Ranil Wickremesinghe

President of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024

Ranil Wickremesinghe

රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ
ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க

Wickremesinghe in 2023

9th President of Sri Lanka
In office
21 July 2022 – 23 September 2024
Acting: 14–21 July 2022
Prime Minister| Dinesh Gunawardena
Preceded by| Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Succeeded by| Anura Kumara Dissanayake
10th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
In office
12 May 2022 – 21 July 2022
President|

* Gotabaya Rajapaksa
* Himself (acting)

Preceded by| Mahinda Rajapaksa
Succeeded by| Dinesh Gunawardena
In office
15 December 2018 – 21 November 2019
President| Maithripala Sirisena
Preceded by| Mahinda Rajapaksa
Succeeded by| Mahinda Rajapaksa
In office
9 January 2015 – 26 October 2018
President| Maithripala Sirisena
Preceded by| D. M. Jayaratne
Succeeded by| Mahinda Rajapaksa
In office
9 December 2001 – 6 April 2004
President| Chandrika Kumaratunga
Preceded by| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Succeeded by| Mahinda Rajapaksa
In office
7 May 1993 – 18 August 1994
President| Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Preceded by| Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Succeeded by| Chandrika Kumaratunga
10th Leader of the Opposition
In office
22 April 2004 – 9 January 2015
Prime Minister|

* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
* D. M. Jayaratne

Preceded by| Mahinda Rajapaksa
Succeeded by| Nimal Siripala de Silva
In office
28 October 1994 – 10 October 2001
Prime Minister|

* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Preceded by| Gamini Dissanayake
Succeeded by| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Ministerial roles
2022–2024| Minister of Defence
Minister of Technology
Minister of Finance
Ministry of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment
2015–2019| Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs
1989–1993| Minister of Industry
Leader of the House
1980–1989| Minister of Education
1977–1980| Minister of Youth Affairs & Employment
1977| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Member of Parliament
for National List
In office
23 June 2021 – 21 July 2022
Member of Parliament
for Colombo District
In office
16 August 1994 – 3 March 2020
Member of Parliament
for Gampaha District
In office
15 February 1989 – 16 August 1994
Personal details
Born|  (1949-03-24) 24 March 1949 (age 75)
Colombo, Dominion of Ceylon
Nationality| Sri Lankan
Political party| United National Party
Other political
affiliations| New Democratic Front (since 2024)
Spouse|

Maithree Wickremesinghe

(m. 1994)​

Parents|

* Esmond Wickremesinghe
* Nalini Wickremesinghe

Relatives|

* Wijewardene family

Residence| 115 Fifth Lane
Alma mater| Royal College, Colombo
University of Ceylon
Occupation|

* Lawyer
* Politician

Ranil Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ; Tamil: ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the ninth president of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024. Previously, he served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1993–1994, 2001–2004, 2015–2018, 2018-2019 and in 2022. He held several ministerial roles, including Minister of Finance, Minister of Defence, Minister of Technology and Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment. Wickremesinghe has led the United National Party (UNP) since 1994 and has been Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on six occasions.

Born into a political family, Wickremesinghe graduated from the University of Ceylon and qualified as a lawyer from the Ceylon Law College in 1972. He entered politics in the mid-1970s with the UNP, first being elected to Parliament in 1977. Over the years, he held various ministerial positions, including Minister of Foreign Affairs, Youth Affairs and Employment, and Industry, Science and Technology. He first became prime minister in 1993 following the assassination of President Ranasinghe Premadasa.

Wickremesinghe ran unsuccessfully in 1999 and 2005 presidential elections. In 2015, he was appointed prime minister by President Maithripala Sirisena, leading a coalition government until 2019. During his tenure, he faced a constitutional crisis in 2018 but was reappointed as prime minister after it was resolved. He lost his parliamentary seat in 2020 but re-entered Parliament in 2021 as a National List MP.[1]

In May 2022, Wickremesinghe was reappointed as prime minister amidst a political crisis.[2][3][4] Following the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in July 2022, Wickremesinghe became acting president[5][6] and was subsequently elected as the 9th President of Sri Lanka by Parliament on 20 July 2022. He took office the following day.[7][8][9] He attempted to run for a term in his own right in 2024 but failed to win reelection, finishing in third place with 17.27% of the vote.[10][11]

## Early life and education

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Born on 24 March 1949 in Colombo, Wickremesinghe was the second son of Esmond Wickremesinghe and Nalini Wickremesinghe née Wijewardena. His father was a lawyer who became a press baron taking over the Lake House Group of newspapers. His grandfathers were Cyril Wickremesinghe of the Ceylon Civil Service and the press baron, D. R. Wijewardhena.[12]

Wickremesinghe was educated at the Royal Preparatory School and at the Royal College, Colombo where he was a classmate and friend of Anura Bandaranaike, son of then Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike; and Dinesh Gunawardena, son of socialist leader Philip Gunawardena. Wickremesinghe entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Ceylon at its Colombo Campus which is now the University of Colombo. After graduation, he completed the law exams at the Ceylon Law College and took oaths as an advocate in 1972 after having apprenticed under H. W. Jayewardene, QC. He became an Attorney at law following the changes to the legal profession in 1973.[13] Wickremesinghe received an honorary doctorate from Deakin University in Australia on 14 February 2017 for his significant contributions in reforms in economy, education and human rights.[14]

## Political career

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Wickremesinghe joined the United National Party (UNP) and progressed through its ranks. He was appointed as the chief organizer of the Kelaniya Electorate in the mid-1970s, and was later appointed as the chief organizer of the Biyagama Electorate, which he won in the 1977 parliamentary elections and entered parliament. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new government of J. R. Jayewardene, and was soon promoted to the post of Minister of Youth Affairs & Employment on 5 October 1977, which made him the youngest cabinet minister of Sri Lanka.[15] During his term as minister, he initiated the Sri Lanka National Guard and the National Youth Services Council (NYSCO), which provides vocational and career training to school leavers. Wickremesinghe was later made the Minister of Education on 14 February 1980.[16]

Under the presidency of Ranasinghe Premadasa, Wickremesinghe was appointed as the Minister of Industry on 18 February 1989, under which he initiated industrial reforms and established the Biyagama Special Economic Zone.[17] In 1990, he was given the additional portfolios of Science and Technology. Wickremesinghe had competition from his senior colleagues in the UNP, Lalith Athulathmudali and Gamini Dissanayake, who had been rivals of President Premadasa. He was appointed Leader of the House in 1989.[18]

### Batalanda incident

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Further information: Batalanda detention centre

It was alleged by the People's Alliance government that Wickremesinghe, as Minister, was the political authority behind an illegal detention centre in the Batalanda housing and industrial complex outside Colombo between 1988 and 1990 which was allegedly run by a government-backed counter-subversive unit as part of the state's operation to put down an armed insurgency by the JVP.[19][20] The People's Alliance government of President Chandrika Kumaratunga appointed a Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate activities of Batalanda and on 3 September 1997 Wickremesinghe was summoned to testify before the commission.[21][22] The Commission's report was released on 12 April 1998.[23] The commission was a fact-finding mission and had no judicial powers; however, it recommended the government to "bring the guilty to book". One of its findings was that "Wickremesinghe and the SSP Nalin Delgoda, are indirectly responsible for the maintenance of places of unlawful detention and torture chambers in houses at the Batalanda Housing Scheme".[24][25] It further stated that Wickremesinghe held "unauthorised meetings of police officers involved in counter-insurgency operations in the housing complex, and that as such, he had abused his authority". No criminal proceedings took place thereafter.[19]

### First premiership (1993–1994)

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On 7 May 1993, Wickremesinghe was sworn in as prime minister after President Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers and Prime Minister D. B. Wijetunga was appointed president. During his ephemeral term, he was credited for pushing the country through an impressive economic transformation and was generally backed by the business community.[26]

### Opposition (1994–2001)

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In the 1994 parliamentary elections, the UNP lost to Chandrika Kumaratunga's People's Alliance (PA), and Kumaratunga was appointed Prime Minister of the country. Wickremesinghe was defeated in the race for Opposition Leader by two votes by fellow UNP member Gamini Dissanayake, who had re-joined the party. This gave Gamini Dissanayake the default leadership of the party and made him the presidential nominee of the UNP. The UNP was progressing well under Gamini Dissanayake's leadership when he too was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers. Gamini Dissanayake's widow, Srima Dissanayake replaced him as the candidate of the UNP in the 1994 election. Securing just 35% of the vote, she lost to Chandrika Kumaratunga in every electorate except Mahiyangana. Afterwards, Wickremesinghe was appointed as the opposition leader as well as the UNP leader.[27]

Wickremesinghe was seen as a cooperative opposition leader who gave the government a chance to carry out its agenda in its early days.[26]

#### 1999 presidential election

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In the 1999 presidential election, Wickremesinghe was nominated as the UNP presidential candidate. After a tense election campaign in the wake of the violent North Western Provincial Council election, the Tamil Tigers carried out a suicide bomb attack in an election campaign rally, in which President Kumaratunga lost her right eye. Voting was held two days later on 21 December 1999 and amidst a wave of sympathy, Kumaratunga was re-elected to a second term with 51% of the popular vote.[26] After this electoral loss, Wickremesinghe unsuccessfully led his party in the 2000 parliamentary elections, again losing out to the PA.[28]

### Second premiership (2001–2004)

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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka meets with Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz in The Pentagon on 3 November 2003. The leaders are meeting to discuss defence issues of mutual interest.

In the 2001 parliamentary elections, Wickremesinghe led the newly formed United National Front (UNF) to victory, winning 109 seats compared to the PA's 77 seats.[29] Consequently, Wickremesinghe was able to form a new UNF government and sworn as the 17th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on 9 December 2001.[30] Chandrika Kumaratunga still remained the president of the country. This led to a confusing situation where the president and the prime minister were from two opposing parties.[31] Although, according to the constitution, the president was both head of state and head of government, Wickremesinghe was able to appoint his own cabinet and he had the actual control over the government. President Chandrika Kumaratunga also chaired cabinet meetings as de facto head, but her influence over decision making was strictly limited.[32][33]

During his second premiership, Wickremesinghe proposed to initiate the "Western Region Megapolis" project. Planned with the assistance of architects and town planners of a Singaporean firm CESMA, it proposed to build a large new city in the western province that can rival major cities in the world. However, the project did not proceed after the end of his government.[34] He also requested the international community to assist in development during the ceasefire – the Tokyo Donor Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka was held in June 2003, during which Sri Lanka received more than 4.5 billion dollars in reconstruction and development aid.[35]

Wickremesinghe's foreign policy during his tenure as prime minister pushed closer relations with the West. He expected their economic backing to overcome the economic crisis. He also largely took assistance, especially from Norway, to resolve the ongoing ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.[36] In July 2002 he was able to meet United States President George W. Bush. It was the first time a Sri Lankan leader met the US president in the White House in 18 years.[37][38] This visit was primarily focused on building new relationships based on economical links between United States and Sri Lanka. Furthermore, the US government pledged to support his peace efforts with LTTE. He also met the British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.[39][40][41] In September 2003, Wickremesinghe made his first official visit to Malaysia since taking office as prime minister. Over his two-day visit, he met with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Putrajaya and urged Malaysian investors to explore opportunities in tourism, infrastructure, and agriculture. He also reassured them about the positive developments in the peace process.[42]

#### Peace talks

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Wickremesinghe believed a political solution based on a United Sri Lanka was the permanent solution to the civil war in the country. He also believed that such a solution could be reached through a peaceful negotiation process with LTTE.[43] Three months after the election, Wickremesinghe's government entered a ceasefire agreement (CFA) with LTTE. The agreement was signed on 22 February 2002 at different locations in the war zone by both parties and the Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Jon Westborg acted as the facilitator. It was said that the main objective of this agreement was to find a negotiated solution to the ongoing ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.[44] Both parties agreed to halt all offensive military operations. An international monitoring mission called the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) was formed to inquire into any instance of violation of the terms and conditions of this agreement.[45] In the aftermath of signing the CFA, the island was deemed a safe place once again, after decades of war. The tourism industry in particular experienced a significant escalation where the number of tourists arriving in the country was suddenly increased. The A9 Highway was reopened up to Kilinochchi on 15 February 2002 after 18 years.[46]

After signing the CFA, Wickremesinghe held a few rounds of peace talks with LTTE between 2002 and 2003. Prof. G. L. Peiris, minister Milinda Moragoda and minister Rauff Hakeem led the government delegation and LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham, LTTE political wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan and military leader Karuna Amman led the LTTE faction during the peace talks. The Norwegian government acted as the chief facilitator during the peace talks. There were six rounds of peace talks which were held at different locations around the world:

1. 16–18 September 2002, Bangkok[47]
2. 31 October-3 November 2002, Bangkok[48]
3. 2–5 December 2002, Oslo[49]
4. 6–9 January 2003, Bangkok[50]
5. 7–8 February 2003, Berlin[51]
6. 18–21 March 2003, Tokyo[52]

After the Oslo round of peace talks in December 2003, a concluding statement was declared by the Norwegian facilitators which later became known as the Oslo Declaration. In this statement, it was stated that "both parties have decided to explore a political solution founded on internal self-determination based on a federal structure within a united Sri Lanka". This was considered one of the most significant incidents in the history of finding a political solution to the ethnic problem in Sri Lanka.[53]

After the sixth round of peace talks in March 2003, the LTTE abruptly withdrew from the peace talks.[54] In October 2003, the LTTE again showed some intentions of entering into the peace process, calling for an Interim Self Governing Authority (ISGA). The proposal was handed over to the government through Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar.[55][56][57]

Analysts saw Wickremesinghe was fanning the internecine feuds among the Tigers and systematically weakening them and a foreign policy intended to tighten the global dragnet against the LTTE. Agreements were signed with the US which allowed Sri Lanka to get assistance in terms of military training, military technology, intelligence, special training in counterterrorism and direct monetary assistance for military development.[58] During the ceasefire period, the United States Pacific Command assessment team conducted a study from 12 September to 24 October 2002, which made several recommendations to strengthen the capabilities of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force in case of the peace process failing. After studying the weakness of the military, the study recommended the use of cluster bombs (which unbanned until 2010 when the Cluster Munitions Convention came into effect) to destroy unarmoured area targets and recommended arming Kafirs and Mi-24 gunships with guided weapons in case of fighting close to enemy forces.[59][60] The US also donated the SLNS Samudura during this time.[58]

The opposition and nationalist movements of the country strongly opposed CFA and the overall peace process of Wickremesinghe's regime.[61] They continuously criticized and protested against the CFA claiming it as a threat to the sovereignty of the country which would ultimately lead the way to the formation of a separate state for the LTTE, or Tamil Eelam. It was later claimed by Karuna Amman who defected from the LTTE during Wickremesinghe's regime that the LTTE dragged the peace talks to smuggle weapons and ammunition including aircraft.[62]

The LTTE continuously violated the CFA on many occasions. In August 2007, the SLMM agreed that the LTTE had violated the CFA on a total of 3830 occasions while the government of Sri Lanka had violated CFA in only 351 occasions.[63] Several Sri Lankan Army intelligence operatives were allegedly killed by the LTTE during this period.[64]

