The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the supreme legislative body of Sri Lanka. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the island. It is modeled after the British Parliament.
Deshamanya is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour. It is awarded for "highly meritorious service",and is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the recipient's name.
Rajavarothiam Sampanthan is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and lawyer who has led the Tamil National Alliance since 2001. He has also been a Member of Parliament since 2001,and previously served as a Member of Parliament from 1977 to 1983 and from 1997 to 2000. He was the Leader of the Opposition from September 2015 to December 2018.
Lokugamage Rupasena Karunathilake was a cabinet minister and Member of Parliament representing Bentara-Elpitiya electorate,in Galle District. He was also a Sri Lanka Ambassador to the Netherlands. He was educated at Ananda Vidyalaya,Elpitiya,Mahinda College,Galle and Nalanda College Colombo. His youngest son Sanjeev now Southern Provincial Council Member.
Ranjith Kanishka Parakrama Atapattu was a Sri Lankan physician and politician.
Mahinda Wijesekera is a Sri Lankan politician,former Fisheries cabinet minister and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. In 2001,Wijesekara left the President Chandrika Kumaratunga's ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party and joined United National Party along with few other senior ministers of the government such as S. B. Dissanayake and G. L. Peiris. He was a member of the working committee of UNP and the party organiser for Weligama. However,in 2006 UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe removed from all of his positions in the party as a result of internal crisis against the leadership. On 2007,Wijesekara again crossed over to United People's Freedom Alliance government. He was the Telecommunications Minister in the government. He was injured in a suicide bombing in 2009.
Wijesekera Don Simon Abeygoonawardena was a Ceylonese businessman and politician. He was a member of parliament for Galle electorate,representing the United National Party.
Kanchana Wijesekera is a Sri Lankan politician who is a member of parliament for Matara District. He is the son of former Cabinet Minister Mahinda Wijesekara.
Nambukara Helambage Chathura Sandeepa Senaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
The 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka was the meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka with its membership determined by the results of the 2015 parliamentary election,held on 17 August 2015. The parliament met for the first time on 1 September 2015 and was dissolved on 3 March 2020. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka,the maximum legislative term of the parliament is 5 years from the first meeting.
The deputy speaker and chairman of committees is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka who presides over sittings of Parliament in the absence of the Speaker. The current deputy speaker and chairman of committees is Ajith Rajapaksa.
Clodagh Jayasuriya,MBE,was a Ceylonese politician and the first female to be elected to the Senate of Ceylon.
A constitutional crisis began in Sri Lanka when President Maithripala Sirisena appointed former president and member of parliament Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister on 26 October 2018 before formally dismissing the incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe,resulting in two concurrent Prime Ministers. Wickremesinghe and the United National Party (UNP) viewed the appointment as illegal,and he refused to resign.
Priyani Wijesekera also spelt as either Priyani Wijesekara or Priyanee Wijesekera is a Sri Lankan lawyer,former Secretary General of Parliament who also served as a former ambassador of Sri Lanka to Austria. She is regarded as one of the prolific prominent figures of women participation in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
The second Sirisena cabinet was a central government of Sri Lanka led by President Maithripala Sirisena. It was formed in August 2015 after the parliamentary election and ended in October 2018 with the dismissal of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe,precipitating the 2018 constitutional crisis.
Albert Kariyawasam was a Sri Lankan politician.
Richard Gregory Samaranayake was a Ceylonese planter and politician.
Ravindranath Lakshman de Alwis Wijesekera,popularly as Lakshman Wijesekara,was a Sri Lankan singer,composer,actor,director of advertising and teacher by profession. One of the most respected artists in Sri Lanka,Lakshman has excelled in both music and acting in a career spanned more than five decades.
