Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Coat of Arms of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Karu Jayasuriya since 1 September 2015
Style	Honourable Speaker
Appointer	Parliament of Sri Lanka
Inaugural holder	Alfred Francis Molamure
Formation	7 July 1931
Succession	Second in the presidential line of succession
Deputy	Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
Website	Speaker of Parliament

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The Speakers Residence

The Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer of the chamber. The Speaker fulfills a number of important functions in relation to the operation the House, which is based upon the British Westminster Parliamentary system. The office was established in 1947. The current Speaker of the Parliament is Karu Jayasuriya, in office since 1 September 2015.

List of Speakers of Parliament

Parties

United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Independent Governors of British Ceylon

Name		Party	Tenure
Speakers of the State Council (1931–1947)
	Alfred Francis Molamure	United National Party	7 July 1931 – 10 December 1934	Graeme Thomson Francis Graeme Tyrrell Reginald Edward Stubbs
	Forester Augustus Obeysekera	Independent	11 December 1934 – 7 December 1935	Reginald Edward Stubbs
	Waithilingam Duraiswamy	Independent	17 March 1936 – 4 July 1947	Reginald Edward Stubbs Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn Andrew Caldecott Henry Monck-Mason Moore
Speakers of the Ceylonese House of Representatives (1947–1972)
	Alfred Francis Molamure	United National Party	14 October 1947 – 25 January 1951	Henry Monck-Mason Moore D. S. Senanayake
	Albert Peries	United National Party	13 February 1951 – 18 February 1956	D. S. Senanayake Dudley Senanayake John Kotelawala
	Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail	Independent	19 April 1956 – 5 December 1959	John Kotelawala S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake
	Tikiri Banda Subasinghe	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	30 March 1960 – 23 April 1960	Dudley Senanayake
	R. S. Pelpola	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	5 August 1960 – 24 January 1964	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	Hugh Fernando	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	24 January 1964 – 17 December 1964	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	Albert Peries	United National Party	5 April 1965 – 21 September 1967	Dudley Senanayake
	Shirley Corea	United National Party	27 September 1967 – 25 March 1970	Dudley Senanayake
	Stanley Tillekeratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	7 June 1970 – 22 May 1972	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Speakers of the National State Assembly (1972–1978)
	Stanley Tillekeratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 May 1972 – 18 May 1977	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
	Anandatissa de Alwis	United National Party	4 August 1977 – 7 September 1978	J. R. Jayewardene
Speakers of the Sri Lankan Parliament (1978–present)
	Anandatissa de Alwis	United National Party	7 September 1978 – 13 September 1978	J. R. Jayewardene
	Bakeer Markar	United National Party	21 September 1978 – 30 August 1983
	E. L. Senanayake	United National Party	6 September 1983 – 20 December 1988
	M. H. Mohamed	United National Party	9 March 1989 – 24 June 1994	Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
	Kiri Banda Ratnayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	25 August 1994 – 10 October 2000	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Chandrika Kumaratunga
	Anura Bandaranaike	United National Party	18 October 2000 – 10 October 2001	Chandrika Kumaratunga
	M. Joseph Michael Perera	United National Party	19 December 2001 – 7 February 2004	Chandrika Kumaratunga
	W. J. M. Lokubandara	United National Party	22 April 2004 – 8 April 2010	Chandrika Kumaratunga Mahinda Rajapaksa
	Chamal Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015	Mahinda Rajapaksa Maithripala Sirisena
	Karu Jayasuriya	United National Party	1 September 2015 – Present	Maithripala Sirisena

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Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

Molamure Obeysekera Duraiswamy Molamure Peries Ismail Subasinghe Pelpola Fernando Peries Corea Tillekeratne de Alwis Markar Senanayake Mohamed Ratnayake Bandaranaike Perera Lokubandara Rajapaksa Jayasuriya

Parliament of Sri Lanka

Members

Current members	By length of service Youngest members Longest-serving members ever

Women and minority members	Sri Lankan Tamil members Sri Lankan Moor members Other minority members Lady members

Leaders

Parliament Secretariat

Secretariat leaders	Secretaries-General (list) Deputy Secretary General (list) Assistant Secretary General (list)

Departments	Serjeant-at-Arms Administration Legislative Services Finance and Supplies Hansard Co-ordinating Engineer Catering and Housekeeping Information Systems and Management

Powers,
procedure
and customs

Powers	Legislative Power of the Sri Lankan Parliament

Committees	Selection House Standing Orders Parliamentary Business Public Accounts Public Enterprises Privileges Public Petitions

Items	Mace Chair Bar

History

History of Parliament of Sri Lanka

Building of Parliament

Sri Lankan Parliament Building

Miscellaneous

Historic Sri Lankan legislature
Parliaments
Districts

Website: Parliament of Sri Lanka

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Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

List of Speakers of Parliament

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References

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