# Deputy Chairman of Committees

The Deputy Chairperson of Committees is a position in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

## List of office holders
### Parties

Independent  All Ceylon Tamil Congress  United National Party  Sri Lanka Freedom Party  Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna  Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization  National People's Power
Deputy Chairperson of Committees of the Parliament of Ceylon (1947–1972) :
| Name | Name | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | Parliament | References |
| | James Aubrey Martensz | | 14 October 1947 – 29 December 1948 | Independent | 1st | |
| | Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail | | 11 January 1949 – 14 February 1951 | Independent | 1st | |
| | T. Ramalingam | | 15 February 1951 – 8 April 1952 | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | 1st | |
| | M. W. R. de Silva | | 9 June 1952 – 18 February 1956 | United National Party | 2nd | |
| | R. S. Pelpola | | 19 April 1956 – 18 September 1958 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 3rd | |
| | L. S. Jinasena | | 18 September 1958 – 5 December 1959 | United National Party | 3rd | |
| | Hugh Fernando | | 30 March 1960 – 23 April 1960 | United National Party | 4th | |
| | A. M. Adikari | | 5 August 1960 – 17 October 1962 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 5th | |
| | D. A. Rajapaksa | | 6 November 1962 – 10 February 1964 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 5th | |
| | I. A. Cader | | 12 February 1964 – 17 December 1964 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 5th | |
| | Thomas Quentin Fernando | | 5 April 1965 – 22 April 1967 | United National Party | 6th | |
| | Razik Fareed | | 18 May 1967 – 28 September 1967 | United National Party | 6th | |
| | M. Sivasithamparam | | 29 September 1967 – 8 March 1968 | Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | 6th | |
| | G. J. P. Perera | | 9 March 1968 – 25 March 1970 | United National Party | 6th | |
| | Senapala Samarasekera | | 22 July 1970 – 22 May 1972 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 7th | |
| Deputy Chairperson of Committees of the National State Assembly (1972–1978) |||||||
| Name | Name | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | Assembly | References |
| | Senapala Samarasekera | | 22 May 1972 – 10 July 1976 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1st | |
| | C. Arulampalam | | 23 July 1976 – 18 May 1977 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1st | |
| | C. R. Beligammana | | 4 August 1977 – 6 September 1977 | United National Party | 2nd | |
| | Edmund Samarawickrema | | 7 September 1977 – 7 September 1978 | United National Party | 2nd | |
| Deputy Chairperson of Committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978–present) |||||||
| Name | Name | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | Parliament | References |
| | Edmund Samarawickrema | | 7 September 1978 – 20 December 1988 | United National Party | 8th | |
| | Ariya B. Rekawa | | 9 March 1989 – 24 June 1994 | United National Party | 9th | |
| | Rauff Hakeem | | 25 August 1994 – 10 October 2000 | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 10th | |
| | Lalith Dissanayake | | 18 October 2000 – 10 October 2001 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 11th | |
| | Siri Andrahennady | | 19 December 2001 – 7 February 2004 | United National Party | 12th | |
| | M. Satchithanandan | | 18 May 2004 – 25 August 2006 | United National Party | 13th | |
| | Piyasiri Wijenayake | | 5 September 2006 – 4 October 2006 | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 13th | |
| | Ramalingam Chandrasekar | | 5 October 2006 – 20 April 2010 | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 13th | |
| | Murugesu Chandrakumar | | 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015 | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 14th | |
| | Selvam Adaikalanathan | | 20 January 2015 – 3 March 2020 | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | 15th | |
| | Angajan Ramanathan | | 20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 16th | |
| | Hemali Weerasekara | | 21 November 2024 – present | National People's Power | 17th | |