• Source: Ministry of External Affairs and Defence

      • The Ministry of External Affairs and Defence was a cabinet ministry of the Government of Ceylon that conducted and managed all of Ceylon's relations with other countries and its military matters from 1947 to 1977.


      History


      The ministry was formally established in 1948 following the independence of Ceylon as the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence, coming under the direct control of the Prime Minister of Ceylon. In 1977, J.R Jayawardena's government adapted two separate ministries, forming the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


      Senior officials


      Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs and Defence
      Parliamentary Secretary for External Affairs and Defence
      Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence


      Departments


      Ceylon Army
      Royal Ceylon Navy
      Royal Ceylon Air Force
      Police Department
      Ceylon Overseas Service
      Department of Information
      Department of Immigration and Emigration


      Parliamentary Secretaries


      Hon. Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake (1947-1952)
      Hon. Major Montague "Monti" Jayawickreme (1952-1956)
      Hon. Tikiri Banda Subasinghe (1956-1959)
      Hon. Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike (1960-1964)
      Hon. J. R. Jayewardene (1965-1970)
      Hon. Lakshman Jayakody (1970-1972)


      Deputy Ministers


      Hon. Lakshman Jayakody (1972-1977)
      Hon. T. B. Werapitiya (1977-1981)


      Permanent Secretaries


      The following list of Ceylon Civil Service Class 1 officers who held the post of Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and External Affairs:

      Sir Kanthiah Vaithianathan (1948-1952)
      Sir Velupillai Coomaraswamy (1952-1954)
      Gunasena de Soyza (1954-1957)
      Herbert Tennekoon (1957-1959)
      Merenna Francis de Silva Jayaratne (1959-1961)
      N. Q. Dias (1961-1965)
      G.V.P. Samarasinghe (1965-1970)
      A. R. Ratnavale (1970-1972)
      W. T. Jayasinghe (1972-1977)


      = Additional Secretaries

      =
      Incomplete

      S.A. Dissanayake - (former IGP)
      Tissa Wijeyeratne


      See also


      Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)
      Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka)
      Minister for Internal Security (Ceylon)
      Diplomatic missions of Sri Lanka


      References




      External links


      SOULBURY CONSTITUTION
      Government of Sri Lanka
      Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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