Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
පාර්ලි‌මේන්තු කථානායක
இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்ற சபாநாயகர்
Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka ; පාර්ලි‌මේන්තු කථානායක; இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்ற சபாநாயகர்
	Emblem of Sri Lanka
	Incumbent; Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena; since 20 August 2020
Style	Honourable Speaker
Residence	The Speaker's Residence, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Appointer	Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Inaugural holder	Alexander Francis Molamure
Formation	7 July 1931; 93 years ago; (as Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon)
Succession	Second in the; presidential line of succession
Deputy	Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
Salary	LKR 822,000 annually (2016)
Website	www.parliament.lk

The Speaker of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer of the chamber. The current Speaker of the Parliament is Karu Jayasuriya since 1 September 2015.

List of speakers of Parliament

Parties

United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Independent Governors of British Ceylon

Name		Party	Tenure
Speakers of the State Council (1931–1947)
	Alexander Francis Molamure	Non-partisan	7 July 1931 – 10 December 1934	Graeme Thomson Francis Graeme Tyrrell Reginald Edward Stubbs
	Forester Augustus Obeysekera	Non-partisan	11 December 1934 – 7 December 1935	Reginald Edward Stubbs
	Waithilingam Duraiswamy	Non-partisan	17 March 1936 – 4 July 1947	Reginald Edward Stubbs Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn Andrew Caldecott Henry Monck-Mason Moore
Speakers of the Ceylonese House of Representatives (1947–1972)
	Alexander Francis Molamure	United National Party	14 October 1947 – 25 January 1951	Henry Monck-Mason Moore D. S. Senanayake
	Albert Peries	United National Party	13 February 1951 – 18 February 1956	D. S. Senanayake Dudley Senanayake John Kotelawala
	Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail	Independent	19 April 1956 – 5 December 1959	John Kotelawala S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake
	Tikiri Banda Subasinghe	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	30 March 1960 – 23 April 1960	Dudley Senanayake
	R. S. Pelpola	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	5 August 1960 – 24 January 1964	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	Hugh Fernando	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	24 January 1964 – 17 December 1964	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	Albert Peries	United National Party	5 April 1965 – 21 September 1967	Dudley Senanayake
	Shirley Corea	United National Party	27 September 1967 – 25 March 1970	Dudley Senanayake
	Stanley Tillekeratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	7 June 1970 – 22 May 1972	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Speakers of the National State Assembly (1972–1978)
	Stanley Tillekeratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 May 1972 – 18 May 1977	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	Anandatissa de Alwis	United National Party	4 August 1977 – 7 September 1978	J. R. Jayewardene
Speakers of the Sri Lankan Parliament (1978–present)
	Anandatissa de Alwis	United National Party	7 September 1978 – 13 September 1978	J. R. Jayewardene
	Bakeer Markar	United National Party	21 September 1978 – 30 August 1983
	E. L. Senanayake	United National Party	6 September 1983 – 20 December 1988
	M. H. Mohamed	United National Party	9 March 1989 – 24 June 1994	Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
	Kiri Banda Ratnayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	25 August 1994 – 10 October 2000	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Chandrika Kumaratunga
	Anura Bandaranaike	United National Party	18 October 2000 – 10 October 2001	Chandrika Kumaratunga
	M. Joseph Michael Perera	United National Party	19 December 2001 – 7 February 2004	Chandrika Kumaratunga
	W. J. M. Lokubandara	United National Party	22 April 2004 – 8 April 2010	Chandrika Kumaratunga Mahinda Rajapaksa
	Chamal Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015	Mahinda Rajapaksa Maithripala Sirisena
	Karu Jayasuriya	United National Party	1 September 2015 – 20 August 2020	Maithripala Sirisena
	Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	20 August 2020 – Present	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
	Ashoka Sapumal Ranwala	National Peoples Power	21 November 2024 - Present	Anura Kumara Dissanayake

References

↑ Thomas, Kris (21 November 2016). "Of Ministers' Salaries And Parliamentary Perks". Roar.lk. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
↑ Thomas, Kavindya Chris (20 November 2016). "Do MPs get fat salaries?". Ceylontoday.lk. Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

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[1] Thomas, Kris (21 November 2016). "Of Ministers' Salaries And Parliamentary Perks". Roar.lk. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

[2] Thomas, Kavindya Chris (20 November 2016). "Do MPs get fat salaries?". Ceylontoday.lk. Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

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Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka පාර්ලි‌මේන්තු කථානායක இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்ற சபாநாயகர்
Emblem of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena since 20 August 2020
Style	Honourable Speaker
Residence	The Speaker's Residence, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Appointer	Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Inaugural holder	Alexander Francis Molamure
Formation	7 July 1931; 93 years ago (1931-07-07) (as Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon)
Succession	Second in the presidential line of succession
Deputy	Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
Salary	LKR 822,000 annually (2016)^[1]^[2]
Website	www.parliament.lk