Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

The Speaker of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer of the chamber. The current Speaker of the Parliament is Asoka Ranwala since 23 Nowember 2024 

List of speakers of Parliament

Parties

 Name Portrait Party Tenure Head(s) of Government Speakers of the State Council (1931–1947) Alexander Francis Molamure  Non-partisan  7 July 1931 – 10 December 1934   Graeme ThomsonFrancis Graeme TyrrellReginald Edward Stubbs  Forester Augustus Obeysekera  Non-partisan  11 December 1934 – 7 December 1935  Reginald Edward Stubbs  Waithilingam Duraiswamy  Non-partisan  17 March 1936 – 4 July 1947  Reginald Edward StubbsMaxwell MacLagan WedderburnAndrew CaldecottHenry Monck-Mason Moore Speakers of the Ceylonese House of Representatives (1947–1972)  Alexander Francis Molamure  United National Party  14 October 1947 – 25 January 1951  Henry Monck-Mason MooreD. S. Senanayake  Albert Peries  United National Party  13 February 1951 – 18 February 1956  D. S. SenanayakeDudley SenanayakeJohn Kotelawala  Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail  Independent  19 April 1956 – 5 December 1959   John KotelawalaS. W. R. D. BandaranaikeWijeyananda 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   Albert Peries  United National Party  5 April 1965 – 21 September 1967 Dudley Senanayake  Shirley Corea United National Party 27 September 1967 – 25 March 1970   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  80px|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 PremadasaDingiri Banda Wijetunga  Kiri Banda Ratnayake  Sri Lanka Freedom Party  25 August 1994 – 10 October 2000  Dingiri Banda WijetungaChandrika Kumaratunga  Anura Bandaranaike  80px|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   W. J. M. Lokubandara  80px|W. J. M. Lokubandara  United National Party  22 April 2004 – 8 April 2010  Chandrika KumaratungaMahinda Rajapaksa Chamal Rajapaksa  Sri Lanka Freedom Party  22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015 Mahinda RajapaksaMaithripala Sirisena  Karu Jayasuriya  80px|Karu Jayasuriya  United National Party  1 September 2015 – 20 August 2020  Maithripala Sirisena  Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena  80px Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna  20 August 2020 – 21 November 2024   Gotabaya RajapaksaAshoka Sapumal RanwalaNational Peoples Power 21 November 2024 - 13 December 2024 Anura Kumara Dissanayake

References

Other websites
 Speaker of Parliament
 Speaker of the Seventh Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka