The Deputy Chairperson of Committees is a position in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
| Post: | Deputy Chairperson of Committees |
| Body: | Sri Lanka |
| Insignia: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Incumbent: | Hemali Weerasekara |
| Incumbentsince: | 21 November 2024 |
| Inaugural: | James Aubrey Martensz |
| Formation: | 14 October 1947 |
| Deputy Chairperson of Committees of the Parliament of Ceylon (1947–1972) | ||||||||
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| Name | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | Parliament | References | |||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | James Aubrey Martensz | 14 October 1947 – 29 December 1948 | Independent | 1st | [1] | |||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail | 11 January 1949 – 14 February 1951 | Independent | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | T. Ramalingam | 15 February 1951 – 8 April 1952 | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | M. W. R. de Silva | 9 June 1952 – 18 February 1956 | United National Party | 2nd | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | R. S. Pelpola | 19 April 1956 – 18 September 1958 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 3rd | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | L. S. Jinasena | 18 September 1958 – 5 December 1959 | United National Party | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Hugh Fernando | 30 March 1960 – 23 April 1960 | United National Party | 4th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | A. M. Adikari | 5 August 1960 – 17 October 1962 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 5th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | D. A. Rajapaksa | 6 November 1962 – 10 February 1964 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | I. A. Cader | 12 February 1964 – 17 December 1964 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Thomas Quentin Fernando | 5 April 1965 – 22 April 1967 | United National Party | 6th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Razik Fareed | 18 May 1967 – 28 September 1967 | United National Party | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | M. Sivasithamparam | 29 September 1967 – 8 March 1968 | Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | G. J. P. Perera | 9 March 1968 – 25 March 1970 | United National Party | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | 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 | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | Assembly | References | |||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Senapala Samarasekera | 22 May 1972 – 10 July 1976 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1st | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | C. Arulampalam | 23 July 1976 – 18 May 1977 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | C. R. Beligammana | 4 August 1977 – 6 September 1977 | United National Party | 2nd | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Edmund Samarawickrema | 7 September 1977 – 7 September 1978 | United National Party | |||||
| Deputy Chairperson of Committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978–present) | ||||||||
| Name | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | Parliament | References | |||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Edmund Samarawickrema | 7 September 1978 – 20 December 1988 | United National Party | 8th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Ariya B. Rekawa | 9 March 1989 – 24 June 1994 | United National Party | 9th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Rauff Hakeem | 25 August 1994 – 10 October 2000 | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 10th | ||||
| !aqlign="center" style="background:;" | Lalith Dissanayake | 18 October 2000 – 10 October 2001 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 11th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Siri Andrahennady | 19 December 2001 – 7 February 2004 | United National Party | 12th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | M. Satchithanandan | 18 May 2004 – 25 August 2006 | United National Party | 13th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Piyasiri Wijenayake | 5 September 2006 – 4 October 2006 | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Ramalingam Chandrasekar | 5 October 2006 – 20 April 2010 | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Murugesu Chandrakumar | 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015 | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 14th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Selvam Adaikalanathan | 20 January 2015 – 3 March 2020 | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | 15th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Angajan Ramanathan | 20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 16th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Hemali Weerasekara | 21 November 2024 – present | National People's Power | 17th | ||||
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