### Opposition (2004–2015)

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Opposition Leader Wickremasinghe meeting British Foreign Secretary William Hague, 2010

A few days after LTTE proposed the Interim Self Governing Authority (ISGA), President Chandrika Kumaratunga sacked three ministers of the cabinet and took over the ministries using her constitutional powers, ending the uneasy coalition between her and Wickremesinghe while he was out of the country.[65] Addressing the nation she claimed that this decision was taken in the interest of national security.[66] The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna also allied with the PA to defeat Wickremesinghe's government, which they claimed to be a threat to the sovereignty of the country. President Chandrika Kumaratunga dissolved the parliament on 7 February 2004 which effectively ended Wickremesinghe's government.[67]

President Kumaratunga unexpectedly dissolved the Parliament on 7 February 2004 and called for new parliamentary elections. In the 2004 parliamentary elections held on 2 April Wickremesinghe's UNF lost governmental office. Despite the expectation of a full six-year term, and planned projects cut short by the defeat, the UNP was optimistic that it could regain power in a future election. Within 14 months of UPFA's victory, the radical JVP wing's (composed of over 30 members) parting of ways with the government, left the UPFA's parliamentary composition well short of the required majority. He remained in the post of the Opposition Leader until 2015, when Maithripala Sirisena who was sworn in as the President, appointed him as the Prime Minister.[68]

#### 2005 presidential election

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In December 2004, Wickremesinghe was chosen by the United National Party as its presidential candidate for the presidential elections due in late 2005. The Supreme Court decided in August 2005 that the elections should be held that year despite the president's argument that her term would end in 2006. Mahinda Rajapaksa, then prime minister, was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. In the presidential election held on 17 November 2005, Wickremesinghe was narrowly defeated by Mahinda Rajapaksa, who won 50.29% of the vote to Wickremesinghe's 48.43%. A large number of the minority Tamil population in the Northern and Eastern parts of the country, who were largely expected to vote for Wickremesinghe in the election, were prevented from voting by the LTTE which had enforced a boycott of the polls.[69]

#### Dissent within the UNP

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After the defeat in the 2004 parliamentary election, a senior member of UNP and a former minister of Wickremesinghe's prime ministerial government, Rohitha Bogollagama, crossed over to the UPFA government. Soon after the UNP's defeat in the 2005 presidential election, Mahinda Samarasinghe and Keheliya Rambukwella also defected to the government.[70]

In 2007, Wickremesinghe established a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Mahinda Rajapaksa government agreeing to UNP's collaboration with the government on issues of national interest.[71] However, shortly afterwards, 17 of the UNP's 60 members in parliament, including the group who had challenged Wickremesinghe's leadership, led by deputy leader Karu Jayasuriya crossed over to the governing UPFA ranks in parliament and were given ministerial appointments. The group consisted of senior members of UNP and many of them were former ministers of Wickremesinghe's 2001–2004 government: Karu Jayasuriya (Deputy Leader of UNP), M. H. Mohamed (former speaker of the parliament), Milinda Moragoda, G. L. Peiris, Bandula Gunawardane, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, Gamini Lokuge, P. Dayaratna, Mano Wijeyeratne, Rajitha Senaratne, R.A.D. Sirisena, Mahinda Wijesekara, Naween Dissanayake, Hemakumara Nanayakkara, R. M. Dharmadasa Banda, Neomal Perera and Chandrasiri Sooriyaarachchi.[72][73] The defection of the party stalwarts to join the government continued thereafter with several members such as; Susantha Punchinilame, Mahinda Ratnatilaka, Nandimithra Ekanayake, Thilanga Sumathipala, R. Duminda Silva, Ravindra Randeniya and Ashoka Wadigamangawa.[74][75][76] However, in late 2008, Jayasuriya crossed over once again to the opposition and was given back the deputy leader post.[77]

In February 2008, Wickremesinghe was under pressure to step down from the party leadership to accept an advisory position, from a majority of the UNP's parliamentary group.[78] In March, the UNP working committee decided to create a new post called Senior Leader of the party and appointed Wickremesinghe to the post. This was amid discussion with the UNP's parliamentary group about the need for Wickremesinghe to relinquish his post (of party leader) so that a new leader could be appointed.[79][80] However, in late March the party working committee decided that he should remain as the party leader.[81]

Wickremesinghe was accused of being a dictator in UNP during his time as opposition leader.[82][83] Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero said that Wickremesinghe was acting like a dictator.[84][85] In 2010, UNP MP Dayasiri Jayasekara accused that within the constitution of the UNP, Ranil Wickremesinghe is not a democratic leader but a dictator.[86][87] Former minister and UNP MP Mahinda Wijesekara commented that "We don't need a dictator in the party," saying that Wickremesinghe opposed party reforms.[88]

More than 60 UNP MPs allegedly left the party during Wickremesinghe's leadership as opposition leader.[89]

#### End of the civil war and 2010 presidential election

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With the military defeat of the LTTE in the civil war, the government held a series of provincial elections in 2008 and 2009 for 8 provincial councils (Eastern, North Central, Sabaragamuwa, North Western, Central, Western, Uva, and Southern). On all occasions, the ruling UPFA soundly defeated the UNP in a landslide victory. Out of all the elections, the UNP obtained only 30% of the total vote and UPFA won 59% of the total polled. The UPFA won by a margin of 2,527,783, compared to 180,786 in the 2005 presidential election.[90][91]

Wickremesinghe signed an Alliance Agreement with twelve other opposition parties in November 2009 and he announced that a common candidate would be fielded for the presidential election which would be held in 2010. Later, he announced that former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka had been selected as the common candidate and pledged to support him.[28]

In August 2012, Minister of Health and SLFP general secretary Maithripala Sirisena alleged that during the 1994 presidential election campaign, all campaign details concerning the UNP presidential candidate Gamini Dissanayake had been secretly passed on to his opponent, Chandrika Kumaratunga by Wickremesinghe. Sirisena made this disclosure while addressing an election committee meeting held at Siripura, Polonnaruwa. Sirisena asserted that he had ample proof to validate his claim and allegations.[92][93] Consequently, both parties started to challenge each other for open media debates.[94][95][96]

### Third, fourth and fifth premierships (2015–2019)

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The UNP along with several other parties and civil organizations signed an Understanding Agreement and decided to field the then Secretary-General of Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Maithripala Sirisena as the common candidate for the 2015 presidential election. Sirisena pledged to appoint Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister if he won the election.

In the elections held on 8 January 2015, Maithripala Sirisena was elected as the 6th President of Sri Lanka, beating incumbent president Mahinda Rajapaksa in his bid for a third term. Sirisena appointed Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka during his inauguration on 9 January 2015.[97][98]

Wickremesinghe's UNP-led UNFGG won the 2015 parliamentary elections held on 17 August 2015, thus he was officially inaugurated as the Prime Minister for a fourth time, with 106 seats in the 225-member Parliament (though short of 7 seats to secure the simple majority of the Parliament) defeating the political rivalry UPFA leader and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his bid to return as prime minister after his defeat as president.[99] Wickremesinghe also scored the highest preferential votes in the election with 500,556 votes, beating his rival Rajapaksa by a considerable margin whilst setting a new record as the candidate with the highest number of preferential votes in Sri Lankas' elections history.[100]

Wickremesinghe vowed to regain the majority in the Parliament and make it as the United National Party's Government, at the same time he also promised to secure the futures of younger generations and instantly confirmed that the Government will launch 1 million jobs for the youth as well advancement for the education and health sectors will maintain as promised.[101] He also took steps to develop the former war-zones by touring the affected areas and met civil activists to discuss the issues faced by the Jaffna civilians and schools and to expedite investigations of missing persons. He also took steps to uplift Northern Province communities and to improve their standard of living.[102][103][104]

Wickremesinghe also restarted the Megapolis plan which he started in when he was PM in 2001–2004. Surbana was consulted to revise the master plan to suit newer needs. The Ministry of Megapolis and Western development was created for project and the project which expects to convert the currently unplanned Western Province into a major megapolis by 2030 with an estimated population of 8.4 million and expects to solve the issues concerning traffic congestion, waste management and slum dwellers in urban areas.[105] Wickremesinghe also showed interest in Surbana creating a similar plan for Trincomalee in the Eastern province and an agreement was later signed with Surbana for the purpose.[106][107][108]

Wickremesinghe proposed major economic reforms and proposed a knowledge based social market economy which will be built on social justice principles that will also focus on the availability of global opportunities for education and strengthening of the health system to face health concerns of the 21st century. He also planned on reducing high income disparity levels in the domestic economy and increasing exports.[109] He launched a plan to reform state-owned enterprise, enter into trade agreements with India and China to increase market access and regain GSP+ to regain EU markets, restructure key investment promotion agencies, develop tourism, attract high spending tourists, and develop the rural economy. Special economic zones and a special financial and business hub in Colombo were also proposed.[109] Wickremesinghe also organized the Sri Lanka Economic Forum 2016 with the presence of international investor and Founder Chairman of Open Society George Soros and Nobel Laureate Economist Joseph Stiglitz and many other experts such as Ricardo Hausmann. The forum was seen as a boost to the Sri Lankan economy and during the forum Soros decided to invest in Sri Lanka the initial investments were expected to be around $300 Million.[110][111][112] He also launched a loan and grant scheme for small and medium enterprises named "Swa Shakthi" empower rural entrepreneurs and develop the rural economy.[113][114] However, in 2017, during his tenure Sri Lanka recorded just 3.1% economic growth rate, the lowest for 16 years.[115]

During the Rajapaksa Administration which oversaw the rise of lawlessness and abuse of state power by Rajapaksa's government ministers and officers after the defeat of the Administration, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe decided to set up the Financial Crimes Investigation Division.[116] This led to arrest Basil Rajapaksa the younger brother of Mahinda Rajapaksa and his political henchmen who were involved in large-scale corruption also were arrested within months after forming the committee.[117][118] However several family members and friends of Rajapaksa were questioned by the FCID, Rajapaksa fears that his entire family and friends could be prosecuted and brought down to justice.[119] Former President Rajapaksa asked President Sirisena over the pending charges against his family members and political associations be dropped. However, President Sirisena refused to drop the charges that were ongoing, The meeting between President Sirisena and former President Rajapaksa ended up unsuccessful over the President's refusal to consider the key demands of Rajapaksa to be appointed as prime ministerial candidate and the charges against his family members and close associations to be dropped.[120] Rajapaksa's faction in SLFP criticised that the FCID was used as a tool to revenge on his associations and threatened to take legal action against FCID.[121]

The United National Party led by Wickremesinghe suffered a landslide defeat in the 2018 local authority elections.[122] His party was only able to secure 34 councils out of 340 total councils. Mahinda Rajapaksa’s proxy Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna won 231 councils.[123][124] After the election defeat some MPs of UNP and party members asked Wickremesinghe to resign from the party leadership and prime minister position. Some media reported that President Maithripala Sirisena also urged Ranil Wickremesinghe Rajapaksa to resign from his position.[125][126][127] On the evening of 26 October 2018, President Maithripala Sirisena appointed Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister after the United People's Freedom Alliance withdrew from the unity government. He also informed Wickremesinghe was removed from office. Wickremesinghe said he refused to accept the dismissal claiming that it was unconstitutional which triggered a constitutional crisis.[128] Following rulings by the Supreme court and the Appeal court, Rajapaksa backed down and Wickremesinghe was re-instated at prime minister on 16 December 2018.[129]

Following many internal party negotiations Wickremesinghe agreed to back Sajith Premadasa as the party candidate for the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election. Premadasa was defeated by Gotabaya Rajapaksa who gained 52.25% of the votes against 41.99% by Premadasa.[130]

#### Foreign policy

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See also: List of prime ministerial trips made by Ranil Wickremesinghe

Prime Minister Wickremasinghe with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, 2015 Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 2015

Wickremesinghe's foreign policy in his third premiership was aimed at re-balancing relations with India and the West that were strained during the previous regime while sustaining good relations with China as well. He also chose to restart discussions to solve the Indo-Sri Lanka fishing dispute but strongly defended the Sri Lankan navy's right to shoot Indian fishermen that fish in Sri Lankan waters, stating:

> If someone tries to break into my house, I can shoot. If he gets killed... Law allows me to do that.

> — Ranil Wickremesinghe, interview with Thanthi TV[131]

His foreign policy was seen as moving away from the Rajapaksa government's isolationist policies, which distanced Sri Lanka from the Western world. His policies were seen to attract investments and financial aid.[132]

His government allowed a 99-year lease of a port to a Chinese company which caused protests in 2017.[133]

He also worked to develop relations with Japan and Singapore, choosing them as his second and third foreign state visits after being elected as prime minister. During his visit to Japan, he promised to support Japan's bid to secure a seat on the United Nations Security Council and entered to a "comprehensive partnership" with Japan covering political, economic and security issues.[134][135] During his visit to Singapore, in an interview with The Straits Times he invited Singaporean submarines and frigates to visit Sri Lanka.[136]

#### Government bonds controversy

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In February 2015 CBSL advertised the sale of Rs. 1 billion in 30 year government bonds at a coupon of 12.5%,[137] though several accounts erroneously cite an indicative rate of 9.5%.[138][139] The sale was oversubscribed with 36 bids totaling Rs. 20 billion.[138] The majority of bidders, 26, bidded for Rs. 100 million or less at a rate of 9.5%–10.5%.[138] However, a few bidders, including Perpetual Treasuries Limited, wanted interest rates of 11%–12%.[138] On 27 February 2015 the CBSL accepted Rs. 10 billion in bids at rates of 9.5%–12.5%.[138][140] The issuing of ten times the advertised bonds, and at a higher than expected rate, was alleged to cost the Sri Lankan government an additional Rs. 1.6 billion ($10.6 million), though this was disputed by the Leader of the House of Parliament.[141][142][143][144] A petition was lodged in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka contesting the methodology used to allege such a loss.[145] Perpetual Treasuries was issued, directly and indirectly, with Rs. 5 billion in bonds at 12.5%.[146][147][148][149] Perpetual Treasuries was one of the primary dealers in the sale and is owned by son-in-law of the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Arjuna Mahendran, who was appointed by Wickremesinghe.[139][150][151]

On 28 October 2016 the Committee On Public Enterprises, after a lengthy investigation, found Mahendran responsible for the bond issue scam and recommended legal action be taken against him.[152][153] However, President Maithripala Sirisena announced that he had appointed a Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry to further investigate the case. The commission handed over the report on Central Bank bond issuance to Sirisena on 30 December 2017, and the Presidential Secretariat made available the full report in PDF form from its website for public viewing.[154] During the investigation Wickremesinghe had to appear before the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry.[155] A group of ministers from the President's party along with opposition MPs failed in a recent attempt to pass a motion of no-confidence against the Prime Minister in Sri Lanka's Parliament. On 15 March 2018 Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court issued an arrest warrant on Arjuna Mahendra on charges of criminal breach of trust for allegedly providing confidential information of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to Perpetual Treasuries Limited.[156]

### Opposition (2019–2022)

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Following his defeat, Premadasa left the party to form his own party, Samagi Jana Balawegaya from which he contested the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election. Wickremesinghe led the remaining party members in the parliamentary election which was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 parliamentary elections resulted in a landslide victory of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna led by Mahinda Rajapaksa gaining 59.09% of the votes and securing 145 seats in parliament and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya gained 23.90% of votes and 54 seats. The United National Party suffering the worst defeat in its history received a total of 249,435 votes, which was 2.15% of votes cased. For the first time in its history, it failed to win a single seat in parliament, having only gained one national list seat.[157] Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the national list member of parliament of the UNP on 23 June 2021.[1]

Wickremesinghe actively continued to serve as vice chairman of the International Democrat Union and chairman of the Asia Pacific Democrat Union.[158]

### Sixth premiership (2022)

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By May 2022, the country was in sovereign default and facing hyperinflation, leading to political and social unrest. With events leading to Mahinda Rajapaksa's resignation on 9 May 2022, due to the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed Wickremesinghe as prime minister on 12 May 2022.[2][3] He was assured the support of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna members of parliament, while other parties refused to join his cabinet initially.

