Chief Opposition Whip (Sri Lanka)

Chief Opposition Whip of Sri Lanka
Chief Opposition Whip of Sri Lanka
	Incumbent; Gayantha Karunathilaka; since 2 December 2024
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Inaugural holder	J. R. Jayewardene
Formation	1960

The Chief Opposition Whip is a position in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The position was first established in 1960.^[1]

List of Chief Opposition Whips

Parties

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

Name		Tenure	Political party	Parliament	References
Parliament of Ceylon (1960–1972)
	J. R. Jayewardene	1960 – 1965	United National Party	5th	^[1]
	M. P. de Z. Siriwardena	1965 – 1970	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	6th	^[1]
	Ranasinghe Premadasa	1970 – 1972	United National Party	7th	^[1]
National State Assembly (1972–1978)
	Ranasinghe Premadasa	1972 – 1977	United National Party	1st	^[1]
	X. M. Sellathambu	1977 – 1978	Tamil United Liberation Front	2nd	^[1]
Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978–present)
	X. M. Sellathambu	1978 – 1983	Tamil United Liberation Front	8th	^[1]
	Lakshman Jayakody	1983 – 1988	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	8th	^[1]
	Richard Pathirana	1989 – 24 June 1994	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	9th	^[1]
	Wijayapala Mendis	25 August 1994 – 21 July 1998	United National Party	10th	^[1]
	W. J. M. Lokubandara	22 July 1998 – 10 October 2001	United National Party	10th 11th	^[1]
	Mahinda Rajapaksa	18 December 2001 – 5 February 2002	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	12th	^[1]
	Mangala Samaraweera	6 February 2002 – 7 February 2004	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	12th	^[1]
	Mahinda Samarasinghe	22 April 2004 – 26 January 2006	United National Party	13th	^[1]
	Joseph Michael Perera	26 January 2006 – 20 April 2010	United National Party	13th	^[1]
	John Amaratunga	22 April 2010 – 20 January 2015	United National Party	14th	^[1]
	W. D. J. Senewiratne	20 January 2015 – 26 June 2015	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	14th	^[1]
	Anura Kumara Dissanayake	3 September 2015 – 18 December 2018	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	15th	^[1]
	Mahinda Amaraweera	18 December 2018 – 21 November 2019	Sri Lanka Freedom Party		^[1]
	Gayantha Karunatileka	3 January 2020 – 2 March 2020	United National Party		^[1]
	Lakshman Kiriella	20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024	Samagi Jana Balawegaya	16th	^[1]
	Gayantha Karunathilaka	2 December 2024 – present	Samagi Jana Balawegaya	17th	^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Chief Opposition Whips". Retrieved 11 April 2016.
^ "Gayantha Karunatilake appointed Chief Opposition Whip". Ada Derana. 2 December 2024. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

External links

Parliament of Sri Lanka – Handbook of Parliament, [1]

[parliament-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Chief Opposition Whips". Retrieved 11 April 2016.

[2] "Gayantha Karunatilake appointed Chief Opposition Whip". Ada Derana. 2 December 2024. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

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