Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)

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Minister of Justice and National Integration of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Harshana Nanayakkara since 18 November 2024
Minister of Justice and National Integration
Nominator	The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Appointer	The President of Sri Lanka
Formation	September 26, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-09-26)
Website	www.moj.gov.lk

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.