Reuters described Wickremesinghe as an "economic liberal who has experience dealing with the International Monetary Fund".[159] Wickremesinghe has stated that he intends to form a national government with the participation of all political parties in the parliament and lead the country through the worst economic crisis in its history with less than one million USD in foreign reserves and unable to import essential fuel, food, and medicines, calling the months to come the most difficult in the country's history.[160]

On 25 May, Wickremesinghe was appointed Minister of Finance, Economic Stability and National Policies.[161]

On 9 July, the Prime Minister's office announced that Wickremesinghe was ready to resign to make way for an all-party government as protesters stormed and burned his residence that day.[162][163] Later in the evening, protesters broke into the 115 Fifth Lane, Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo, and set it on fire.[164]

## Presidency (2022–2024)

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On 13 July, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country to the Maldives, with Wickremesinghe taking charge of the presidency in an acting capacity due to his premiership and imposing a state of emergency in Sri Lanka.[165] Following Rajapaksa's official resignation, Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the acting president of Sri Lanka before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya on 15 July.[5][6] Wickremesinghe, who had formerly been a National List MP with his party represented by only one seat in the Parliament, became the President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, Minister of Technology, and Minister of Finance all at the same time. Upon becoming the acting president, Wickremesinghe prohibited the usage of "His Excellency" as an honorific prefix for the President and officially abolished the usage of a presidential flag.[166]

On 20 July, he was elected as the 9th President of Sri Lanka by the Parliament of Sri Lanka in a secret ballot to serve the remainder of Rajapaksa's term, which was supposed to end in November 2024. He defeated his main rival, Dullas Alahapperuma, with 134 votes to 82.[7][8] On 21 July, he was sworn in as the ninth (eighth executive) President of Sri Lanka at the Parliament premises before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya.[167][168] A day later, he appointed Dinesh Gunawardena as prime minister.[169]

Wickremesinghe meets with Britain's King Charles III at a Reception held at the Buckingham Palace on 5 May 2023.

In September 2022, Wickremesinghe visited the UK as the head of state to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, at the invitation of King Charles III.[170][171]

### Crackdown on anti-government protests

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Soon after he was appointed as the president, Wickremesinghe vowed to crack down on the 2022 anti-government protests. Wickremesinghe denounced the protestors as "fascists".[172] Security forces raided the protest site in Galle Face Green in the early hours of 22 July, a day after Wickremesinghe was sworn in. 50 protestors were injured and two were hospitalised.[173] BBC journalists were also attacked during the raid. Saliya Pieris, president of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, condemned the raid. British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton, also expressed concerns.[174]

### Handling of economic crisis

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Further information: Debt restructuring in Sri Lanka

Wickremesinghe continued the government policies for economic recovery initiated during the last few days of his predecessor's term. His administration continued power rationing and introduced fuel rationing to control the country's energy crisis, while increasing direct taxes with the aim of increasing government revenue to secure an IMF bailout package by late 2022. These tax increases were largely unpopular and triggered protests organized by the affected sectors. Sri Lanka saw a contraction of 11% of its economy in 2022, with inflation peaking at 54% in December 2022. Wickremesinghe was criticized for hosting celebrations of the 75th anniversary of Sri Lankan independence on 4 February 2023, while the country was amidst an economic crisis.[175]

A significant milestone was achieved by the Wickremesinghe administration in early March 2023, when Wickremesinghe announced to parliament that the IMF has approved the first tranche of US$330 million of its bailout package for Sri Lanka. The IMF bailout was expected to open up additional support of over US$3.75 billion from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and other lenders; paving the way for Sri Lanka to rework a substantial part of its $84bn worth of public debt.[176]

President Wickremesinghe meets with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during the latter's visit to Sri Lanka in April 2024.

### 2023 local government elections

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In August 2024, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgement which held that Wickremesinghe as the Minister of Finance, former Chairman and members of the Election Commission and the Attorney General, violated the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Sri Lankan Constitution of Dr Harini Amarasuriya, MP of the National People's Power; Ranjith Madduma Bandara, General Secretary of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya; and the Centre for Policy Alternatives and People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL); by arbitrary and unlawful conduct which led to the 2023 local government elections not taking place at the time that they should have been held.[177] In response, Wickremesinghe acknowledged the Supreme Court's ruling that citizens’ basic rights were violated by the postponement of the local government elections, however stated that he does not regret the decision, stating that he was "dedicated to ensuring the people’s right to live and in maintaining their safety" at the time.[178]

### 2024 presidential election

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Since the start of 2024, there were many speculations whether Wickremesinghe would run for a term of his own right in the 2024 presidential election. By mid-2024, Wickremesinghe himself was hinting that he would run for re-election. As the election was called in August 2024, Wickremesinghe announced that he would run for re-election as an independent candidate.[10] He was endorsed by the United National Party and a breakaway faction of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.[179] He was also endorsed by the Ceylon Workers' Congress,[180] Eelam People's Democratic Party,[181] and Mahajana Eksath Peramuna.[182] This was Wickremesinghe's third bid for the presidency, and his first time not running as a candidate of the UNP.

Wickremesinghe was eliminated at the end of the first phase of the vote counting, finishing in third place with only 17.27% of the vote. As no candidate secured a majority of the vote in the polls, the elections moved on to a second phase of preferential vote counting where only the two leading candidates remained in the competition. The eliminated candidates' second and third preferences were counted to elect the president between the top two candidates, Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa.[183][11] As the second preferences count concluded, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was declared the 9th Executive President of Sri Lanka.[184]

Wickremesinghe left the Presidential Secretariat on 23 September 2024, allowing for a peaceful transition of power to Dissanayake, who succeeded him as President.

## Post-presidency

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Following the electoral defeat, UNP deputy leader Ruwan Wijewardena stated that Wickramasinghe won’t contest the upcoming parliamentary election.[185] However, Wickramasinghe actively campaigned for the parties that supported him during the presidential elections, contesting under the New Democratic Front.[186]

## Family and personal life

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Wickremesinghe married Maithree Wickremesinghe, a Sri Lankan academic and Professor of English in 1994. Wickremesinghe has made several efforts to keep his private life out of politics. His personal life is rarely publicized or discussed. Maithree Wickremesinghe avoided the political spotlight until Wickremesinghe's re-election as prime minister in 2015.[187]

His paternal grandfather was Cyril Leonard Wickremesinghe, of the Ceylon Civil Service who was the first Sinhalese Land Commissioner and his grandmother was Esme Moonemalle Goonewardene, daughter of Proctor Edward Goonewardene and Ada Moonemalle of Moonemalle Walawwa, Kurunegala whose brother was Theodore Barcroft L. Moonemalle Proctor and Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.[citation needed]

His maternal grandfather was D. R. Wijewardena son of Muhandiram Tudugalage Don Philip Wijewardena and Helena Wijewardena née Dep Weerasinghe. His grandmother was Alice Ruby Meedeniya, daughter of J. H. Meedeniya Adigar of Meedeniya Walawwa, Ruwanwella and Corneliya Magdleine Senanayake whose mother was Corneliya Regina Senanayake née Obeyesekere, sister of Lambertus Obeyesekere Maha Mudaliyar of Kataluwa Walawwa.[citation needed]

A number of Wickremesinghe's close relations were active in the government. His cousins Ruwan Wijewardene was the State Minister of Defence, Wasantha Senanayake was the State Minister of Foreign Affairs and his aunt Amari Wijewardene was the Sri Lanka High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.[188]

## Honours

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* Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2014)[189]
* Doctor of Laws (honorary) – Deakin University (2017)[190]

## See also

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* List of political families in Sri Lanka
* List of international prime ministerial trips made by Ranil Wickremesinghe
* List of international presidential trips made by Ranil Wickremesinghe

## Notes

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## Further reading

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* Ranil Wickramasinghe (2005), Desapalanaya saha dharmaya, Publisher: Nugeegoda Sarasavi Prakasanayo, ISBN 955-573-378-3
* Jayaratna, A. E. (2005), Ranil Wickramasinghe: Darshanaya Saha Saame Mawatha, ISBN 955-96841-2-4

## External links

[edit]

* Ranil Wickremesinghe – MP profile at the Parliament of Sri Lanka official website
* Official website

Offices and distinctions

| Political offices

Preceded by

Nissanka Wijeyeratne

|  Minister of Education
1980–1989  | Succeeded by

W. J. M. Lokubandara

Preceded by

Dingiri Banda Wijetunge

|  Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
1993–1994  | Succeeded by

Chandrika Kumaratunga

Preceded by

Gamini Dissanayake

|  Leader of the Opposition
1994–2001  | Succeeded by

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Preceded by

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

|  Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
2001–2004  | Succeeded by

Mahinda Rajapaksa

Preceded by

Mahinda Rajapaksa

|  Leader of the Opposition
2004–2015  | Succeeded by

Nimal Siripala de Silva

Preceded by

D. M. Jayaratne

|  Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
2015–2018  | Succeeded by

Mahinda Rajapaksa

Preceded by

Mahinda Rajapaksa

|  Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
2018–2019
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
2022  | Succeeded by

Dinesh Gunawardena

Preceded by

Ali Sabry

|  Minister of Finance
2022–2024  | Succeeded by

TBD

Preceded by

Gotabaya Rajapaksa

|  President of Sri Lanka
2022–2024  | Succeeded by

Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Minister of Defence
2022–2024  | Succeeded by

TBD

Minister of Technology
2022–2024  | Succeeded by

TBD

Parliament of Sri Lanka
Preceded by

Ranasinghe Premadasa

|  Leader of the House
1989–1993  | Succeeded by

Wijayapala Mendis

Party political offices
Preceded by

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga

|  Leader of the United National Party
1994–present  | Incumbent

* v
* t
* e

Ranil Wickremesinghe

* 9th President of Sri Lanka (2022–2024)
* 10th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1993–1994), (2001–2004), (2015–2019), (2022)
* Leader of the Opposition (1994–2001), (2004–2015)
* National List Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament (2021–2022)
* Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo (1994–2020)
* Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Gampaha (1977–1994)

Presidency|

* 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
* Inauguration
* Presidential trips
* Cabinet
* 2019 economic crisis
* 2022 Sri Lankan protests
* 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis
* 2023 Sri Lankan blackouts
* Operation Yukthiya
* Online Safety Bill

Premierships|

* Parliaments
* 9th
* 12th
* 14th
* 15th
* 16th
* Prime ministerial trips
* Cabinets
* Wijetunga
* Kumaratunga
* Sirisena I
* Sirisena II
* Sirisena IV
* G. Rajapaksa IV
* Central Bank of Sri Lanka bond scandal
* 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis
* 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings

Electoral history|

* Parliamentary
* 1977
* 1989
* 1994
* 2000
* 2001
* 2004
* 2010
* 2015
* 2020
* Presidential
* 1999
* 2005
* 2022
* 2024

Family|

* Maithree Wickremesinghe (wife)
* Esmond Wickremesinghe (father)
* Shan Wickremesinghe (brother)

Related|

* 115 Fifth Lane
* Batalanda detention centre

* ← Gotabaya Rajapaksa
* Anura Kumara Dissanayake →

Links to related articles

* v
* t
* e

Presidents of Sri Lanka

1. William Gopallawa
2. J. R. Jayewardene
3. Ranasinghe Premadasa
4. Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
5. Chandrika Kumaratunga
6. Mahinda Rajapaksa
7. Maithripala Sirisena
8. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
9. Ranil Wickremesinghe
10. Anura Kumara Dissanayake

* v
* t
* e

Prime ministers of Sri Lanka (List)

* Don Stephen Senanayake
* Dudley Senanayake
* John Kotelawala
* S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
* Wijeyananda Dahanayake
* Dudley Senanayake
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Dudley Senanayake
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Junius Richard Jayewardene
* Ranasinghe Premadasa
* Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Chandrika Kumaratunga
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
* Disanayaka Jayaratne
* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Harini Amarasuriya

* v
* t
* e

Leaders of the Opposition

* Perera
* S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
* Perera
* C.P de Silva
* Senanayake
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Jayewardene
* Amirthalingam
* A. Bandaranaike
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Dissanayake
* Wickremesinghe
* Wickremanayake
* Rajapaksa
* Wickremesinghe
* N. de Silva
* Sampanthan
* Rajapaksa
* Premadasa

* v
* t
* e

Leaders of the House

* Jayatilaka
* D. S. Senanayake
* Bandaranaike
* Kotelawala
* Jayewardene
* C.P. de Silva
* Jayewardene
* C.P. de Silva
* M. Senanayake
* Premadasa
* Wickremesinghe
* Mendis
* Wickremanayake
* Pathirana
* Lokubandara
* Sirisena
* N.S. de Silva
* Kiriella
* Gunawardena
* Premajayantha
* Rathnayake

* v
* t
* e

Education ministers of Sri Lanka

* Nugawela
* Banda
* Dahanayake
* Aluwihare
* Mahmud
* Kalugalla
* Iriyagolle
* Mahmud
* Wijeyeratne
* Wickremesinghe
* Lokubandara
* Pathirana
* Premajayantha
* Amunugama
* Kodituwakku
* Premajayantha
* B. Gunawardane
* Kariyawasam
* Peiris
* D. Gunawardena
* Premajayantha
* Amarasuriya

* v
* t
* e

← Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1977 (1977)–1989) →

* Speaker: Anandatissa de Alwis/Abdul Bakeer Markar/E. L. Senanayake

* Prime Minister: J. R. Jayewardene/Ranasinghe Premadasa
* Leader of the Opposition: A. Amirthalingam/Anura Bandaranaike

Central Province (24)|

* George Abeyagoonasekera
* S. S. Abeysundara
* Alick Aluwihare
* R. B. Attanayake
* J. G. Wijeratne Banda
* W. M. G. T. Banda
* Anura Bandaranaike
* D. M. Chandrapala
* R. P. Wijesiri
* M. A. Daniel
* Rupa Sriyani Daniel
* Ananda Dassanayake
* Gamini Dissanayake
* W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
* K. W. R. M. Ekananayake
* Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
* Renuka Herath
* C. Karunaratne
* P. B. Kaviratne
* Gamini Rajapakse
* Shelton Ranaraja
* E. L. Senanayake
* Savumiamoorthy Thondaman
* T. B. Werapitiya
* R. P. Wijesiri
* L. M. Wijesiri
* Dingiri Banda Wijetunga

