Chief Government Whips
First Parliament (House of Representatives) | 1947 - 1952 |
Hon. R. S. S. Gunawardena* |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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(At the time of appointment as Whip he was an ordinary member of the Government Group) | |
Hon. M. P. de Z Siriwardena |
July 1964 |
Sixth Parliament (House of Representatives) | 1965 - 1970 |
Hon. J. R. Jayewardene |
Seventh Parliament (House of Representatives) & First National State Assembly | 1970 - 1977 |
Hon. K. B. Ratnayake |
Second National State Assembly & First Parliament | 1977 - 1988 |
Hon. M. Vincent Perera |
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 |
18 February 1989 - 07 April 1993 |
Hon. (Dr.) Wimal Wickremasinghe |
07 April 1993 - 24 June 1994 |
Third Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | 1994 - 2000 |
Hon. Richard Pathirana |
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 |
01 November 2000 - 10 October 2001 |
Fifth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | 2001 - 2004 |
Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe |
03 January 2002 - 07 February 2004 |
Sixth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | 2004 - 2010 |
Hon. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle |
03 May 2004 - 06 April 2008 |
Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena |
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 |
02 May 2010 - 20 January 2015 |
Hon. Gayantha Karunathilaka |
20 January 2015 - 26 June 2015 |
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | 2015 - to date |
Hon. Gayantha Karunathilaka |
01 September 2015 - to date |