16th Parliament of Sri Lanka | |||||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||||
Legislative body | Parliament of Sri Lanka | ||||||||||
Meeting place | Sri Lankan Parliament Building | ||||||||||
Term | 20 August 2020 | –||||||||||
Election | 5 August 2020 | ||||||||||
Website | parliament | ||||||||||
Parliamentarians | |||||||||||
Members | 225 | ||||||||||
Speaker | Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (SLPP) | ||||||||||
Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees | Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (SLFP) (2020–22) Ajith Rajapaksa (SLPP) (2022–) | ||||||||||
Deputy Chairman of Committees | Angajan Ramanathan (SLFP) | ||||||||||
Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa (SLPP) (2020–22) Ranil Wickremesinghe (UNP) (2022) Dinesh Gunawardena (SLPP) (2022–) | ||||||||||
Leader of the Opposition | Sajith Premadasa (SJB) | ||||||||||
Leader of the House | Dinesh Gunawardena (SLPP) (2020–22) Susil Premajayantha (SLPP) (2022–) | ||||||||||
Chief Government Whip | Johnston Fernando (SLPP) (2020–22) Prasanna Ranatunga (SLPP) (2022–) | ||||||||||
Chief Opposition Whip | Lakshman Kiriella (SJB) | ||||||||||
Structure | |||||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||||
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The 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka is the current Parliament of Sri Lanka, with the membership determined by the results of the 2020 parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka the maximum legislative term of the parliament is 5 years from the first meeting.