16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
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.
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| 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) | ||||||||||
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