| Post: | Minister of Justice and National Integration |
| Body: | Sri Lanka |
| Insignia: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 50 |
| Department: | Minister of Justice and National Integration |
| Incumbent: | Harshana Nanayakkara |
| Incumbentsince: | 18 November 2024 |
| Nominator: | The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
| Appointer: | The President of Sri Lanka |
| Formation: | 26 September 1947 |
The Minister Justice, Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
The constitution defines that it is mandatory for a minister of the cabinet to be styled as the Minister of Justice. From 1947 to 1970, per section 48 of the constitution, the Minister of Justice was one of two Ministers appointed from the Senate of Ceylon, as such appointments have been held by Advocates.[1] It succeeded the office of Legal Secretary of Ceylon which existed from 1932 to 1947.
| Name | Portrait | Party | Tenure | Head(s) of Government | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1947 – 1953 | D. S. Senanayake Dudley Senanayake | ||||||||
| 1953 – 1956 | John Kotelawala | ||||||||
| Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1956 – June 1959 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | |||||||
| Sri Lanka Freedom Party | June 1959 – 1960 | ||||||||
| Wijeyananda Dahanayake | |||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 23 March 1960 – 21 July 1960 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Dudley Senanayake | ||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 July 1960 – March 1965 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | March 1965 – 1970 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Dudley Senanayake | ||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1970 – 1976 | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |||||||
| !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | 1976 – 1977 | ||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 23 July 1977 – 14 February 1980 | J. R. Jayewardene | |||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 14 February 1980 – 1988 | ||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1989 – 1990 | Ranasinghe Premadasa | |||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1990 – 1993 | ||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1993 – 1994 | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | |||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1994 – 2001 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | |||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 2001 – 2004 | ||||||||
| John Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2004 - 2006 | |||||||
| 2006 – 30 May 2009 | |||||||||
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | |||||||||
| 30 May 2009 – 23 April 2010 | |||||||||
| 23 April 2010 – 22 November 2010 | |||||||||
| !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | 22 November 2010 – 28 December 2014 | ||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 12 January 2015 - 23 August 2017 | Maithripala Sirisena | |||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 25 August 2017 - 22 November 2019 | ||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 22 November 2019 - 12 August 2020 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremesinghe | ||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Ali Sabry, PC | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 12 August 2020 - 3 April 2022 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | ||||
| Office Vacant | 3 April 2022 - 26 April 2022 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | ||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Ali Sabry, PC | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 26 April 2022 - 9 May 2022 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC | Independent | 20 May 2022 - 29 July 2024 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremesinghe | [2] | |||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Ali Sabry, PC | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 12 August 2024 - 23 September 2024 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Ranil Wickremesinghe | [3] | |||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Harini Amarasuriya | National People's Power | 24 September 2024 – 18 November 2024 | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | [4] | |||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Harshana Nanayakkara | National People's Power | 18 November 2024 – Present | !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | [5] | ||||