The Leader of the House is a position in the Parliament of Sri Lanka and is generally a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for arranging government business in the Parliament.
Post: | Leader of the House |
Body: | Sri Lanka |
Insignia: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
Incumbent: | Susil Premajayantha |
Incumbentsince: | 27 July 2022 |
Inaugural: | Don Baron Jayatilaka |
Formation: | 10 July 1931 |
Name | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | State Council | References | |||
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State Council of Ceylon (1931–1947) | ||||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 10 July 1931 – 30 November 1942 | Ceylon National Congress | 1st | [1] | ||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 2 December 1942 – 4 July 1947 | United National Party | 2nd | |||||
Parliament of Ceylon (1947–1972) | ||||||||
Name | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | Parliament | References | |||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 26 September 1947 – 12 July 1951 | United National Party | 1st | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 12 July 1951 – 12 October 1953 | United National Party | 1st 2nd | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 29 October 1953 – 18 February 1956 | United National Party | 2nd | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 19 April 1956 – 5 December 1959 | 3rd | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 30 March 1960 – 23 April 1960 | United National Party | 4th | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 5 August 1960 – 17 December 1964 | 5th | ||||||
!align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | 5 April 1965 – 25 March 1970 | United National Party | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 7 June 1970 – 22 May 1972 | 7th | ||||||
National State Assembly (1972–1978) | ||||||||
Name | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | Assembly | References | |||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 22 May 1972 – 18 May 1977 | 1st | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 26 July 1977 – 7 September 1978 | United National Party | 2nd | |||||
Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978-present) | ||||||||
Name | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | Parliament | References | |||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 7 September 1978 – 20 December 1988 | United National Party | 8th | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 6 March 1989 – 7 May 1993 | United National Party | 9th | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 7 May 1993 – 24 June 1994 | United National Party | 9th | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 25 August 1994 – 10 October 2000 | 10th | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 18 October 2000 – 10 October 2001 | 11th | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 3 January 2002 – 7 February 2004 | United National Party | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 3 May 2004 – 9 August 2005 | |||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 9 August 2005 – 20 January 2015 | 13th 14th | ||||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 20 January 2015 – 2 January 2020 | United National Party | 14th 15th | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 3 January 2020 – 27 July 2022 | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 15th 16th | |||||
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 27 July 2022 – present | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 16th |