Chief Opposition Whip (Sri Lanka)

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

Chief Opposition Whip of Sri Lanka

Incumbent Anura Kumara Dissanayaka since 3 September 2015
Inaugural holder	J. R. Jayewardene
Formation	1960

List of Chief Opposition Whips


Name		Portrait	Tenure	Political party	Parliament	References
	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]

Name		Portrait	Tenure	Political party	Assembly	References
	Ranasinghe Premadasa		1972 - 1977	United National Party	1st	^[1]
	X. M. Sellathambu		1977 - 1978	Tamil United Liberation Front	2nd	^[1]

Name		Portrait	Tenure	Political party	Parliament	References
	X. M. Sellathambu		1978 - 1983	Tamil United Liberation Front	1st	^[1]
	Lakshman Jayakody		1983 - 1988	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1st	^[1]
	Richard Pathirana		1989 - 24 June 1994	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	2nd	^[1]
	Wijayapala Mendis		25 August 1994 - 21 July 1998	United National Party	3rd	^[1]
	W. J. M. Lokubandara		22 July 1998 - 10 October 2001	United National Party	3rd 4th	^[1]
	Mahinda Rajapakse		18 December 2001 - 5 February 2002	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	5th	^[1]
	Mangala Samaraweera		6 February 2002 - 7 February 2004	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	5th	^[1]
	Mahinda Samarasinghe		22 April 2004 - 26 January 2006	United National Party	6th	^[1]
	Joseph Michael Perera		26 January 2006 - 20 April 2010	United National Party	6th	^[1]
	John Amaratunga		22 April 2010 - 20 January 2015	United National Party	7th	^[1]
	W. D. J. Senewiratne		20 January 2015 - 26 June 2015	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	7th	^[1]
	Anura Kumara Dissanayaka		3 September 2015 – Present	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	8th	^[1]

Chief Opposition Whip

Jayewardene Siriwardena Premadasa Sellathambu Jayakody Pathirana Mendis Lokubandara Rajapakse Samaraweera Samarasinghe Perera Amaratunga Senewiratne Dissanayaka

Members

Current members	By length of service Youngest members Longest-serving members ever

Women and minority members	Sri Lankan Tamil members Sri Lankan Moor members Other minority members Lady members

Leaders

Parliament Secretariat

Secretariat leaders	Secretaries-General (list) Deputy Secretary General (list) Assistant Secretary General (list)

Departments	Serjeant-at-Arms Administration Legislative Services Finance and Supplies Hansard Co-ordinating Engineer Catering and Housekeeping Information Systems and Management

Powers,
procedure
and customs

Powers	Legislative Power of the Sri Lankan Parliament

Committees	Selection House Standing Orders Parliamentary Business Public Accounts Public Enterprises Privileges Public Petitions

Items	Mace Chair Bar

History

Building of Parliament

Miscellaneous

1 (1931)
2 (1936)
3 (1947)
4 (1952)
5 (1956)

6 (1960)
7 (1960)
8 (1965)
9 (1970)
10 (1972)

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