The Chief Opposition Whip is a position in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The position was first established in 1960.
Post: | Chief Opposition Whip |
Body: | Sri Lanka |
Insignia: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
Incumbentsince: | 20 August 2020 |
Formation: | 1960 |
Name | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | Parliament | References | |||
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Parliament of Ceylon (1960–1972) | ||||||||
!align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | 1960 – 1965 | United National Party | 5th | [1] | ||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1965 – 1970 | |||||||
!align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | 1970 – 1972 | United National Party | 7th | |||||
National State Assembly (1972–1978) | ||||||||
!align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | 1972 – 1977 | United National Party | 1st | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | X. M. Sellathambu | 1977 – 1978 | Tamil United Liberation Front | 2nd | ||||
Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978–present) | ||||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | X. M. Sellathambu | 1978 – 1983 | Tamil United Liberation Front | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1983 – 1988 | |||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1989 – 24 June 1994 | 9th | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Wijayapala Mendis | 25 August 1994 – 21 July 1998 | United National Party | 10th | ||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 22 July 1998 – 10 October 2001 | United National Party | 10th 11th | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 18 December 2001 – 5 February 2002 | |||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 6 February 2002 – 7 February 2004 | |||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 22 April 2004 – 26 January 2006 | United National Party | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 26 January 2006 – 20 April 2010 | United National Party | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 22 April 2010 – 20 January 2015 | 14th | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 20 January 2015 – 26 June 2015 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 3 September 2015 – 18 December 2018 | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 15th | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 18 December 2018 – 21 November 2019 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 15th | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 3 January 2020 – 2 March 2020 | United National Party | 15th | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 20 August 2020 – present | Samagi Jana Balawegaya | 16th |