Eastern Province (12)|

* M. L. Ahamed Fareeth
* Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe
* M. Canagaratnam
* Ranganayaki Pathmanathan
* P. Dayaratna
* K. W. Devanayagam
* P. Ganeshalingam
* M. A. M. Jalaldeen
* H. D. L. Leelaratne
* M. E. H. Maharoof
* M. A. Abdul Majeed
* Abdul Rasak Mansoor
* C. Rajadurai
* R. Sampanthan

Northern Province (14)|

* A. Amirthalingam
* V. Anandasangaree
* V. Dharmalingam
* S. Kathiravelupillai
* M. Alalasundaram
* V. N. Navaratnam
* T. Rasalingam
* K. P. Ratnam
* X. M. Sellathambu
* M. Sivasithamparam
* T. Sivasithamparam
* P. S. Soosaithasan
* T. Thirunavukarasu
* Neelan Tiruchelvam
* K. Thurairatnam
* V. Yogeswaran

North Central Province (10)|

* A. M. S. Adikari
* K. D. M. C. Bandara
* Merril de Silva
* S. B. Wijekoon
* A. D. B. Ekanayake
* W. Y. Herath
* E. L. B. Hurulle
* G. D. Mahindasoma
* H. G. P. Nelson
* Maithripala Senanayake
* Dayaratne Walagambahu

North Western Province (19)|

* H. B. Abeyratne
* S. W. Alawatuwala
* Harindra Corea
* S. B. Herat
* Harold Herath
* J. A. D. S. R. Jayakody
* Lionel Jayatilleke
* H. M. A. Lokubanda
* M. H. M. Naina Marikar
* Festus Perera
* Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
* G. M. Premachandra
* Amarawathie Piyaseeli Ratnayake
* Kalubanda Ratnayake
* J. L. Sirisena
* Saddhatissa Wadigamangawa
* Asoka Wadigamangawa
* H. B. Wanninayake
* Dingiri Bandara Welagedara
* Ukkubanda Wijekoon

Sabaragamuwa Province (17)|

* M. L. M. Aboosally
* Gamini Atukorale
* C. R. Beligammana
* Chandrasekera Gankanda
* P. C. Imbulana
* Wimala Kannangara
* Asoka Karunaratne
* H. Kularatne
* Mervyn Kularatne
* Leonard Kiriella, Wimal Wickramasinghe
* Nanda Mathew
* K. Vincent Perera
* Abeyratne Pilapitiya
* Sarath Muttetuwegama
* G. V. Punchinilame
* N. A. Seneviratne
* Wasantha Udayaratne
* A. K. D. Wanigaratne
* Nissanka Wijeyeratne

Southern Province (21)|

* Keerthisena Abeywickrama
* Keerthilatha Abeywickrama
* Sumanadasa Abeywickrama
* Richard Pathirana
* Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri
* Ranjit Atapattu
* P. M. B. Cyril
* Ronnie de Mel
* P. S. Galappaththi
* Albert Silva
* Wijeyananda Dahanayake
* T. D. Fransisku
* K. Ananda Kularatne
* Montague Jayawickrama
* Rupasena Karunatilake
* Don Edwin Malawaraarachchi
* Albert Silva
* Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardena
* S. K. Piyadasa
* Bandulahewa Senadheera
* Daya Sepali Senadheera
* P. Sumathiratne
* G. V. S. de Silva
* Raitor Thilakasekara
* M. H. K. Jagathsena
* Edwin Tillekeratne
* Somaratne Asokaweera
* Norman Waidyaratna
* Harshanath Wanigasekera
* Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
* Jinadasa Weerasinghe
* Dayananda Wickremasinghe
* E. D. Wickrematilaka
* Amarasiri Dodangoda

Uva Province (12)|

* R. M. Abeykoon
* R. M. Apphamy
* Dharmadasa Banda
* R. M. Punchi Bandara
* R. M. Karunaratne
* W. M. Karunaratne
* J. M. Kumaradasa
* W. J. M. Lokubandara
* D. Vincent Perera
* Percy Samaraweera
* C. P. J. Seneviratne
* Lakshman Senewiratne
* Samaraweera Weerawanni

Western Province (39)|

* Lalith Athulathmudali
* Dharmasena Attygalle
* Gamini Lokuge
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* S. D. Bandaranayake
* Jabir Cader
* Anandatissa de Alwis
* N. Denzil Fernando
* Neville Fernando
* Tyronne Fernando
* Bennet Gunasekera
* Premaratne Gunasekera
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Tudor Gunasekara
* Jayakody Kamalawarana
* Indradasa Hettiarachchi
* M. Haleem Ishak
* D. Shelton Jayasinghe
* S. de Silva Jayasinghe
* Sunethra Ranasinghe
* Gamini Jayasuriya
* Ariyaratne Jayatillake
* M. D. H. Jayawardena
* J. R. Jayewardene
* Anura Bastian
* Merrill Kariyawasam
* Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
* Abdul Bakeer Markar
* Cyril Mathew
* Wijayapala Mendis
* M. H. Mohamed
* Joseph Michael Perera
* Vincent Perera
* O. S. Perera
* Ranasinghe Premadasa
* M. D. Premaratne
* Sarathchandra Rajakaruna
* R. G. Samaranayake
* Senaraja Samaranayake
* Edmund Samarawickrema
* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Reginald V. Wijegunaratne
* Anil Moonesinghe
* V. L. Wijemanne
* Mahendra Wijeratne

* v
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* e

← Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1989 (1989)–1994 (1994)) →

* Speaker: M. H. Mohamed

* Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga/Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Leader of the Opposition: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Central Province|

| Kandy|

* Mahinda Abeykoon
* Tissa Attanayake
* A. R. M. Abdul Cader
* Chandraman de Silva
* Harindra Dunuwille
* Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
* D. M. Jayaratne
* Lakshman Kiriella
* Mahahitana Arachchige Daniel
* Yasaratne Tennakoon
* Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
* Premachandra Wijesiri

|

Matale|

* Alick Aluwihare
* Nandimithra Ekanayake
* Wijeratne Banda Jambugahapitiyagedera
* V. G. Jinadasa
* P. B. Kaviratne

Nuwara Eliya|

* Tissa Abeyagoonasekera
* Ananda Dassanayake
* S. B. Dissanayake
* Gamini Dissanayake
* Renuka Herath
* Wijesundara Bandara Ranatunga

Eastern Province|

| Ampara|

* M. H. M. Ashraff
* Nihal Bakmeewewa
* Ahangama Polwatte Galappatthige Chandradasa
* P. Dayaratna
* Karunasinghe Thewarapperuma
* J. Thiviyanathan

|

Batticaloa|

* Prince Casinader
* Alathipody Gunaseelan
* M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
* G. Karunakaran
* Sam Tambimuttu

Trincomalee|

* M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana
* M. E. H. Maharoof
* Konamalai Mathavarajah
* Sivapragasam Ratnarajah

Northern Province|

| Jaffna|

* Sebastiyampillai Edward
* Thambu Loganathapillai
* K. Navaratnam
* Eliyathamby Pararasasingam
* Suresh Premachandran
* Arunasalam Ponniah Selliah
* Kanapathy Selvanayagam
* S. Sivamaharajah
* Joseph George Rajenthiram
* Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy
* G. Yogasangari

|

Vanni|

* Innasimuthu Alfred
* S. S. M. Abu Bakar
* R. Kuhaneswaran
* Rasamanohari Pulendran
* A. E. Silva

North Central Province|

| Anuradhapura|

* Janak Mahendra Adhikari
* Sompala Adhikari
* D. M. Ariyadasa
* Chandrasoma Bandara
* Berty Premalal Dissanayake
* Lal Dharmapriya Gamage
* Themiya Hurulle
* K. B. Ratnayake

|

Polonnaruwa|

* Seid Ahamed Abdul Majeed
* Nelson Paththinige
* Samarasinghe Arachchilage Muthubanda
* Maithripala Sirisena
* C. A. Suriyaarachchi

North Western Province|

| Kurunegala|

* Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Bandaranayaka
* Upali Mervin Senarath Dasanayaka
* Herath Mudiyanselage Ariyawardanage Lokubanda
* S. B. Nawinne
* Upali Piyasoma
* A.M. Munidasa Premachandra
* G. M. Premachandra
* Lionel Rajapaksa
* Jayasena Rajakaruna
* Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
* Ariya Rekawa
* Herath Banda Wanninayaka
* Sarathchandra Bandara Welagedara
* Diunugallage Peter Wickramasinghe
* Ukkubanda Wijekoon

|

Puttalam|

* Harindra Jayanthi Corea
* Sujatha Dharmawardana
* Milroy Fernando
* Harold Herath
* S. D. R. Jayaratne
* Festus Perera
* Ashoka Wadigamangawa

Sabaragamuwa Province|

| Kegalle|

* Jagath Balasuriya
* Mohamed Farook
* Dharmadewa Jayasinghe
* Samantha Devi Karunaratne
* Vincent Perera
* Chandradasa Ranatunga
* Dharmasiri Senanayake
* Athauda Seneviratne
* Mano Wijeyeratne

|

Ratnapura|

* M. L. M. Aboosally
* Athula Kularatne Attygale
* Gamini Atukorale
* Nanda Ellawala
* Chandrasekara Gankande
* Helen Mahattaya Liyanage
* Nanda Mathew
* Vasudeva Nanayakkara
* John Seneviratne
* Wimal Wickramasinghe

Southern Province|

| Galle|

* Upali Sarath Danston Amarasiri
* Nandimithra de Soyza
* Amarasiri Dodangoda
* Piyasena Gamage
* Vincent Jayawardene
* Noel Kariyawasam
* Rupa Karunathilake
* Nanda Kumarage
* Buddhika Kurukularatne
* Hemakumara Nanayakkara
* Richard Pathirana

|

Hambantota|

* Hary Abeydheera
* Ranjit Atapattu
* Ananda Kularatne
* Cyril Madduma Baduge
* Chamal Rajapaksa
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi

Matara|

* Gamini Fonseka
* Madurapala Ediriweera
* H. R. Piyasiri
* Mangala Samaraweera
* Peter Silva
* Hewagampolage Sirisena
* Dayananda Wickremasinghe
* Ranjan Wijayawardhana
* Mahinda Wijesekara

Uva Province|

| Badulla|

* Chandra Karunaratne
* W. J. M. Lokubandara
* Hema Ratnayake
* Ravindra Samaraweera
* Lakshman Senewiratne
* Madduma Bandara Sethapenage
* Edwin Wickramarathne
* Samaraweera Weerawanni

|

Monaragala|

* Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ariyaratna
* Dharmadasa Banda
* Ranjith Madduma Bandara
* Gunavathi Dissanayake
* Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa

Western Province|

| Colombo|

* Lalith Athulathmudali
* Jabir Cader
* Sirisena Cooray
* Nimal Siripala de Silva
* Tyronne Fernando
* C. V. Gunaratne
* Premaratne Gunasekera
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Gamini Lokuge
* Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
* M. H. Mohamed
* Jinadasa Niyathapala
* Nimal Ransiri Peiris
* Dickson Sarathchandra Dela
* Vincent Perera
* Sunethra Ranasinghe
* M. S. Sellasamy
* Stanley Tillekeratne
* Kingsley Wickramaratne

|

Gampaha|

* John Amaratunga
* Anura Bandaranaike
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Donald Dissanayake
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
* Mahen Gunasekera
* Lakshman Jayakody
* Ariyarathna Jayathilaka
* Wijayapala Mendis
* Joseph Michael Perera
* Paul Perera
* Sarathchandra Rajakaruna
* Reggie Ranatunga
* Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya
* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Mahindra Wijerathna

Kalutara|

* Pathirage Don Abeyratne
* Sumitha Priyanganie Abeyweera
* Mervin Joseph Cooray
* Neville Fernando
* Indradasa Hettiarachchi
* Thilak Karunaratne
* Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
* Anil Moonesinghe
* Mangala Moonesinghe
* Sarath Ranawaka
* Punsiri Samaranayake

National List (29)|

* Rupa Sriyani Daniel
* Alec Robertson
* S. L. Gunasekara
* Tellipalai Rajaratnam
* Unfinished

* v
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* e

← Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1994 (1994)–2000 (2000)) →

* Speaker: K. B. Ratnayake

* Prime Minister: Chandrika Kumaratunga/Sirimavo Bandaranaike/Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
* Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Central Province|

| Kandy|

* Sarath Amunugama
* Tissa Attanayake
* A. R. M. Abdul Cader
* Gamini Dissanayake
* Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
* D. M. Jayaratne
* Lucky Jayawardena
* Lakshman Kiriella
* Wilson Kuruppuarachchi
* Anuruddha Ratwatte
* Irajarathnan Sivasamy
* Ediriweera Weerawardhana

|

Matale|

* Alick Aluwihare
* Nandimithra Ekanayake
* Monty Gopallawa
* Vidana Gamage Jinadasa
* Janaka Bandara Tennakoon

Nuwara Eliya|

* Tissa Abhayagunasekara
* P. Chandrasekaran
* S. B. Dissanayake
* Renuka Herath
* C. B. Ratnayake
* Suppaiah Sathasivam
* Muthu Sivalingam
* Arumugam Thondaman

Eastern Province|

| Ampara|

* M. H. M. Ashraff
* Nihal Bakmeewewa
* P. Dayaratna
* Chandradasa Galappaththi
* U. L. M. Mohideen
* H.M. Weerasinghe

|

Batticaloa|

* M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
* Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
* Joseph Pararajasingham
* P. Selvarasa
* K. Thurairajasingam

Trincomalee|

* M. E. H. Maharoof
* M. N. Abdul Majeed
* Sunil Ranaweera
* A. Thangathurai

Northern Province|

| Jaffna|

* Atputharajah Nadarajah
* Murugesu Chandrakumar
* Rajendran Ramamoorthy
* Unfinished

|

Vanni|

* S. S. M. Abu Bakar
* V. Balachandran
* Rasamanohari Pulendran
* S. Shanmuganathan
* D. Siddarthan
* Premaratnage Sumathipala

North Central Province|

| Anuradhapura|

* Somapala Adikari
* Chandrasoma Bandara
* Berty Premalal Dissanayake
* P. B. Dissanayake
* P. Harrison
* Tissa Karalliyadde
* Shantha Premarathna
* A. H. B. Semasinghe

|

Polonnaruwa|

* Nandasena Herath
* T. B. Mahalekam
* H. G. P. Nelson
* Rukman Senanayake
* Maithripala Sirisena

