|
|
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 - to date |
Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena
(Minister of Water Supply & Drainage) |
02 May 2010 - to date |
|
|
|
