15th Parliament of Sri Lanka

15th Parliament of Sri Lanka
15th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of Sri Lanka
Meeting place	Sri Lankan Parliament Building
Term	1 September 2015 – 3 March 2020
Election	17 August 2015
Website	parliament.lk
Parliamentarians
Members	225
Speaker	Karu Jayasuriya (UNP)
Deputy Speaker and ; Chairman of Committees	Thilanga Sumathipala (SLFP) (2015–18); Ananda Kumarasiri (UNP) (2018–20);
Deputy Chairman of Committees	Selvam Adaikalanathan (TELO)
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe (UNP) (2015–18, 2018–19); Mahinda Rajapaksa (SLPP) (2018, 2019–20);
Leader of the Opposition	R. Sampanthan (ITAK) (2015–18); Mahinda Rajapaksa (SLPP) (2018–19); Sajith Premadasa (UNP) (2020);
Leader of the House	Lakshman Kiriella (UNP)
Chief Government Whip	Gayantha Karunathilaka (UNP)
Chief Opposition Whip	Anura Kumara Dissanayake (JVP) (2015–18); Mahinda Amaraweera (SLFP) (2018–20);
Sessions
1st
1st	1 September 2015 – 12 April 2018
2nd	8 May 2018 – 27 October 2018
3rd	14 November 2018 – 3 March 2020

The 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka was the meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka with its membership determined by the results of the 2015 parliamentary election, held on 17 August 2015. The parliament met for the first time on 1 September 2015 and was dissolved on 3 March 2020.