North Western Province|

| Kurunegala|

* A.H.M Alavi
* D. M. Bandaranayake
* Bandula Basnayake
* Jayadeva Chandrawansha
* Salinda Dissanayake
* T. B. Ekanayake
* H.M.A. Loku Bandara
* S. B. Nawinne
* Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
* Munidasa Premachandra
* Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
* Jayasena Rajakaruna
* Piyasoma Upali
* D.P. Wickramasinghe
* Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

|

Puttalam|

* D. M. Dassanayake
* Joseph Fernando
* Milroy Fernando
* Harold Herath
* Festus Perera
* S. D. R. Jayaratne
* Asoka Wadigamangawa

Sabaragamuwa Province|

| Kegalle|

* Jagath Balasooriya
* Y. L. M. Farook
* Maheepala Herath
* P. B. G. Kalugalla
* K. Vincent Perera
* H. R. J. Podinilame
* Athauda Seneviratne
* R.A.D. Sirisena
* Mano Wijeyeratne

|

Ratnapura|

* Gamini Atukorale
* Nalanda Ellawala
* U. L. Heenmahaththaya
* K. D. Nanda Mathew
* Vasudeva Nanayakkara
* Susantha Punchinilame
* Jayatissa Ranaweera
* John Seneviratne
* H. M. U. Silva
* Pavithra Wanniarachchi

Southern Province|

| Galle|

* Vajira Abeywardena
* M. U. S. D. Amarasiri
* Asoka Weerasinghe de Silva
* Amarasiri Dodangoda
* Piyasena Gamage
* Sarath Gunawardena
* Nandadasa Gunasinghe
* H. G. N. P. Kariyawasam
* Rupa Karunathilake
* Richard Pathirana

|

Hambantota|

* Mahinda Amaraweera
* Ananda Kularatne
* Chamal Rajapaksa
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Nirupama Rajapaksa
* Mervyn Silva
* J. P. V. Vipulaguna
* Nihal Galappaththi

Matara|

* Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
* Dullas Alahapperuma
* Ronnie de Mel
* Chandrasiri Gajadeera
* E. A. Samarasinghe
* Mangala Samaraweera
* Mahinda Wijesekara
* H. R. Wimalasiri

Uva Province|

| Badulla|

* W. J. M. Lokubandara
* Dilan Perera
* Hema Ratnayake
* R.M. Ratnayake
* Ravindra Samaraweera
* Lakshman Senewiratne
* Sennan Veera
* Samaraweera Weerawanni

|

Monaragala|

* Dharmadasa Banda
* Ranjith Madduma Bandara
* Sumedha Jayasena
* A. M. Jayawardana
* Jagath Pushpakumara

Western Province|

| Colombo|

* Ossie Abeygunasekera
* P. P. Devaraj
* Srimani Athulathmudali
* Nawalage Bennet Cooray
* Nimal Siripala de Silva
* Tyronne Fernando
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* C. V. Gunaratne
* Indika Gunawardena
* Karunasena Kodituwakku
* Jeewan Kumaranatunga
* Gamini Lokuge
* Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
* R. Yogarajan
* M. H. Mohamed
* Susil Moonesinghe
* Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
* Gunasekara Premaratne
* Amal Senalankadikara
* Bernard Soysa
* Kingsley Wickramaratne
* Ranil Wickremesinghe

|

Gampaha|

* John Amaratunga
* Chandrika Kumaratunga
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
* Upali Gunaratne
* Lionel Gunawardena
* Anura Hapangama
* Lakshman Jayakody
* Wijayapala Mendis
* Jinadasa Nandasena
* Athula Nimalasiri
* Felix Perera
* Joseph Michael Perera
* Reginold Perera
* Sarathchandra Rajakaruna
* Suranimala Rajapaksha
* Reggie Ranatunga
* Neil Rupasinghe
* A. V. Suraweera

Kalutara|

* Sumithra Priyanganie Abeyweera
* Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
* Reginald Cooray
* Thilak Karunarathna
* Anil Moonesinghe
* Ediriweera Premarathna
* Sarath Ranawaka
* Mahinda Samarasinghe
* Kumara Welgama
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

National List (29)|

* A. H. M. Azwer
* Anura Bandaranaike
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* K. N. Choksy
* Amara Badra Dissanayake
* Dinesh Dodamgoda
* Earl Gunasekara
* Kesaralal Gunasekera
* Rauff Hakeem
* D. H. N. Jayamaha
* Jayalath Jayawardana
* Lakshman Kadirgamar
* Ravi Karunanayake
* Upali Sarath Kongahage
* Alavi Moulana
* G. L. Peiris
* Asitha Perera
* A. M. D. Rajan
* K. B. Ratnayake
* Ariya Rekawa
* Dharmasiri Senanayake
* Rajitha Senaratne
* K. P. Silva
* S. Thondaman
* Neelan Tiruchelvam
* Wiswa Warnapala
* Batty Weerakoon
* M. M. Zuhair

* v
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* e

← Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2000 (2000)–2001 (2001)) →

* Speaker: Anura Bandaranaike

* Prime Minister: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
* Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Central Province|

| Kandy|

* Mahindananda Aluthgamage
* Sarath Amunugama
* Tissa Attanayake
* A. R. M. Abdul Cader
* Rauff Hakeem
* M. H. A. Haleem
* Keheliya Rambukwella
* Anuruddha Ratwatte
* D. M. Jayaratne
* Lucky Jayawardena
* Lakshman Kiriella
* Ediriweera Weerawardhana

|

Matale|

* Alick Aluvihare
* Ranjith Aluvihare
* Nandimithra Ekanayake
* Monty Gopallawa
* Janaka Bandara Tennakoon

Nuwara Eliya|

* Periyasamy Chandrasekaran
* Navin Dissanayake
* S. B. Dissanayake
* Muthu Sivalingam
* Suppiah Sathasiwam
* Krishnan Jegatheeswaran Shanmugam
* Arumugam Thondaman

Eastern Province|

| Ampara|

* Ferial Ismail Ashraff
* A. L. M. Athaullah
* P. Dayaratna
* Wimal Dissanayaka
* Chandradasa Galappaththige
* Markandu Gunasekeram
* U. L. M. Mohideen

|

Batticaloa|

* Abdul Cader
* S. Ganeshamoorthy
* Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
* Joseph Pararajasingham
* Nimalan Soundaranayagam

Trincomalee|

* M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana
* M. A. M. Maharoof
* M. N. Abdul Majeed
* M. S. Thowfeek

Northern Province|

| Jaffna|

* V. Anandasangaree
* Douglas Devananda
* Karthigesu Velummylum Kugendran
* T. Maheswaran
* Nadarasah Mathanarajah
* Kandiah Sangaran
* Mavai Senathirajah
* S. Sivamaharajah
* A. Vinayagamoorthy

|

Vanni|

* Selvam Adaikalanathan
* R. Kuhaneswaran
* Noordeen Mashoor
* Vino Noharathalingam
* Santhakumara Punchihewa
* Premaratnage Sumathipala

North Central Province|

| Anuradhapura|

* Duminda Dissanayake
* Punchi Banda Dissanayake
* W. B. Ekanayake
* P. Harrison
* Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe
* Tissa Karalliyadde
* Don Simanralalage Shantha Premaratne
* Appuhamilage Herath Banda Semasinghe

|

Polonnaruwa|

* Earl Gunasekara
* Nandasena Herath
* Nelson Paththinige
* Rukman Senanayake
* Maithripala Sirisena

North Western Province|

| Kurunegala|

* Rohitha Bogollagama
* Salinda Dissanayake
* Johnston Fernando
* Jayarathna Herath
* Nimal Herath
* Sarath Munasinghe
* Ranjith Navaratne
* S.B. Nawinne
* Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
* Munidasa Premachandra
* Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
* Nimal Bandara Rathnayake
* Somakumari Tennakoon
* Piyasoma Upali
* Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

|

Puttalam|

* Palitha Range Bandara
* D. M. Dassanayake
* Ivon Sriyani Fernando
* Milroy Fernando
* Piyankara Jayaratne
* Festus Perera
* Neomal Perera
* Dayasritha Thissera

Sabaragamuwa Province|

| Kegalle|

* Jagath Balasuriya
* Lalith Dissanayake
* Mahipala Herath
* Jayathilaka Podinilame
* Champika Premadasa
* Sirisena Rupasinghe
* Athauda Seneviratne
* Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
* Mano Wijeyeratne

|

Ratnapura|

* Gamini Atukorale
* Surangani Ellawala
* Heenmahaththaya Liyanage
* Abeynayaka Piyadasa
* Susantha Punchinilame
* Jayatissa Ranaweera
* Mahinda Ratnatilaka
* W. D. J. Senewiratne
* Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi
* Pavithra Wanniarachchi

Southern Province|

| Galle|

* Vajira Abeywardena
* Amarasiri Dodangoda
* Piyasena Gamage
* Sarath Gunawardena
* Padmasiri Kariyawasam
* Gayantha Karunathilaka
* Keerthi Mawellage
* Hemakumara Nanayakkara
* Richard Pathirana
* Athula Indika Weerakoon

|

Hambantota|

* Siri Alexander Andrahennady
* Nihal Galappaththi
* Ananda Kularatne
* Sajith Premadasa
* Chamal Rajapaksa
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Dilip Wedaarachchi

Matara|

* Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
* Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
* Dullas Alahapperuma
* Chandrasiri Gajadeera
* Jinadasa Kitulagoda
* Sagala Ratnayaka
* Mangala Samaraweera
* Mahinda Wijesekara

Uva Province|

| Badulla|

* Nimal Siripala De Silva
* W. J. M. Lokubandara
* Lakshman Senewiratne
* Sethapenage Appuhamy Ralalage Madduma Bandara
* Upali Samaraweera
* Ravindra Samaraweera
* Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Ratnayake
* Dilan Perera

|

Monaragala|

* Ranjith Madduma Bandara
* Sumedha Jayasena
* Ananda Kumarasiri
* Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
* Jayasundara Wijekoon

Western Province|

| Colombo|

* Nimal Fernando
* Tyronne Fernando
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Bandula Gunawardena
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Indika Gunawardena
* Ravi Karunanayake
* Chandana Kathriarachchci
* Jayantha Ketagoda
* Karunasena Kodituwakku
* Jeewan Kumaranatunga
* Gamini Lokuge
* Mohamed Maharoof
* M. H. Mohamed
* G. L. Peiris
* Lilantha Perera
* Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
* Samson Silva
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Ranil Wickramasinghe

|

Gampaha|

* John Amaratunga
* Anura Bandaranaike
* Pandu Bandaranaike
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
* Edward Gunasekara
* Lionel Gunawardena
* Vijitha Herath
* Karu Jayasuriya
* Jayalath Jayawardena
* Sarath Keerthirathna
* Ananda Munasinghe
* Sarathchandra Peramunagamage
* Felix Perera
* Joseph Michael Perera
* Susil Premajayantha
* Suranimala Rajapaksha
* Reggie Ranatunga
* Neil Rupasinghe

Kalutara|

* Reginold Cooray
* Tuder Dayarathne
* Nandana Gunathilake
* Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
* Ediriweera Premarathne
* Mahinda Samarasinghe
* Abeyrathne Pathirage
* Rajitha Senaratne
* Kumara Welgama
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

National List (29)|

| JVP|

* A. R. Anjan Umma
* Anura Kumara Dissanayake

|

PA|

* Somaweera Chandrasiri
* Raja Collure
* Basheer Segu Dawood
* Ronnie de Mel
* Monty Gopallawa
* Leslie Gunawardana
* Mohamed Haneefa
* Lakshman Kadirgamar
* Wijayapala Mendis
* Alavi Moulana
* Rizzwi Sinnalebbe
* Batty Weerakoon
* R. Yogarajan

UNP|

* A. H. M. Azwer
* Nihal Bakmeewewa
* K. N. Choksy
* Sirinal de Mel
* P. P. Devaraj
* K. Kanakaraj
* M. N. Abdul Majeed
* Tilak Marapana
* Milinda Moragoda
* Ravindra Randeniya
* M. S. Sellasamy
* Daham Wimalasena

* v
* t
* e

← Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2001 (2001)–2004 (2004)) →

* Speaker: W. J. M. Lokubandara

* Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Leader of the Opposition: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake/Mahinda Rajapaksa

Central Province|

| Kandy|

* Mahindananda Aluthgamage
* Sarath Amunugama
* Tissa Attanayake
* Dimuthu Bandara
* Rauff Hakeem
* Mohamed Hazim
* Lucky Jayawardena
* Lakshman Kiriella
* Srimathi Manthilake
* Keheliya Rambukwella
* Anuruddha Ratwatte
* Thilina Bandara Tennakoon

|

Matale|

* Alick Aluvihare
* Ranjith Aluvihare
* Sanjeeva Kaviratne
* Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
* Bandula Yalegama

Nuwara Eliya|

* Periyasamy Chandrasekaran
* D. M. S. K. Dassanayake
* Navin Dissanayake
* C. B. Rathnayake
* Piyadasa Kaladugoda
* Muthu Sivalingam
* Arumugam Thondaman

Eastern Province|

| Ampara|

* Ferial Ashraff
* P. Dayaratna
* H. M. M. Harees
* Anver Ismail Mohamed Ismail
* Athaullah Ahamed Lebbe Marikkar
* A. Chandranehru
* Karunasingha Thewarapperuma

|

Batticaloa|

* Abdul Cader
* M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
* Gnanamuththu Krishnappillai
* Joseph Pararajasingham
* T. Thangavadivel

Trincomalee|

* M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana
* M. A. M. Maharoof
* R. Sampanthan
* K. M. Thowfeek

Northern Province|

| Jaffna|

* V. Anandasangaree
* Douglas Devananda
* T. Maheswaran
* Nadarasa Matanarasa
* Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
* Nadarajah Raviraj
* Mavai Senathirajah
* M. K. Shivajilingam
* A. Vinayagamoorthy

|

Vanni|

* Selvam Adaikalanathan
* Sivasakthy Ananthan
* Rishad Bathiudeen
* R. Kuhaneswaran
* Noordeen Mashoor
* D. Siddarthan

North Central Province|

| Anuradhapura|

* S. M. Chandrasena
* Duminda Dissanayake
* W. B. Ekanayake
* Lal Dharmapriya Gamage
* P. Harrison
* Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe
* Tissa Karalliyadda
* K. D. Lalkantha

|

Polonnaruwa|

* Earl Gunasekara
* Nelson Paththinige
* Sydney Jayarathne
* Maithreepala Sirisena
* Ananda Sarath Kumara Rathnayake

North Western Province|

| Kurunegala|

* Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Bandranayake
* Indika Bandaranayake
* Rohitha Bogollagama
* Salinda Dissanayake
* T. B. Ekanayake
* Johnston Fernando
* Anura Gopallawa
* Jayarathna Herath
* S. B. Nawinne
* Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
* Upali Piyasena
* Bimal Rathnayake
* Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
* Soma Kumari Tennakoon
* Anura Priyadarshana Yapa

|

Puttalam|

* Palitha Range Bandara
* D. M. Dassanayake
* Milroy Fernando
* Neomal Perera
* Larine Perera
* Sugath Tissera
* Dayasritha Tissera

