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Chief Government Whips

First Parliament (House of Representatives)	1947 - 1952
Hon. R. S. S. Gunawardena* (Minister without Portfolio)	29 November 1947 - May 1948
* He was unseated on an election petition on 12 March 1948 but continued to function as Minister without Portfolio and as Chief Government Whip till replacements were made.

Hon. A. E. Goonesinghe (Minister without Portfolio) (Minister of State since 26 July 1948)	17 May 1948 - April 1952

Second Parliament (House of Representatives)	1952 - 1956
Hon. C. W. W. Kannangara (Minister of Local Government)	June 1952 - February 1956

Third Parliament (House of Representatives)	1956 - 1959
Hon. W. J. C. Moonesinghe (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries & Fisheries) (Minister of Industries & Fisheries)	April 1956 - December 1959

Fifth Parliament (House of Representatives)	1960 - 1965
Mr. J. D. Weerasekera	July 1960 - 25 September 1963
(Throughout his period as Whip he remained as an ordinary member of the Government Group)

Mr. S. K. K. Suriarachchi (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance)
(At the time of appointment as Whip he was an ordinary member of the Government Group)

Hon. M. P. de Z Siriwardena (Minister of Labour and Housing)	July 1964

Sixth Parliament (House of Representatives)	1965 - 1970
Hon. J. R. Jayewardene (Minister of State and Par. Secretary to the Prime Minister & Minister of Defense and External Affairs)

Seventh Parliament (House of Representatives) & First National State Assembly	1970 - 1977
Hon. K. B. Ratnayake (Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Sports)

Second National State Assembly & First Parliament	1977 - 1988
Hon. M. Vincent Perera (Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Sports)	07 September 1978 - 06 July 1987 23 July 1987 - 15 February 1989

Second Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka	1989 - 1994
Hon. M. Vincent Perera (Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Minister of Justice)	18 February 1989 - 07 April 1993

Hon. (Dr.) Wimal Wickremasinghe (Minister of Environment & Parliamentary Affairs)	07 April 1993 - 24 June 1994

Third Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka	1994 - 2000
Hon. Richard Pathirana (Minister of Education & Higher Education)	25 August 1994 - 18 August 2000 14 September 2000 - 10 October 2000

Fourth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka	2000 - 2001
Hon. Reggie Ranatunge (Minister of Food & Marketing Development)	01 November 2000 - 10 October 2001

Fifth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka	2001 - 2004
Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe (Minister of Employment & Labour)	03 January 2002 - 07 February 2004

Sixth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka	2004 - 2010
Hon. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (Minister of Trade, Commerce & Consumer Affairs)	03 May 2004 - 06 April 2008
Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena (Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development)	17 June 2008 - 09 February 2010 09 March 2010 - 20 April 2010

Seventh Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka	2010 - 2015
Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena (Minister of Water Supply & Drainage)	02 May 2010 - 20 January 2015
Hon. Gayantha Karunathilaka (Minister of Mass Media and Parliamentary Affairs)	20 January 2015 - 26 June 2015

Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka	2015 - to date
Hon. Gayantha Karunathilaka (Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media)	01 September 2015 - to date

Last Updated on 15-09-2015

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