| 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 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.