Sabaragamuwa Province|

| Kegalle|

* Kabir Hashim
* Maheepala Herath
* Jayathilaka Podinilame
* Champika Premadasa
* Gamini Rathnayake
* Sirisena Rupasinghe
* Rukman Senanayake
* Athauda Seneviratne
* Ranjith Siyambalapitiya

|

Ratnapura|

* Gamini Atukorale
* Piyadasa Abeynayake
* Achala Jagodage
* Asoka Jayawardena
* Premalal Jayasekara
* Susantha Punchinilame
* Mahinda Rathnatilaka
* John Seneviratne
* Pavithra Wanniarachchi
* A. A. Wijethunga

Southern Province|

| Galle|

* Vajira Abeywardena
* Ananda Abeywickrama
* Baddegama Samitha Thero
* Amarasiri Dodangoda
* Piyasena Gamage
* Jayantha Jayaweera
* Gayantha Karunathilaka
* Hemakumara Nanayakkara
* Richard Pathirana
* Athula Weerakoon

|

Hambantota|

* Siri Alexander Andrahennady
* Nihal Galappaththi
* Ananda Kularatne
* Sajith Premadasa
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Chamal Rajapaksa
* Dilip Wedaarachchi

Matara|

* Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
* Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
* Mallika de Mel
* Justin Galappathi
* Jinadasa Kitulagoda
* Sagala Ratnayaka
* Mangala Samaraweera
* Mahinda Wijesekara

Uva Province|

| Badulla|

* Nimal Siripala de Silva
* W. J. M. Lokubandara
* Ravindra Samaraweera
* Upali Samaraweera
* Lakshman Senewiratne
* Madduma Bandara Sethapenage
* K. Velayudam
* D. D. W. Wickramarathne

|

Monaragala|

* R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara
* Sumedha G. Jayasena
* Ananda Kumarasiri
* A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara
* Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa

Western Province|

| Colombo|

* Tyronne Fernando
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Mano Ganeshan
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Sunil Handunnetti
* Ravi Karunanayake
* Chandana Kathriarachchi
* Karunasena Kodituwakku
* Jeewan Kumaranatunga
* Gamini Lokuge
* Mohomed Maharoof
* M. H. Mohamed
* Milinda Moragoda
* Jayantha Perera
* Lilantha Perera
* Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
* Susil Premajayantha
* Arjuna Ranatunga
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Ranil Wickramasinghe

|

Gampaha|

* John Amaratunga
* Anura Bandaranaike
* Pandu Bandaranaike
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
* Sarana Gunawardena
* Edward Gunasekara
* Vijitha Herath
* Karu Jayasuriya
* Jayalath Jayawardena
* Felix Perera
* Joseph Michael Perera
* Olitha Premathiratna
* Sarathchandra Rajakaruna
* Suranimala Rajapaksha
* Ravindra Randeniya
* Reggie Ranatunga
* Neil Rupasinghe
* A. R. Anjan Umma

Kalutara|

* Rohitha Abeygunawardena
* Pathirage Don Abeyratne
* Tudor Dayaratne
* Nandana Gunathilake
* Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
* Mahinda Samarasinghe
* Rajitha Senaratne
* Kumara Welgama
* Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

National List (29)|

| JVP|

* Ramalingam Chandrasekar
* Anura Kumara Dissanayake
* S. K. Subasinghe

|

PA|

* Mahinda Amaraweera
* Raja Collure
* Ronnie de Mel
* Ajantha de Soyza
* M. H. Cegu Isadean
* D. M. Jayaratne
* Athula Nimalasiri Jayasinghe
* Lakshman Kadirgamar
* Dilan Perera
* V. Puththirasigamoney
* S. Sathasivam

TNA|

* M. Sivasithamparam (K. Thurairetnasingam)

UNF|

* A. H. M. Azwer
* A. A. M. Bawa
* A. R. M. Abdul Cader
* K. N. Choksy
* Basheer Segu Dawood
* S. B. Dissanayake
* A. L. M. Hajrath
* Tilak Marapana
* Mohamed Musthaffa
* G. L. Peiris
* P. Radhakrishnan
* M. S. Thowfeek
* Jayasundera Wijekoon
* R. Yogarajan

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* e

← Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2004 (2004)–2010) →

* Speaker: W. J. M. Lokubandara

* Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa/Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
* Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Central Province (24)|

| Kandy|

* Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon
* A. R. M. Abdul Cader
* Mahindananda Aluthgamage
* Sarath Amunugama
* Tissa Attanayake
* Y. M. Nawaratna Banda
* M. H. A. Haleem
* D. M. Jayaratne
* Lakshman Kiriella
* Faiszer Musthapha
* Udawatte Nanda Thero
* Keheliya Rambukwella

|

Matale|

* Sujatha Alahakoon
* Alick Aluwihare
* Nandimithra Ekanayake
* Ranjith Aluwihare
* Rohana Dissanayake
* Janaka Bandara Tennakoon

Nuwara Eliya|

* P. Chandrasekaran
* Santhanam Arulsamy
* S. B. Dissanayake
* Renuka Herath
* N. D. N. P. Jayasinghe
* S. Jegadhiswaran
* C. B. Rathnayake
* Muthu Sivalingam
* Arumugam Thondaman

North Central Province (13)|

| Anuradhapura|

* S. M. Chandrasena
* Duminda Dissanayake
* W. B. Ekanayake
* P. Harrison
* Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe
* Tissa Karalliyadde
* K. D. Lalkantha
* R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana

|

Polonnaruwa|

* Siripala Gamalath
* Earl Gunasekara
* Maithripala Sirisena
* S. K. Subasinghe
* C. A. Suriyaarachchi

North Eastern Province (31)|

| Ampara|

* Ferial Ashraff
* A. L. M. Athaullah
* P. Dayaratna
* Cassim Faizal
* Rauff Hakeem
* A. M. M. Naushad
* K. Pathmanathan
* Thomas Thangathurai William
* L. G. Wasantha Piyatissa

|

Batticaloa|

* S. Jeyanandamoorthy
* Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai
* Thangeswary Kathiraman
* Kingsley Rasanayagam
* P. Ariyanethiran
* Ameer Ali Shihabdeen

Jaffna|

* Douglas Devananda
* S. Kajendran
* Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
* Suresh Premachandran
* Nadarajah Raviraj
* N. Srikantha
* Mavai Senathirajah
* M. K. Shivajilingam
* Pathmini Sithamparanathan
* K. Sivanesan
* Solomon Cyril

Trincomalee|

* M. N. Abdul Majeed
* R. Sampanthan
* K. Thurairetnasingam
* Jayantha Wijesekara

Vanni|

* Selvam Adaikalanathan
* Sivasakthy Ananthan
* Rishad Bathiudeen
* S. Kanagaratnam
* S. Kishore
* Vino Noharathalingam

North Western Province (24)|

| Kurunegala|

* Indika Bandaranayake
* Bandula Basnayake
* Rohitha Bogollagama
* Anura Kumara Dissanayake
* Salinda Dissanayake
* T. B. Ekanayake
* Johnston Fernando
* Jayarathna Herath
* Dayasiri Jayasekara
* Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
* M. D. Namal Karunaratne
* S. B. Nawinne
* Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
* Bimal Rathnayaka
* Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
* Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

|

Puttalam|

* Palitha Range Bandara
* D. M. Dassanayake
* Piyankara Jayaratne
* Weerakumara Dissanayake
* Milroy Fernando
* Samansiri Herath
* Larine Perera
* Neomal Perera
* Dayasritha Tissera

Sabaragamuwa Province (19)|

| Kegalle|

* Kabir Hashim
* Maheepala Herath
* H. R. Mithrapala
* Anuruddha Polgampala
* Lalith Dissanayake
* Champika Premadasa
* R. M. Gamini Rathnayake
* Rukman Senanayake
* Athauda Seneviratne
* Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
* Mano Wijeyeratne

|

Ratnapura|

* Thalatha Atukorale
* Dunesh Gankanda
* Deepal Gunasekara
* Achala Jagodage
* Premalal Jayasekara
* Susantha Punchinilame
* Jayatissa Ranaweera
* Mahinda Ratnatilaka
* John Seneviratne
* Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Southern Province (25)|

| Galle|

* Vajira Abeywardena
* Amarasiri Dodangoda
* Chandima Weerakkody
* Piyasena Gamage
* Gayantha Karunathilaka
* Ajith Kumara
* Hemakumara Nanayakkara
* Lionel Premasiri
* Gunaratna Weerakoon
* Chandrasena Wijesinghe
* Thilakaratne Withanachchi

|

Hambantota|

* Mahinda Amaraweera
* Nihal Galappaththi
* Sajith Premadasa
* Chamal Rajapaksa
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Nirupama Rajapaksa
* Vijitha Ranaweera
* Dilip Wedaarachchi

Matara|

* Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
* Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
* Chandrasiri Gajadeera
* Jinadasa Kitulagoda
* Pemasiri Manage
* Sagala Ratnayaka
* Mangala Samaraweera
* Mahinda Wijesekara

Uva Province (13)|

| Badulla|

* Nimal Siripala de Silva
* W. J. M. Lokubandara
* Dilan Perera
* Ravindra Samaraweera
* M. Satchithanandan
* Lakshman Senewiratne
* Vadivel Suresh
* Samantha Vidyaratna

|

Monaragala|

* Dharmadasa Banda
* R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara
* R. M. Padma Udhaya Shantha Gunasekera
* Sumedha G. Jayasena
* A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara

Western Province (47)|

| Colombo|

* Kotapola Amarakitti Thero
* Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi
* Uduwe Dhammaloka
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Mano Ganesan
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Sunil Handunnetti
* Ravi Karunanayake
* Jeewan Kumaranatunga
* Gamini Lokuge
* T. Maheswaran
* Mohamed Rajabdeen
* Mohamed Mahroof
* M. H. Mohamed
* Milinda Moragoda
* Susil Premajayantha
* Arjuna Ranatunga
* Kathaluwe Rathanaseeha
* Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Ranil Wickremesinghe

|

Gampaha|

* Lasantha Alagiyawanna
* Siripala Amarasinghe
* Sarath Kumara Gunaratna
* John Amaratunga
* Anura Bandaranaike
* Sarana Gunawardena
* Pandu Bandaranaike
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
* Duleep Wijesekera
* Edward Gunasekara
* Vijitha Herath
* Karu Jayasuriya
* Jayalath Jayawardena
* Felix Perera
* Joseph Michael Perera
* Aparekke Punnananda Thero
* Sarathchandra Rajakaruna
* Sripathi Sooriyarachchi
* Reggie Ranatunga
* Neil Rupasinghe
* Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala Thero
* Alawwe Nandaloka Thero
* A. R. Anjan Umma

Kalutara|

* Rohitha Abeygunawardena
* Reginald Cooray
* Nirmala Kotalawala
* Nandana Gunathilake
* Sarath Ranawaka
* Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna
* Athuraliye Rathana Thero
* Mahinda Samarasinghe
* S. A. Jayantha Samaraweera
* Rajitha Senaratne
* Kumara Welgama
* Piyasiri Wijenayake

National List (29)|

| JHU|

* Ellawala Medhananda Thero
* Omalpe Sobhitha
* Champika Ranawaka

|

SLMC|

* Hasen Ali

TNA|

* M. K. Eelaventhan
* Raseen Mohammed Imam
* Joseph Pararajasingham
* C. Chandrakanthan

UNF|

* Hussein Ahamed Bhaila
* K. N. Choksy
* Basheer Segu Dawood
* Rauff Hakeem
* Navin Dissanayake
* Abdul Baiz Kamardeen
* Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
* M. Mohamed Musthaffa
* G. L. Peiris
* W. P. S. Pushpakumara
* V. Puththirasigamoney
* Ismail Mohammed Quddus
* S. Nijamudeen
* P. Radhakrishnan
* M. S. Sellasamy

UPFA|

* Ramalingam Chandrasekar
* D. E. W. Gunasekera
* Gitanjana Gunawardena
* M. H. Cegu Isadean
* Mohamed Ismail Anwar Ismail
* Basil Rajapaksa
* Lakshman Kadirgamar
* Dullas Alahapperuma
* J. A. Mary Lucida
* Mervyn Silva
* Janadasa Peiris
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
* Wasantha Samarasinghe
* V. Muralitharan
* Philipps Sri Liyanage
* Mohamed Mussammil
* Tissa Vitharana
* Wiswa Warnapala
* E. A. D. C. Weerasekera
* Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe

* v
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← Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2010 (2010)–2015 (2015)) →

* Speaker: Chamal Rajapaksa

* Prime Minister: D. M. Jayaratne/Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe/Nimal Siripala de Silva

Western|

| Colombo|

* Sarath Fonseka (Jayantha Ketagoda)
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Praba Ganeshan
* Mohan Lal Grero
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Sunil Handunnetti
* Ravi Karunanayake
* Jeewan Kumaranatunga
* Gamini Lokuge
* Susil Premajayantha
* Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
* Champika Ranawaka
* Sujeewa Senasinghe
* Rosy Senanayake
* Duminda Silva
* Thilanga Sumathipala
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Ranil Wickremesinghe

|

Gampaha|

* Lasantha Alagiyawanna
* John Amaratunga
* Pandu Bandaranaike
* Sudarshani Fernandopulle
* Sarath Kumara Gunaratne
* Sarana Gunawardena
* Vijitha Herath
* Karu Jayasuriya
* Jayalath Jayawardena
* Ajith Mannapperuma
* Felix Perera
* Basil Rajapaksa
* Ruwan Ranatunga
* Athuraliye Rathana
* Wasantha Senanayake
* Mervyn Silva
* Upeksha Swarnamali
* Dulip Wijeysekara
* Ruwan Wijewardene

Kalutara|

* Rohitha Abeygunawardena
* Reginald Cooray
* Nirmala Kotalawala
* Ajith Perera
* Arjuna Ranatunga
* Mahinda Samarasinghe
* Rajitha Senaratne
* Palitha Thewarapperuma
* Kumara Welgama
* Vidura Wickremenayake

Central|

| Kandy|

* Mahindananda Aluthgamage
* Dilum Amunugama
* Sarath Amunugama
* Abdul Cadar
* S. B. Dissanayake
* Rauff Hakeem
* M. H. A. Haleem
* Lakshman Kiriella
* Faiszer Musthapha
* Keheliya Rambukwella
* Lohan Ratwatte
* Eric Prasanna Weerawardhana

|

Matale|

* Wasantha Aluwihare
* Rohana Dissanayake
* Nandimithra Ekanayake
* Lakshman Wasantha Perera
* Janaka Bandara Tennakoon

Nuwara Eliya|

* Palani Digambaran
* Navin Dissanayake
* Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam
* Velusami Radhakrishnan
* Perumal Rajathurai
* C. B. Rathnayake
* Arumugam Thondaman

Southern|

| Galle|

* Piyasena Gamage
* Sajin Vass Gunawardena
* Gayantha Karunathilaka
* Ajith Kumara
* Nishantha Muthuhettigamage
* Manusha Nanayakkara
* Ramesh Pathirana
* Mohan De Silva
* Chandima Weerakkody
* Gunaratna Weerakoon

|

Matara|

* Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
* Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
* Wijaya Dahanayake
* Chandrasiri Gajadeera
* Hemal Gunasekara
* Sanath Jayasuriya
* Buddhika Pathirana
* Mangala Samaraweera

