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The Chief Opposition Whip is a position in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Chief Opposition Whip of Sri Lanka
since 3 September 2015
Inaugural holderJ. R. Jayewardene
Formation1960

List of Chief Opposition Whips

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna   Tamil United Liberation Front

Chief Opposition Whips of The Parliament of Ceylon (1947-1972)

Name Portrait Tenure Political party Parliament References
!align="centre" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| J. R. Jayewardene 1960 - 1965 United National Party 5th [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| M. P. de Z Siriwardena 1965 - 1970 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 6th [1]
!align="centre" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Ranasinghe Premadasa 1970 - 1972 United National Party 7th [1]

Chief Opposition Whips of The National State Assembly (1972-1978)

Name Portrait Tenure Political party Assembly References
!align="centre" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Ranasinghe Premadasa 1972 - 1977 United National Party 1st [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Tamil United Liberation Front/meta/color; color:white;"| X. M. Sellathambu 1977 - 1978 Tamil United Liberation Front 2nd [1]

Chief Opposition Whips of The Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978-Present)

Name Portrait Tenure Political party Parliament References
!align="center" style="background:Template:Tamil United Liberation Front/meta/color; color:white;"| X. M. Sellathambu 1978 - 1983 Tamil United Liberation Front 1st [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Lakshman Jayakody 1983 - 1988 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1st [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Richard Pathirana 1989 - 24 June 1994 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 2nd [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Wijayapala Mendis 25 August 1994 - 21 July 1998 United National Party 3rd [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| W. J. M. Lokubandara 22 July 1998 - 10 October 2001 United National Party 3rd
4th 		[1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Mahinda Rajapakse 18 December 2001 - 5 February 2002 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 5th [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Mangala Samaraweera 6 February 2002 - 7 February 2004 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 5th [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Mahinda Samarasinghe 22 April 2004 - 26 January 2006 United National Party 6th [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Joseph Michael Perera 26 January 2006 - 20 April 2010 United National Party 6th [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| John Amaratunga 22 April 2010 - 20 January 2015 United National Party 7th [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| W. D. J. Senewiratne 20 January 2015 - 26 June 2015 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 7th [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| Anura Kumara Dissanayaka 3 September 2015 – 18 December 2018 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 8th [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Mahinda Amaraweera 18 December 2018 – 22 November 2019 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 8th [1]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Samagi Jana Balawegaya/meta/color; color:white;"| Lakshman Kiriella 3 January 2020 – Present Samagi Jana Balawegaya 9th [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Chief Government Whips". Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  • Parliament of Sri Lanka - Handbook of Parliament, [1]
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