Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

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Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලි‌මේන්තු නියෝජ්‍ය කථානායක
பாராளுமன்ற துணை சபாநாயகர்
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Incumbent
Ajith Rajapakse
since 17 May 2022
Style Honourable Deputy Speaker
Appointer Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituting instrument Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Inaugural holder Forester Augustus Obeysekera
Formation7 July 1931;92 years ago (1931-07-07)
(as Deputy Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon)
SuccessionFourth in the
presidential line of succession
Website www.parliament.lk

The deputy speaker and chairman of committees is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (and its predecessors the National State Assembly, the House of Representatives and the State Council) who presides over sittings of Parliament in the absence of the Speaker. [1] The current deputy speaker and chairman of committees is Ajith Rajapaksa.

List of Deputy speakers and chairmen of committees

Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees
NamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeLegislatureRefs
Forester Augustus Obeysekera State Council [2] [3] [4]
Susantha de Fonseka Susantha De Fonseka.jpg [5] [6]
R. A. de Mel United National Party 14 October 194723 August 1948 House of Representatives [7] [8]
H. W. Amarasuriya United National Party 2 September 194814 December 1948 [7] [8]
Albert Peries United National Party 15 December 194813 February 1951 [7] [2] [8] [9]
H. S. H. Ismail Independent 14 February 19518 April 1952 [7] [2] [9]
10 June 195218 February 1956 [7]
Piyasena Tennakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party [10] 20 April 195616 September 1958 [7]
R. S. Pelpola Sri Lanka Freedom Party [11] 18 September 19585 December 1959 [7]
30 March 196023 April 1960 [7]
Hugh Fernando United National Party [12] 5 August 196023 January 1964 [7] [2] [13] [14]
D. A. Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 11 February 196412 November 1964 [7] [15] [16] [17]
Shirley Corea United National Party 5 April 196517 September 1967 [7] [2] [9] [18] [19]
Razik Fareed 28 September 196728 February 1968 [7] [20] [21]
M. Sivasithamparam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 8 March 196825 March 1970 [7] [2] [22] [23] [24]
I. A. Cader Sri Lanka Freedom Party [25] 7 June 197022 May 1972 [7] [26] [27]
22 May 197218 May 1977 National State Assembly [7]
M. A. Bakeer Markar United National Party 4 August 19777 September 1978 [7] [28] [29]
Norman Waidyaratne United National Party 21 September 197820 December 1988 Parliament [7] [30] [31]
Gamini Fonseka United National Party 9 March 198924 June 1994 [7] [32] [33]
Anil Moonesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 24 August 199418 August 2000 [7] [34] [35]
14 September 200023 September 2000 [7]
Sarath Munasinghe 18 October 200010 October 2001 [7] [36] [37] [38] [39]
Gitanjana Gunawardena Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 18 May 20041 July 2008 [7] [40] [41] [42]
Piyankara Jayaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 8 July 20089 February 2010 [7] [43] [44] [45]
9 March 201020 April 2010 [7]
22 April 201022 November 2010 [7] [46]
Chandima Weerakkody Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 November 201026 June 2015 [7] [47] [48]
Thilanga Sumathipala Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1 September 20158 June 2018 [7] [49] [50] [51] [52]
Ananda Kumarasiri United National Party 8 June 20182 March 2020
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 20 August 20206 May 2022
Ajith Rajapakse Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 17 May 2022Incumbent [53] [54]

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