Chief Government Whip (Sri Lanka)

Chief Government Whip of Sri Lanka
Chief Government Whip of Sri Lanka
	Incumbent; Vacant; since 24 September 2024
Inaugural holder	R. S. S. Gunawardena
Formation	29 November 1947

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

List of Chief Government Whips

Parties

United National Party Ceylon Labour Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

Name		Political party	Tenure	Parliament	References
Parliament of Ceylon (1947–1972)
	R. S. S. Gunawardena	United National Party	29 November 1947 – May 1948	1st	^[1]
	A. E. Goonesinghe	Ceylon Labour Party	17 May 1948 – April 1952	1st	^[1]
	C. W. W. Kannangara	United National Party	June 1952 – February 1956	2nd	^[1]
	W. J. C. Moonesinghe	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	April 1956 – December 1959	3rd	^[1]
	J. D. Weerasekera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	July 1960 – 25 September 1963	5th	^[1]
	S. K. K. Suriarachchi	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1963–1964	5th	^[1]
	M. P. de Z. Siriwardena	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	July 1964	5th	^[1]
	J. R. Jayewardene	United National Party	1965–1970	6th	^[1]
	K. B. Ratnayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1970–1972	7th	^[1]
National State Assembly (1972–1978)
	K. B. Ratnayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1972–1977	1st	^[1]
	Vincent Perera	United National Party	1977–1978	2nd	^[1]
Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978–present)
	Vincent Perera	United National Party	7 September 1978 – 7 April 1993	8th 9th	^[1]
	Wimal Wickramasinghe	United National Party	7 April 1993 – 24 June 1994	9th	^[1]
	Richard Pathirana	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	25 August 1994 – 10 October 2000	10th	^[1]
	Reggie Ranatunga	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1 November 2000 – 10 October 2001	11th	^[1]
	Mahinda Samarasinghe	United National Party	3 January 2002 – 7 February 2004	12th	^[1]
	Jeyaraj Fernandopulle	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	3 May 2004 – 6 April 2008	13th	^[1]
	Dinesh Gunawardena	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	17 June 2008 – 20 January 2015	13th 14th	^[1]
	Gayantha Karunathilaka	United National Party	20 January 2015 – 02 January 2020	14th 15th	^[1]
	Johnston Fernando	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	03 January 2020 – 18 April 2022	15th 16th	^[1]
	Prasanna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	18 April 2022 – 24 September 2024	16th	^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Chief Government Whips". Retrieved 11 April 2016.

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 "Chief Government Whips". Retrieved 11 April 2016.

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