| 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka | |||||||||||
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| Legislative body | Parliament of Sri Lanka | ||||||||||
| Meeting place | Sri Lankan Parliament Building | ||||||||||
| Term | 20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024 | ||||||||||
| Election | 5 August 2020 | ||||||||||
| Website | parliament | ||||||||||
| Parliamentarians | |||||||||||
| Members | 225 | ||||||||||
| Speaker | Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (SLPP) | ||||||||||
| Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees | Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (SLFP) (2020–22) Ajith Rajapaksa (SLPP) (2022–24) | ||||||||||
| Deputy Chairman of Committees | Angajan Ramanathan (SLFP) | ||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa (SLPP) (2020–22) Ranil Wickremesinghe (UNP) (2022) Dinesh Gunawardena (SLPP) (2022–24) Harini Amarasuriya (NPP) (2024) | ||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Sajith Premadasa (SJB) | ||||||||||
| Leader of the House | Dinesh Gunawardena (SLPP) (2020–22) Susil Premajayantha (SLPP) (2022–24) | ||||||||||
| Chief Government Whip | Johnston Fernando (SLPP) (2020–22) Prasanna Ranatunga (SLPP) (2022–24) | ||||||||||
| Chief Opposition Whip | Lakshman Kiriella (SJB) | ||||||||||
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The 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka (9th Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) was the meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka with its membership determined by the results of the 2020 parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020. The parliament met for the first time on 20 August 2020 and was dissolved on 24 September 2024.[1][2]
- ^ The Gazette Extraordinary (24 September 2024). "Proclamation by the President" (PDF). Department of Government Printing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ Ng, Kelly (24 September 2024). "Sri Lanka's new president dissolves parliament". BBC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.