Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa was the third President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to his assassination in 1993. Before that,he served as the Prime minister of Sri Lanka from 6 February 1978 to 2 January 1989. Premadasa is considered as the longest serving uninterrupted Prime Minister of Sri Lanka by serving in that post for nearly 11 years. He was the first person conferred Sri Lanka's highest civilian award Sri Lankabhimanya in 1986 by President J. R. Jayewardene.
Nanayakkarapathirage Martin Perera,commonly known as Dr. N. M. Perera,was one of the leaders of the Sri Lankan Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). He was the first Trotskyist to become a cabinet minister. He served two terms as Minister of Finance and Leader of the Opposition,as well as one term as the Mayor of Colombo.
Sri Lankabhimanya Karu Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Previously he was Mayor of Colombo from 1997 to 1999,Minister of Power and Energy from 2001 to 2004,Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs from 2007 to 2008,and Minister of Buddha Sasana,Public Administration,and Democratic Governance in 2015. He has served as Chairman of the Leadership Council of the United National Party (UNP),as well as Deputy Leader of the UNP. He is a member of parliament representing the Gampaha District since 2001. He had served as Sri Lanka's Ambassador to (Germany). As Speaker of Parliament,he also acts as Chairman of the Constitutional Council.
Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana is a Sri Lankan politician,former diplomat and local government activist. He is most known for the pivotal and important role he played in bringing about an end to the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Kabir popularly known as Kabir Hashim is a Sri Lankan politician and economist. He is a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Kegalle District and former Minister of Highways,Higher Education and Investment Promotion. Kabir was formerly the General Secretary of the United National Party.
Sir Razik Fareed,OBE,JP,UM,also known as A. R. A. Razik,was a Ceylonese landed proprietor,politician and philanthropist. He was the former Cabinet Minister of Trade,Senator,member of parliament and the state council. He had also served as Ceylon's High Commissioner to Pakistan.
Mohamed Haniffa Mohamed was a Sri Lankan politician. Mohamed served as the 14th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka as well as being a former member of Parliament and government minister. Mohamed was the first Sri Lankan Moor to hold office as Mayor of Colombo from 1960 to 1962
Achchige Don Susil Premajayantha is a Sri Lankan politician,Cabinet Minister and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi was a Sri Lankan politician who served as mayor,congressman,and cabinet minister. He was in the United National Party government from 1990 to 1994.
Deshamanya Edward Lionel Senanayake was a Sri Lankan politician belonging to the United National Party. He was the 12th Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament. Senanayake was the Governor of North Central Province and Central Province of Sri Lanka. He was elected to the Sri Lankan Parliament from Mahanuwara in Kandy.
Angajan Ramanathan is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament. He is the current Deputy chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Mohamed Mujibur Rahman is a Sri Lankan politician and former member of Parliament for the Colombo District. He previously served as a member of the Western Provincial Council for six years before being elected to parliament in 2015. Rahman resigned his seat in parliament on 19 January 2023 to run for the position as Mayor of Colombo.
Mohamed Cassim Mohamed Kaleel was a Ceylonese physician,social worker and politician.
Bulathsinghalage Sirisena Cooray,JP was a Sri Lankan politician.
Bernard Soysa was a Sri Lankan politician.
Vithana Arachchige Sugathadasa,OBE was a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the first Minister of Sports and twice as the Mayor of Colombo.
The third Sirisena cabinet was a short-lived a de facto central government of Sri Lanka led by President Maithripala Sirisena during the 2018 constitutional crisis. The cabinet and the prime minister was announced unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. </ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/world/asia/sri-lanka-mahinda-rajapaksa.html </ref>
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.
Local elections have not been held in Sri Lanka since 2018. Elections were originally scheduled to be held in 2022,but were postponed to 2023 due to the worsening economic crisis and instability in the country,before being postponed again several times by the government of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Currently,there is no official date scheduled for the elections.