Hambantota|

* Mahinda Amaraweera
* V. K. Indika
* Wehella Kankanamge Indika
* Sajith Premadasa
* Chamal Rajapaksa
* Namal Rajapaksa
* Nirupama Rajapaksa
* Dilip Wedaarachchi

Northern|

| Jaffna|

* Silvestri Alantine
* Murugesu Chandrakumar
* Douglas Devananda
* Vijayakala Maheswaran
* Suresh Premachandran
* Eswarapatham Saravanapavan
* Mavai Senathirajah
* Sivagnanam Sritharan
* Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy

|

Vanni|

* Selvam Adaikalanathan
* Sivasakthy Ananthan
* Rishad Bathiudeen
* Hunais Farook
* Muthali Bawa Farook
* Noordeen Mashoor
* Vino Noharathalingam

Eastern|

| Batticaloa|

* Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran
* Alim Mohamed Hisbulla
* Basheer Segu Dawood
* Pon Selvarasa
* Seeniththamby Yogeswaran

|

Digamadulla|

* A. L. M. Athaullah
* P. Dayaratna
* Cassim Faizal
* H. M. M. Harees
* Podiappuhamy Piyasena
* Sarath Weerasekara
* Sriyani Wijewickrama

Trincomalee|

* Susantha Punchinilame
* M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana
* Rajavarothiam Sampanthan
* M. S. Thowfeek

North Western|

| Kurunegala|

* Ashoka Abeysinghe
* K. W. Shantha Bandara
* Indika Bandaranayake
* Tharanath Basnayaka
* Salinda Dissanayake
* T. B. Ekanayake
* Johnston Fernando
* Jayarathna Herath
* Nalin Bandara
* Dayasiri Jayasekara
* Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
* S.B. Nawinne
* Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
* Neranjan Wickramasinghe
* Nimal Wijesinghe
* Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

|

Puttalam|

* Palitha Range Bandara
* Arundika Fernando
* Milroy Fernando
* Piyankara Jayaratne
* Niroshan Perera
* Neomal Perera
* Victor Anthony Perera
* Dayasritha Thissera

North Central|

| Anuradhapura|

* Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe
* S. M. Chandrasena
* Duminda Dissanayake
* P. Weerakumara Dissanayake
* W. B. Ekanayake
* P. Harrison
* Tissa Karalliyadde
* Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana
* Asanka Shehan Semasinghe

|

Polonnaruwa|

* Earl Gunasekara
* Roshan Ranasinghe
* Siripala Gamalath
* Maithripala Sirisena
* Jayasinghe Bandara
* C. A. Suriyaarachchi

Uva|

| Badulla|

* Lal Chamika Buddhadasa
* Nimal Siripala De Silva
* Harin Fernando
* Udith Lokubandara
* Dilan Perera
* Rohana Pushpakumara
* Lakshman Senewiratne
* Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage

|

Monaragala|

* Vijitha Berugoda
* Sumedha G. Jayasena
* R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara
* A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara
* Gamini Vijith Wijithamuni De Zoysa

Sabaragamuwa|

| Ratnapura|

* Thalatha Atukorale
* Dunesh Gankanda
* Premalal Jayasekara
* Vasudeva Nanayakkara
* Ranjan Ramanayake
* Sanee Rohana Kodithuvakku
* W. D. J. Senewiratne
* Ranjith de Zoysa
* Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
* Janaka Wakkumbura

|

Kegalle|

* Jagath Balasuriya
* Lalith Dissanayake
* Kanaka Herath
* Kabir Hashim
* H. R. Mithrapala
* Champika Premadasa
* Y. G. Padmasiri
* Athauda Seneviratne
* Ranjith Siyambalapitiya

National List|

| UPFA|

* Dullas Alahapperuma
* A.H.M. Asvar
* Malini Fonseka
* Achala Jagodage
* D. M. Jayaratne
* D. E. W. Gunasekera
* Gitanjana Gunawardena
* Ellawala Medhananda Thero
* Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan
* G. L. Peiris
* Janaka Priyantha Bandara
* Kamala Ranathunga
* Muthu Sivalingam
* J. R. P. Suriyapperuma
* Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
* Rajiva Wijesinha
* Tissa Vitharana

|

UNF|

* Hasen Ali
* M. S. M. Aslam
* Tissa Attanayake
* Harsha de Silva
* Anoma Gamage
* M. Joseph Michael Perera
* D. M. Swaminathan
* Eran Wickramaratne
* Ramaiah Yogarajan

DNA|

* Tiran Alles
* Anura Kumara Dissanayake

TNA|

* M. A. Sumanthiran

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* e

← Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2015 (2015)–2020) →

* Speaker: Karu Jayasuriya

* Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe/Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Leader of the Opposition: R. Sampanthan/Mahinda Rajapaksa/Sajith Premadasa

Central (25)|

| Kandy (12)|

* Ananda Aluthgamage
* Mahindananda Aluthgamage
* Dilum Amunugama
* Mayantha Dissanayake
* Rauff Hakeem
* M. H. A. Haleem
* Anuradha Jayaratne
* Lucky Jayawardena
* Lakshman Kiriella
* Keheliya Rambukwella
* Lohan Ratwatte
* M. Velu Kumar

|

Matale (5)|

* Ranjith Aluwihare
* Wasantha Aluwihare
* Lakshman Wasantha Perera
* Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
* Rohini Kumari Wijerathna

Nuwara Eliya (8)|

* Palani Digambaran
* Navin Dissanayake
* K. K. Piyadasa
* Velusami Radhakrishnan
* C. B. Rathnayake
* Muthu Sivalingam
* M. Thilakarajah
* Arumugam Thondaman

Eastern (16)|

| Ampara (7)|

* Wimalaweera Dissanayake
* Cassim Faizal
* Daya Gamage
* H. M. M. Harees
* K. Kodeeswaran
* Mansoor Ibrahim
* Sriyani Wijewickrama

|

Batticaloa (5)|

* Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
* Ameer Ali Shihabdeen
* G. Sirinesan
* S. Viyalendiran
* S. Yogeswaran

Trincomalee (4)|

* Imran Maharoof
* M. A. M. Maharoof
* Susantha Punchinilame
* R. Sampanthan

Northern (13)|

| Jaffna (7)|

* Douglas Devananda
* Vijayakala Maheswaran
* E. Saravanapavan
* Mavai Senathirajah
* D. Siddarthan
* S. Sritharan
* M. A. Sumanthiran

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Vanni (6)|

* Selvam Adaikalanathan
* Sivasakthy Ananthan
* Rishad Bathiudeen
* K. Kader Masthan
* Charles Nirmalanathan
* S. Sivamohan

North Central (14)|

| Anuradhapura (9)|

* S. M. Chandrasena
* Duminda Dissanayake
* Weerakumara Dissanayake
* Chandima Gamage
* P. Harrison
* Ishak Rahuman
* Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe
* Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana
* Asanka Shehan Semasinghe

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Polonnaruwa (5)|

* Siripala Gamalath
* Sidney Jayarathna
* Nalaka Kolonne
* Roshan Ranasinghe
* Wasantha Senanayake

North Western (23)|

| Kurunegala (15)|

* Ashoka Abeysinghe
* J. C. Alawathuwala
* Indika Bandaranayake
* Tharanath Basnayaka
* Salinda Dissanayake
* T. B. Ekanayake
* Johnston Fernando
* Thushara Indunil
* Nalin Bandara
* Dayasiri Jayasekara
* Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
* S. B. Nawinne
* Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

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Puttalam (8)|

* Shantha Abeysekara
* Hector Appuhamy
* Palitha Range Bandara
* Arundika Fernando
* Piyankara Jayaratne
* Sanath Nishantha
* Niroshan Perera
* Ashoka Priyantha

Sabaragamuwa (20)|

| Kegalle (9)|

* Tharaka Balasuriya
* Kabir Hashim
* Kanaka Herath
* Dushmantha Mithrapala
* Sujith Sanjaya Perera
* Champika Premadasa
* Sandith Samarasinghe
* Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
* Thusitha Wijemanne

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Ratnapura (11)|

* Thalatha Atukorale
* Ranjith de Zoysa
* Dunesh Gankanda
* Premalal Jayasekara
* Vasudeva Nanayakkara
* Karu Paranawithana
* John Seneviratne
* Janaka Wakkumbura
* Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
* A. A. Wijethunga
* Hesha Withanage

Southern (25)|

| Galle (10)|

* Vajira Abeywardena
* Bandula Lal Bandarigoda
* Mohan de Silva
* Wijepala Hettiarachchi
* Gayantha Karunathilaka
* Geetha Kumarasinghe
* Piyasena Gamage
* Nishantha Muthuhettigamage
* Manusha Nanayakkara
* Ramesh Pathirana
* Chandima Weerakkody

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Hambantota (7)|

* Mahinda Amaraweera
* D. V. Chanaka
* Nihal Galappaththi
* Sajith Premadasa
* Chamal Rajapaksa
* Namal Rajapaksa
* Dilip Wedaarachchi

Matara (8)|

* Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
* Dullas Alahapperuma
* Chandrasiri Gajadeera
* Buddhika Pathirana
* Niroshan Premaratne
* Sagala Ratnayaka
* Mangala Samaraweera
* Kanchana Wijesekera

Uva (13)|

| Badulla (8)|

* A. Aravind Kumar
* Chamara Sampath Dassanayake
* Lakshman Senewiratne
* Nimal Siripala de Silva
* Harin Fernando
* Ravindra Samaraweera
* Vadivel Suresh
* Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage
* Chaminda Wijesiri

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Monaragala (5)|

* Ranjith Madduma Bandara
* Vijitha Berugoda
* Padma Udayashantha Gunasekara
* Sumedha G. Jayasena
* Ananda Kumarasiri

Western (47)|

| Colombo (19)|

* Harsha de Silva
* Anura Kumara Dissanayake
* Udaya Gammanpila
* Mano Ganesan
* Mohan Lal Grero
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Ravi Karunanayake
* Gamini Lokuge
* S. M. Marikkar
* Hirunika Premachandra
* Susil Premajayantha
* Mujibur Rahman
* Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
* Champika Ranawaka
* Sujeewa Senasinghe
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Eran Wickramaratne
* Ranil Wickremesinghe

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Gampaha (18)|

* Lasantha Alagiyawanna
* John Amaratunga
* Indika Anuruddha
* Sudarshani Fernandopulle
* Edward Gunasekara
* Vijitha Herath
* Sisira Jayakody
* Kavinda Jayawardena
* Nimal Lanza
* Ajith Mannapperuma
* Harshana Rajakaruna
* Ranjan Ramanayake
* Arjuna Ranatunga
* Prasanna Ranatunga
* Prasanna Ranaweera
* Chathura Senaratne
* Duleep Wijesekera
* Ruwan Wijewardene

Kalutara (10)|

* Rohitha Abeygunawardena
* Piyal Nishantha de Silva
* Ajith Perera
* Jayantha Samaraweera
* Nalinda Jayatissa
* Rajitha Senaratne
* Palitha Thewarapperuma
* Kumara Welgama
* Vidura Wickremenayake
* Lakshman Wijemanna

National List (29)|

| JVP (2)|

* Sunil Handunnetti
* Sarath Chandrasiri Mayadunne
* Bimal Rathnayaka

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TNA (2)|

* Shanthi Sriskantharajah
* K. Thurairetnasingam

UNFGG (13)|

* Sirinal de Mel
* Anoma Gamage
* M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana
* Sarath Fonseka
* A. R. A. Hafeez
* M. S. Thowfeek
* Karu Jayasuriya
* Tilak Marapana
* Ashu Marasinghe
* M. H. M. Navavi
* Athuraliye Rathana Thero
* M. H. M. Salman
* Mohamadu Nazeer
* Malik Samarawickrama
* D. M. Swaminathan
* Jayampathy Wickramaratne

UPFA (12)|

* Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
* Sarath Amunugama
* S. B. Dissanayake
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
* Malith Jayathilake
* Faiszer Musthapha
* Dilan Perera
* Angajan Ramanathan
* Mahinda Samarasinghe
* Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
* Thilanga Sumathipala

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← Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2020 (2020)–2024 (2024)) →

* Speaker: Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

* Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa/Ranil Wickremesinghe/Dinesh Gunawardena/Harini Amarasuriya
* Leader of the Opposition: Sajith Premadasa

Central (25)|

| Kandy (12)|

* Dilum Amunugama
* Mahindananda Aluthgamage
* Lohan Ratwatte
* Anuradha Jayaratne
* Keheliya Rambukwella
* Wasantha Yapa Bandara
* Gunathilaka Rajapaksha
* Udayana Kirindigoda
* Rauff Hakeem
* M. H. A. Haleem
* M. Velu Kumar
* Lakshman Kiriella

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Matale (5)|

* Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
* Nalaka Kottegoda
* Pramitha Tennakoon
* Rohana Dissanayake
* Rohini Kumari Wijerathna

Nuwara Eliya (8)|

* Jeevan Thondaman
* C. B. Ratnayake
* S. B. Dissanayake
* Marudapandy Rameshwaran
* Nimal Piyatissa
* Palani Digambaran
* Velusami Radhakrishnan
* Mailvaganam Udayakumar

Eastern (16)|

| Ampara (7)|

* Wimalaweera Dissanayake
* D. Weerasingha
* Thilak Rajapaksha
* H. M. M. Harees
* Cassim Faizal
* Muszhaaraff Muthunabeen
* Lebbe Marikkar

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Batticaloa (5)|

* Rahul Rajapuththiran
* Kovinthan Karunakaram
* Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan
* Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen
* Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
* Sathasivam Viyalendiran

Trincomalee (4)|

* Shariff Thowfeek
* Imran Maharoof
* Kapila Athukorala
* R. Sampanthan
* K. S. Kugathasan
* M. A. M. Maharoof
* Susantha Punchinilame

Northern (13)|

| Jaffna (7)|

* S. Sritharan
* M. A. Sumanthiran
* D. Siddarthan
* Gankesar Ponnambalam
* Angajan Ramanathan
* Douglas Devananda
* Vishwalingam Vickneshwaran

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Vanni (6)|

* Charles Nirmalanathan
* Selvam Adaikalanathan
* S. Noharathalingam
* K. Kader Masthan
* Rishad Bathiudeen
* Kulasingam Thileepan

North Central (14)|

| Anuradhapura (9)|

* S. M. Chandrasena
* Channa Jayasumana
* Uddika Premarathna
* S.C. Muthukumarana
* Asanka Shehan Semasinghe
* Duminda Dissanayake
* K. H. Nandasena
* K. P. S. Kumarasiri
* Ishak Rahuman
* Rohana Bandara

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Polonnaruwa (5)|

* Maithripala Sirisena
* Roshan Ranasinghe
* Siripala Gamalath
* Amarakeerthi Athukorala
* Jagath Samarawickrama
* Kins Nelson

North Western (24)|

| Kurunegala (15)|

* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Johnston Fernando
* Gunapala Rathnasekara
* Dayasiri Jayasekara
* Asanka Navarathna
* Samanpriya Herath
* D. B. Herath
* Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
* Jayarathna Herath
* Shantha Bandara
* Sumith Udukumbura
* Nalin Bandara
* J. C. Alawathuwala
* Ashoka Abeysinghe
* Thushara Indunil

