
|
118
|
1996
|
42
|
?
|
160
|
1997
|
41
|
?
|
201
|
1998
|
47
|
?
|
248
|
1999
|
44
|
?
|
292
|
2000
|
63
|
?
|
355
|
2001
|
60
|
?
|
415
|
2002
|
54
|
?
|
469
|
2003
|
52
|
?
|
521
|
2004
|
62
|
?
|
583
|
2005
|
64
|
?
|
647
|
2006
|
82
|
?
|
729
|
2007
|
140
[3]
|
?
|
869
|
2008
|
166
[4]
|
?
|
1035
|
2009
|
175
|
39
|
1,249
|
2010
|
273
|
None
|
1,552
|
2011
|
214
|
20
|
1,756
|
2012
|
230
|
None
|
1,986
|
2013
|
290
|
None
|
2,276
|
2014
|
253
|
None
|
2,529
|
2015
|
285
|
None
|
2,814
|
2016
|
307
[5]
|
None
|
3,121
|
2017
|
243
[6]
|
None
|
3,364
|
Senior officials
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Departments that come under the Ministry of Defence
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Ministers attached to the Ministry of Defence
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Since the establishment of the MoD in 1978 the portfolio of Minister of Defence was held by the
President of Sri Lanka
, except for a few brief periods . However a minister oversaw activities of the MoD and the armed forces.
Incomplete
Minister of Defence
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Minister of State for Defence
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Deputy Minister of Defence
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Secretaries
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See also
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References
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