Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare

Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare

Agency overview
Formed	22 November 2010 (2010-11-22)
Jurisdiction	Sri Lanka
Employees	55
Annual budget	Rs .561,650 Billion
Minister responsible	Thalatha Atukorale
Agency executive	Nissanka N. Wijeratne, Secretary
Website	foreignemploymin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare 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

Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Thalatha Atukorale since 22 November 2010
Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare
Appointer	The President with advice of Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Thalatha Atukorale
Formation	22 November 2010
Website	Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare

The Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party

Name		Portrait	Party	Tenure	President
	Dilan Perera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 November 2010 – 9 January 2015		Mahinda Rajapaksa
	Thalatha Atukorale		United National Party	12 January 2015 – Present		Maithripala Sirisena

See also

• List of ministries of Sri Lanka

References

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare
• Government of Sri Lanka

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