13th Parliament of Sri Lanka

13th Parliament of Sri Lanka
12th 14th
Overview
Legislative bodyParliament of Sri Lanka
Term22 April 2004 – 9 February 2010
Election2 April 2004
Senior parliamentarians
SpeakerW. J. M. Lokubandara, UNF
Deputy Speaker and
Chairman of Committees
Gitanjana Gunawardena, UPFA (2004–08)
Piyankara Jayaratne, UPFA (2008–10)
Deputy Chairman of CommitteesM. Satchithanandan, UNF (2004–06)
Piyasiri Wijenayake, UPFA (2006)
Ramalingam Chandrasekar, UPFA (2006–10)
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa, UPFA (2004–05)
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, UPFA (2005–10)
Leader of the OppositionRanil Wickremasinghe, UNF
Leader of the HouseMaithripala Sirisena, UPFA (2004–05)
Nimal Siripala de Silva, UPFA (2005–10)
Chief Government WhipJeyaraj Fernandopulle, UPFA (2004–08)
Dinesh Gunawardena, UPFA (2008–10)
Chief Opposition WhipMahinda Samarasinghe, UNF (2004–06)
M. Joseph Michael Perera, UNF (2006–10)
Sessions
1st22 April 2004 – 21 November 2005
2nd25 November 2005 – 6 May 2008
3rd6 June 2008 – 17 May 2009
4th19 May 2009 – 9 February 2010

The 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka was a meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, with the membership determined by the results of the 2004 parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004. The parliament met for the first time on 22 April 2004 and was dissolved on 9 February 2010.