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Leaders
of the Opposition
| First
Parliament (House of Representatives) |
14
October 1947 - 08 April 1952 |
Hon.
Dr. N. M. Perera
(Ruwanwella) |
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| Second
Parliament (House of Representatives) |
09 June 1952 - 18 February 1956 |
Hon.
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
(Attanagalle) |
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| Third
Parliament (House of Representatives) |
19 April 1956 - 05 December 1959 |
Hon.
Dr. N. M. Perera
(Ruwanwella) |
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| Fourth
Parliament (House of Representatives) |
30 March 1960 - 23 April 1960 |
Hon.
C. P. De Silva
(Minneriya) |
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| Fifth
Parliament (House of Representatives) |
05 August 1960 - 17 December 1964 |
Hon.
Dudley Senanayake
(Dedigama) |
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| Sixth
Parliament (House of Representatives) |
05 April 1965 - 25 March 1970 |
Hon.
(Mrs.) Sirima Bandaranaike
(Attanagalla) |
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| Seventh
Parliament (House of Representatives) & First
National State Assembly |
07 June 1970 - 18 May 1977 |
Hon.
J. R. Jayewardene
(Colombo South - First) |
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| Second
National State Assembly & First Parliament |
04
August 1977 - 20 December 1988 |
Hon.
A. Amirthalingam
(Kankesanturai) |
04
August 1977 - 24 October 1983 |
| (Mr.
Amirthalingam vacated his seat on 24.10.'83 in terms
of Article 66(f) of the Constitution of the D. S.
R. of Sri Lanka by reason of his absences from the
sittings of Parliament for a continuous period of
three months without leave of Parliament and when
he vacated his seat he ceased to be Leader of the
Opposition) |
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Hon.
Anura Bandaranaike
(Nuwara Eliya - Maskeliya, Second) |
08 November
1983 - 20 December 1988 |
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| Second Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka |
09 March 1989 - 24 June 1994 |
Hon.
(Mrs.) Sirima R. D. Bandaranaike
(Gampaha District) |
09 March 1989 - 24 June 1994 |
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| Third
Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka |
25
August 1994 - 18 August 2000 |
Hon. Gamini Dissanayake
(Mahanuwara) |
25 August 1994 - 24 October 1994 |
Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe
(Colombo) |
28 October 1994 - 18 August 2000
14 September 2000 - 10 October 2000 |
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| Fourth
Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka |
18
October 2000 - 10 October 2001 |
Hon.
Ranil Wickremasinghe
(Colombo) |
18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001 |
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| Fifth
Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka |
19
December 2001 - 07 February 2004 |
Hon. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
(Kalutara) |
18 December 2001 - 31 January 2002 |
Hon. Mahinda Rajapakse
(Hambantota) |
06 February 2002 - 07 February 2004 |
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| Sixth
Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka |
22
April 2004 - 09 February 2010 |
Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe
(Colombo) |
22 April 2004 - 09 February 2010
09 March 2010 - 20 April 2010 |
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| Seventh Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka |
22 April 2010 - to date |
Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe
(Colombo) |
22 April 2010 - to date |
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