The president of Sri Lanka is the head of state and head of government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The president is the chief executive of the union government and the commander-in-chief of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. The powers,functions and duties of prior presidential offices,in addition to their relation with the Prime minister and Government of Sri Lanka,have over time differed with the various constitutional documents since the creation of the office. The president appoints the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka who can command the confidence of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
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. The 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka will convene for the first time on 21 November 2024.
The Speaker of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer of the chamber. The Speaker fulfills a number of important functions in relation to the operation of the House,which is based upon the British Westminster parliamentary system. The speaker is second in the Sri Lankan presidential line of succession,after the prime minister.
Lakshman Bandara Kiriella,is a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He is a former Member of Parliament from the Kandy District and former Leader of the House of the Parliament. He has also held office as Minister of Public Enterprises and Kandy Development and as Minister of Higher Education and Highways from 2015 to 2019.
Yapa Appuhamilage Anura Priyadharshana MP for Kurunegala former Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa is also the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was also Sri Lanka's former Cabinet Minister of Petroleum and a Member of Parliament representing the Kurunegala District.
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.
Thalatha Atukorale is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Atukorale was appointed as the cabinet minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare by President Maithripala Sirisena on 12 January 2015. She was given the additional duties of Minister of Justice on 25 August 2017,becoming the first woman to hold that position in Sri Lanka. She is the sister of Gamini Atukorale,former minister and assistant leader of the United National Party.
Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Padma Udhaya Shantha Gunasekera is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Monaragala District. Member of the 15th parliament of Sri Lanka. He was the son of Dharmadasa Banda.
Gitanjana Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician and former member of Parliament of Sri Lanka and former minister. He is a Chartered Engineer by profession.
Halkedaliya Lekamlage alias Mahawela Lekamlage Premalal Jayasekara,also known by his pseudonym Choka Malli is a Sri Lankan convicted murderer,politician,and is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government deputy minister.
Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. Previously he served as Minister of Ports and Aviation and the Minister for Irrigation and Water Management.
Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician,former State Minister of Science,Technology and Research and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla District. and former Cabinet Minister of Sugar Industries,His father C. P. J. Senewiratne was an MP for Mahiyangana electorate and former Cabinet Minister of Labour in the government of J.R. Jayewardene.
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon is a Sri Lankan politician,a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former Cabinet Minister. He was educated at Dharmaraja College,Kandy. He contested as the Group Leader of the Matale District of the Central Province and was elected to the Provincial Council with a majority of Proportional Votes in 1993;Elected as a Member of Parliament with a majority of proportional votes in the General Election of 1994;Elected as a Member of Parliament from the District of Matale with the majority of proportional votes in the general election of 2000. He also previously served as the Minister of Lands and Land Development and Minister of Public Services,Provincial Councils and Local Government.
The prime minister of Sri Lanka,officially the prime minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers. It is the second-most powerful position in Sri Lanka's executive branch behind the president,who is the constitutional chief executive. The Cabinet is collectively held accountable to parliament for their policies and actions. The powers and functions of the Prime Minister has changed several times since the creation of the office in 1947.
In Sri Lanka a Member of Parliament (MP),is the title given to any one of the 225 individuals elected or appointed to serve in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Nipuna Ranawaka is a Sri Lankan businessman,politician and Member of Parliament.
Kokila Harshani Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