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Puttalam (9)|

* Sanath Nishantha
* Jagath Priyankara
* Piyankara Jayaratne
* Arundika Fernando
* Chinthaka Mayadunne
* Ashoka Priyantha
* Hector Appuhamy
* Niroshan Nanayakkara
* Niroshan Perera
* Ali Sabri Raheem

Sabaragamuwa (20)|

| Kegalle (9)|

* Kanaka Herath
* Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
* Tharaka Balasuriya
* Rajika Wickramasinghe
* Dushmantha Mithrapala
* Udayakantha Gunathilaka
* Sudath Manjula
* Kabir Hashim
* Sujith Sanjaya Perera

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Ratnapura (11)|

* Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
* Premalal Jayasekara
* Janaka Wakkumbura
* Gamini Waleboda
* Akila Ellawala
* Vasudeva Nanayakkara
* Muditha Prishanthi
* John Seneviratne
* Hesha Withanage
* Priyantha Liyanage
* Thalatha Atukorale
* Karu Paranawithana

Southern (25)|

| Galle (9)|

* Ramesh Pathirana
* Chaminda Sampath
* Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva
* Chandima Weerakkody
* Isuru Dodangoda
* Shan Wijayalal De Silva
* Geetha Kumarasinghe
* Gayantha Karunathilaka
* Manusha Nanayakkara
* Bandula Lal Bandarigoda

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Hambantota (7)|

* Namal Rajapaksa
* D. V. Chanaka
* Mahinda Amaraweera
* Chamal Rajapaksa
* Upul Galappaththi
* Ajith Rajapakse
* Dilip Wedaarachchi

Matara (7)|

* Nipuna Ranawaka
* Karunadasa Kodithuwakku
* Dullas Alahapperuma
* Kanchana Wijesekera
* Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
* Weerasumana Weerasinghe
* Buddhika Pathirana

Uva (13)|

| Badulla (9)|

* Nimal Siripala de Silva
* Sudarshana Denipitiya
* Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage
* Chamara Sampath Dassanayake
* Dilan Perera
* Chaminda Thisakutti
* Vadivel Suresh
* A. Aravind Kumar
* Chaminda Wijesiri
* Nayana Wasalathilake

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Monaragala (6)|

* Shasheendra Rajapaksa
* Kumarasiri Rathnayake
* Vijitha Berugoda
* Jagath Pushpakumara
* Gayashan Nawananda
* W. H. M. Dharmasena

Western (47)|

| Colombo (19)|

* Sarath Weerasekara
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Udaya Gammanpila
* Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Predeep Saman Kumara
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Madhura Withanage
* Premnath C. Dolawaththa
* Gamini Lokuge
* Susil Premajayantha
* Jagath Kumara
* Sajith Premadasa
* S. M. Marikkar
* Mujibur Rahman
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Harsha de Silva
* Patali Champika Ranawaka
* M. Ganeshan
* Anura Kumara Dissanayake
* Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi

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Gampaha (18)|

* Nalaka Godahewa
* Prasanna Ranatunga
* Indika Anuruddha
* Sisira Jayakody
* Nimal Lanza
* Sahan Pradeep Withana
* Sudarshani Fernandopulle
* Prasanna Ranaweera
* Harshani Gunawardhana
* Lasantha Alagiyawanna
* Nalin Ruwanjiwa Fernando
* Milan Sajith Jayathilake
* Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha
* Sarath Fonseka
* Ranjan Ramanayake
* Ajith Mannapperuma
* Harshana Rajakaruna
* Kavinda Jayawardena
* Vijitha Herath

Kalutara (10)|

* Vidura Wickremanayake
* Rohitha Abeygunawardena
* Sanjeeva Edirimanna
* Piyal Nishantha
* S.A. Jayantha
* Anupa Pasqual
* Lalith Ellawala
* Rajitha Senaratne
* Mahinda Samarasinghe
* Lalith Warnakumara
* Kumara Welgama

National List (29)|

| SLPFA (17)|

* G. L. Peiris
* Sagara Kariyawasam
* Ajith Nivard Cabraal
* Jayantha Ketagoda
* Ali Sabry
* Jayantha Weerasinghe
* Manjula Dissanayake
* Ranjith Bandara
* Charitha Herath
* Gevindu Kumaratunga
* A. J. M. Muzammil
* Tissa Vitharana
* Yadamini Gunawardena
* Suren Raghavan
* Tiran Alles
* Seetha Arambepola
* Jayantha Ketagoda
* Basil Rajapaksa
* Dhammika Perera
* Marjan Faleel

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SJB (7)|

* Harin Fernando
* Tissa Attanayake
* Ranjith Madduma Bandara
* Mayantha Dissanayake
* Eran Wickramaratne
* Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
* Diana Gamage
* Mujibur Rahman

NPP (1)|

* Harini Amarasuriya

TNA (1)|

* T. Kalaiarasan

TNPF (1)|

* Selvarasa Gajenthiran

OPPP (1)|

* Athuraliye Rathana Thero

UNP (1)|

* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Vajira Abeywardena

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Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Colombo

* Colombo Electoral District

Multi–member (1989 – Present)|

* (1989 – 1994): Lalith Athulathmudali (Until 1993)
* Sirisena Cooray
* Stanley Tillekeratne
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Jinadasa Niyathapala
* C. V. Gunaratne
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Dickson Sarathchandra Dela
* Gamini Lokuge
* M. H. Mohamed
* Tyronne Fernando
* Premaratne Gunasekera
* Vincent Perera
* Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
* Kingsley Wickramaratne
* Nimal Siripala de Silva
* Sunethra Ranasinghe
* M. S. Sellasamy
* Mohamed Jabir Abdul Cader
* Nimal Ransiri Peiris

* (1994 – 2000): Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Srimani Athulathmudali
* C. V. Gunaratne (Until 2000)
* Nimal Siripala de Silva
* Ossie Abeygunasekera (Until 1994)
* Replaced by P. P. Devaraj
* Jeewan Kumaranatunga
* Kingsley Wickramaratne
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Nawalage Bennet Cooray
* Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
* Susil Moonesinghe
* Indika Gunawardena
* Amal Senalankadikara
* Bernard Soysa
* Gamini Lokuge
* Karunasena Kodituwakku
* M. H. Mohamed
* Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (Until 1994)
* Replaced by R. Yogarajan
* Tyronne Fernando
* Gunasekara Premaratne

* (2000 – 2001): Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Ravi Karunanayake
* G. L. Peiris
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Jeewan Kumaranatunga
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Indika Gunawardena
* Mohamed Mahroof
* Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
* Chandana Kathriarachchci
* Karunasena Kodituwakku
* Gamini Lokuge
* M. H. Mohamed
* Lilantha Perera
* Tyronne Fernando
* Jayantha Ketagoda
* Samson Silva
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Nimal Fernando

* (2001 – 2004): Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Milinda Moragoda
* Ravi Karunanayake
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Arjuna Ranatunga
* Susil Premajayantha
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Mohamed Mahroof
* Karunasena Kodituwakku
* Jeewan Kumaranatunga
* Gamini Lokuge
* Bandula Gunawardane
* M. H. Mohamed
* Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
* Chandana Kathriarachchci
* Mano Ganesan
* Jayantha Ketagoda
* Tyronne Fernando
* Lilantha Perera
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Sunil Handunnetti

* (2004 – 2010): Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Sunil Handunnetti
* Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi
* Susil Premajayantha
* Milinda Moragoda
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Arjuna Ranatunga
* Ravi Karunanayake
* M. H. Mohamed
* T. Maheswaran (Until 2008)
* Replaced by Mohamed Rajabdeen
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Mohamed Mahroof
* Gamini Lokuge
* Jeewan Kumaranatunga
* Mano Ganesan
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Uduwe Dhammaloka
* Kotapola Amarakitti
* Kathaluwe Rathanaseeha (Until 2004)
* Replaced by Akmeemana Dayarathana

* (2010 – 2015): Wimal Weerawansa
* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Duminda Silva
* Champika Ranawaka
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Sarath Fonseka (Until 2010)
* Replaced by Jayantha Ketagoda (From 2011)
* Sunil Handunnetti
* Ravi Karunanayake
* Mohan Lal Grero
* Rosy Senanayake
* Bandula Gunawardane
* Thilanga Sumathipala
* Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
* Susil Premajayantha
* Sujeewa Senasinghe
* A. H. M. Fowzie
* Jeewan Kumaranatunga
* Gamini Lokuge
* Praba Ganesan

* (2015 – Present): Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Wimal Weerawansa
* Udaya Gammanpila
* Susil Premajayantha
* Dinesh Gunawardena
* Sujeewa Senasinghe
* Harsha de Silva
* Ravi Karunanayake
* Champika Ranawaka
* Bandula Gunawardane
* S. M. Marikkar
* Mujibur Rahman
* Eran Wickramaratne
* Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
* Hirunika Premachandra
* Mano Ganesan
* Anura Kumara Dissanayake
* Mohan Lal Grero
* Gamini Lokuge

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Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Gampaha

* Gampaha Electoral District (1947–1989)
* Current District: Gampaha Electoral District

One–member (1947 – 1989)|

* Don David Karunaratne
* Paulis Peiris Jayawardena
* Samuel Dias Bandaranayake
* A. T. Basnayake
* Samuel Dias Bandaranayake

Multi–member (1989 – Present)|

* (1989 – 1994): Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Anura Bandaranaike
* Joseph Michael Perera
* John Amaratunga
* Ranil Wickremesinghe
* Sarathchandra Rajakaruna
* Paul Perera
* Lakshman Jayakody
* Wijayapala Mendis
* Donald Dissanayake
* Mahindra Wijerathna
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
* Anura Pradeep
* Mahen Gunasekera
* Ariyarathna Jayathilaka
* Reggie Ranatunga
* Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya

* (1994 – 2000): Chandrika Kumaratunga
* John Amaratunga
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
* Wijayapala Mendis
* Joseph Michael Perera
* Lakshman Jayakody
* Felix Perera
* Reginald Perera
* Athula Nimalasiri
* Suranimala Rajapaksha
* Anura Hapangama
* Reggie Ranatunga
* Sarathchandra Rajakaruna
* Jinadasa Nandasena
* Lionel Gunawardena
* Neil Rupasinghe
* Upali Gunaratne
* A. V. Suraweera

* (2000 – 2001): Karu Jayasuriya
* Susil Premajayantha
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
* Anura Bandaranaike
* Felix Perera
* Pandu Bandaranaike
* Jayalath Jayawardena
* Reggie Ranatunga
* Sarath Keerthiratne
* John Amaratunga
* Edward Gunasekara
* Lionel Gunawardena
* Joseph Michael Perera
* Sarathchandra Peramuna
* Neil Rupasinghe
* Suranimala Rajapaksha
* Ananda Moonasinghe
* Vijitha Herath

* (2001 – 2004): Anura Bandaranaike
* Karu Jayasuriya
* Jayalath Jayawardena
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
* Joseph Michael Perera
* John Amaratunga
* Olitha Premathiratne
* Pandu Bandaranaike
* Felix Perera
* Edward Gunasekara
* Suranimala Rajapaksha
* Sarathchandra Rajakaruna
* Sarana Gunawardena
* Ravindra Randeniya
* Reggie Ranatunga
* Neil Rupasinghe
* Vijitha Herath
* Anjan Umma

* (2004 – 2010): Vijitha Herath
* Karu Jayasuriya
* Anura Bandaranaike (Until 2008)
* Replaced by Sarana Gunawardena
* Siripala Amarasinghe (Until 2006)
* Replaced by Sarath Kumara Gunaratna
* Anjan Umma
* Joseph Michael Perera
* Jayalath Jayawardena
* Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (Until 2008)
* Replaced by Duleep Wijesekera
* Lasantha Alagiyawanna
* John Amaratunga
* Sripathi Sooriyarachchi (Until 2008)
* Replaced by Reggie Ranatunga (Until 2008)
* Replaced by Neil Rupasinghe
* Felix Perera
* Pandu Bandaranaike
* Sarathchandra Rajakaruna
* Edward Gunasekara
* Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala (Until 2004)
* Replaced by Alawwe Nandaloka Thero
* Aparekke Punnananda Thero

* (2010 – 2015): Basil Rajapaksa
* Sudarshani Fernandopulle
* Mervyn Silva
* Athuraliye Rathana Thero
* Ruwan Wijewardene
* Upeksha Swarnamali
* Felix Perera
* Ruwan Ranatunga
* Lasantha Alagiyawanna
* Sarana Gunawardena
* Karu Jayasuriya
* Jayalath Jayawardena
* John Amaratunga
* Duleep Wijesekera
* Wasantha Senanayake
* Vijitha Herath
* Pandu Bandaranaike
* Sarath Kumara Gunaratna

* (2015 – Present): Prasanna Ranatunga
* Ranjan Ramanayake
* Arjuna Ranatunga
* Ruwan Wijewardene
* Harshana Rajakaruna
* Prasanna Ranaweera
* Ajith Mannapperuma
* Nimal Lansa
* Sisira Jayakody
* John Amaratunga
* Kavinda Jayawardena
* Indika Anuruddha
* Sudarshani Fernandopulle
* Chathura Senaratne
* Edward Gunasekara
* Duleep Wijesekera
* Lasantha Alagiyawanna
* Vijitha Herath

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United National Party

History|

* Ceylon National Association
* Ceylon Reform League
* Ceylon National Congress
* Formation
* Dudley Senanayake era
* Jayawardene era
* Premadasa era
* Wickremesinghe era

Leaders|

* D. S. Senanayake
* Dudley Senanayake
* John Kotelawala
* Dudley Senanayake
* J. R. Jayewardene
* Ranasinghe Premadasa
* Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
* Ranil Wickremesinghe

General Secretaries|

* H. W. Amarasuriya
* Harsha Abeywardena
* Nandalal Fernando
* Ranjan Wijeratne
* Gamini Wijesekera
* Gamini Atukorale
* Tissa Attanayake
* Kabir Hashim
* Palitha Range Bandara

Governments|

* 1st Parliament
* 2nd Parliament
* 4th Parliament
* 6th Parliament
* 2nd National State Assembly
* 8th Parliament
* 9th Parliament
* 12th Parliament
* 15th Parliament

Cabinets|

* D. S. Senanayake
* Dudley Senanayake I
* Kotelawala
* Dudley Senanayake II
* Dudley Senanayake III
* Jayewardene
* Premadasa
* Wijetunga
* Sirisena I
* Sirisena II
* Sirisena IV
* Wickremesinghe

Alliances|

* United National Front (UNF)
* United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG)
* New Democratic Front (NDF)
* International Democrat Union

Factions & spin offs|

* Sinhala Maha Sabha
* Democratic United National Front
* New Sinhala Heritage
* Liberal Democratic Party
* Samagi Jana Balawegaya

Related organisations|

* Lanka Mahajana Sabha
* Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party

Related articles|

* Sirikotha
* List of MPs

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States

Portals:

* Biography
* Politics
* Sri Lanka

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