Chief Government Whip (Sri Lanka)

The Chief Government Whip is a position in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Chief Government Whip of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Gayantha Karunathilaka since 1 September 2015
Inaugural holder	R. S. S. Gunawardena
Formation	29 November 1947

List of Chief Government Whips

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Labour Party   Mahajana Eksath Peramuna

Chief Government Whips of The Parliament of Ceylon (1947-1972)
Name		Portrait	Tenure	Political party	Parliament	References
	R. S. S. Gunawardena		1947 - 1948	United National Party	1st	[1]
	A. E. Goonesinghe		1948 - 1952	Ceylon Labour Party	1st	[1]
	C. W. W. Kannangara		1952 - 1956	United National Party	2nd	[1]
	W. J. C. Moonesinghe		1956 - 1959	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	3rd	[1]
	J. D. Weerasekera		1960 - 1963	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	5th	[1]
	S. K. K. Suriarachchi		1963 - 1964	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	5th	[1]
	M. P. de Z Siriwardena		July 1964	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	5th	[1]
	J. R. Jayewardene		1965 - 1970	United National Party	6th	[1]
	K. B. Ratnayake		1970 - 1972	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	7th	[1]
Chief Government Whips of The National State Assembly (1972-1978)
Name		Portrait	Tenure	Political party	Assembly	References
	K. B. Ratnayake		1972 - 1977	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1st	[1]
	Vincent Perera		1977 - 1978	United National Party	2nd	[1]
Chief Government Whips of The Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978-Present)
Name		Portrait	Tenure	Political party	Parliament	References
	Vincent Perera		7 September 1978 - 7 April 1993	United National Party	1st 2nd	[1]
	Wimal Wickramasinghe		7 April 1993 - 24 June 1994	United National Party	2nd	[1]
	Richard Pathirana		25 August 1994 - 10 October 2000	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	3rd	[1]
	Reggie Ranatunga		1 November 2000 - 10 October 2001	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	4th	[1]
	Mahinda Samarasinghe		3 January 2002 - 7 February 2004	United National Party	5th	[1]
	Jeyaraj Fernandopulle		3 May 2004 - 6 April 2008	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	6th	[1]
	Dinesh Gunawardena		17 June 2008 - 20 January 2015	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	6th 7th	[1]
	Gayantha Karunathilaka		20 January 2015 – Present	United National Party	7th 8th	[1]

See also

Parliament of Sri Lanka
Cabinet of Sri Lanka

References

1. "Chief Government Whips". Retrieved 11 April 2016.

External links

• Parliament of Sri Lanka - Handbook of Parliament,