Chief_Government_Whip_(Sri_Lanka)

Chief Government Whip of Sri Lanka
Chief Government Whip of Sri Lanka
	Incumbent; Prasanna Ranatunga; since 18 April 2022
Inaugural holder	R. S. S. Gunawardena
Formation	29 November 1947

Chief Government Whip (Sri Lanka)

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

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Name		Political party	Tenure	Parliament	References
Parliament of Ceylon (1947–1972)
	R. S. S. Gunawardena	United National Party	29 November 1947 – May 1948	1st	^[1]
	A. E. Goonesinghe	Ceylon Labour Party	17 May 1948 – April 1952	1st	^[1]
	C. W. W. Kannangara	United National Party	June 1952 – February 1956	2nd	^[1]
	W. J. C. Moonesinghe	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	April 1956 – December 1959	3rd	^[1]
	J. D. Weerasekera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	July 1960 – 25 September 1963	5th	^[1]
	S. K. K. Suriarachchi	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1963–1964	5th	^[1]
	M. P. de Z. Siriwardena	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	July 1964	5th	^[1]
	J. R. Jayewardene	United National Party	1965–1970	6th	^[1]
	K. B. Ratnayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1970–1972	7th	^[1]
National State Assembly (1972–1978)
	K. B. Ratnayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1972–1977	1st	^[1]
	Vincent Perera	United National Party	1977–1978	2nd	^[1]
Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978–present)
	Vincent Perera	United National Party	7 September 1978 – 7 April 1993	8th 9th	^[1]
	Wimal Wickramasinghe	United National Party	7 April 1993 – 24 June 1994	9th	^[1]
	Richard Pathirana	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	25 August 1994 – 10 October 2000	10th	^[1]
	Reggie Ranatunga	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1 November 2000 – 10 October 2001	11th	^[1]
	Mahinda Samarasinghe	United National Party	3 January 2002 – 7 February 2004	12th	^[1]
	Jeyaraj Fernandopulle	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	3 May 2004 – 6 April 2008	13th	^[1]
	Dinesh Gunawardena	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	17 June 2008 – 20 January 2015	13th 14th	^[1]
	Gayantha Karunathilaka	United National Party	20 January 2015 – 02 January 2020	14th 15th	^[1]
	Johnston Fernando	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	03 January 2020 – 18 April 2022	15th 16th	^[1]
	Prasanna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	18 April 2022 – present	16th	^[1]

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Chief Government Whip of Sri Lanka

Incumbent Prasanna Ranatunga since 18 April 2022
Inaugural holder	R. S. S. Gunawardena
Formation	29 November 1947