Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare

State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotions and Market Diversification of Sri Lanka
State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotions and Market Diversification of Sri Lanka
	Incumbent; Piyankara Jayaratne;
Appointer	The President with advice of Prime Minister
Formation	2005.01.01
Website	State Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotions and Market Diversification

State Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotions and Market Diversification
Government Ministry overview
Formed	1 January 2005; 19 years ago
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Sri Lanka
Headquarters	No. 34, Narahenpita Road, Nawala.
Employees	987
Annual budget	Rs .561,650 Billion
Minister responsible	Piyankara Jayaratne;
Government Ministry executives	Suntharam Arumainayaham, Secretary; Pradeep Saputhanthri, Additional Secretary;
Parent Government Ministry	Sri Lanka Government
Child agencies	Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment; Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency;
Website	mfe.gov.lk

The State Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotions and Market Diversification is a ministry in the Government of Sri Lanka responsible “for converting the entire labour migration sector into a demand driven process and make it highly competitive by introducing required structural changes together with necessary promotional and welfare activities to meet the international market challenges considering the importance of its contribution to the national economy.”^[1]

List of ministers

The State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotions and Market Diversification is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Parties

Sri Lanka Freedom Party

United National Party

Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna

	Party	Tenure
Dilan Perera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 November 2010 – 9 January 2015	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Thalatha Atukorale	United National Party	12 January 2015 – 25 February 2018	Maithripala Sirisena
Harin Fernando	United National Party	25 February 2018 – 1 November 2019	Maithripala Sirisena
Dinesh Gunawardene	Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna	1 November 2019 - 20 August 2020	Gotabaya Rajapaksha
Piyankara Jayaratne	Sri Lanaka Podujana Peramuna	20 August 2020 – Present	Gotabaya Rajapaksha

References

^ "About us". Ministry of Foreign Employment. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

External links

[1] "About us". Ministry of Foreign Employment. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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