Deputy_speaker_and_chairman_of_committees_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka

Deputy speaker and chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

Deputy speaker and chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

Presiding officer of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

The deputy speaker and chairman of committees is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (and its predecessors the National State Assembly, the House of Representatives and the State Council) who presides over sittings of Parliament in the absence of the Speaker.[1] The current deputy speaker and chairman of committees is Ajith Rajapaksa.

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