Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)

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Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law & Order is responsible for the formulation, co-ordination and the execution of policies in relation to the security of the country. Its mission is the formulation and execution of strategies with regard to defence and safeguarding territorial integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka.

The Ministry of Defence is the Sri Lankan government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the 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 security of the country. With the end of the Cold War the MOD does not foresee any short-term conventional military threat, at present the main threat to Sri Lanka is from internal terrorism(LTTE). The Ministry of Defence also manages day to day running of the armed forces, contingency planning and defence procurement.

1 Senior officials
2 Objectives
3 Key Functions
4 Departments that Come under the Ministry of Defence
5 See Also
6 External links

[edit] Senior officials

The President of Sri Lanka His Excellency Mahinda Rajapakse is the Minister of Defence, Public Security, Law & Order

Deputy Minister —Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake MP
Permanent Secretary of Defence — Col.(Ret) Gotabaya Rajapakse.
Chief of the Defence Staff — Air Chf Mshl G D Perera

[edit] Objectives

Maintenance of internal security and defence of Sri Lanka.
Implementation and maintenance of the Prevention of terrorism Act No. 48 of 1979 as amended by the Act No. 10 of 1982.
Maintenance of the Commonwealth war Memorials and the war Graves.
Supervision and maintenance of the establishment matters of the three services and the Kotalawala Defence Academy.
Supervision and maintenance of the establishment matters of the National Cadets Corps.

In pursuance of the above objectives the Ministry of Defence provides policy directives and guidelines to the Departments functioning under it.

[edit] Key Functions

Maintenance of the defence in Sri Lanka.
Administration of the Directorate of Foreign Intelligence & the Directorate of Internal Intelligence.
Maintenance of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy.
Administration of the Sri Lanka Institute of Strategic Studies.
Administration of the Language Training Institute at Kotmale.
Administration of the National Cadet Corps.
Administration of the Department of Civil Defence (formaly the Home Guard Service)