Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)

The Leader of the Opposition in Sri Lanka is the politician who leads the main opposition party. This is the leader of the largest party not within the government, usually the leader of the second-largest party in the Parliament. The post of Leader of the Opposition is a political office common in countries that are part of the Commonwealth of Nations. Sajith Premadasa officially took office as Leader of the Opposition on January 3, 2020, after Speaker announces the appointment in parliament. [1][2]

Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Vacant
since 3 March 2020
StyleThe Honourable
Inaugural holderN. M. Perera
Formation14 October 1947
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Privileges of office

Salary

In 2016, the Leader of the Opposition received a salary month and other entitlements of a Member of Parliament.[3]

Other privileges

The leader of the opposition is entitled to an official residence, office, transport and security equal that of a Cabinet Minister.[4][5]

Order of precedence

In the Sri Lankan order of precedence, the leader of the opposition is ranked at the level of a Cabinet Minister in the order of precedence.

Leaders of the Opposition (1947–present)
Parties

  United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Lanka Sama Samaja Party   Tamil United Liberation Front   Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

No.

(Terms)

Opposition Leader Term of office Political Party Government
Portrait Name Took Office Left Office Days
1 N. M. Perera
ඇන්. ඇම්. පෙරේරා
(1905-1979)		 14 October 1947 8 April 1952 1638 Lanka Sama Samaja Party D. S. Senanayake –
Dudley Senanayake –
Office vacant 8 April 1952 9 June 1952 62 – –
2 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
එස්. ඩබ්. ආර්. ඩී. බණ්ඩාරනායක
(1899-1959)		 9 June 1952 18 February 1956 1349 Sri Lanka Freedom Party –
John Kotelawala –
Office vacant 18 February 1956 19 April 1956 61 – –
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike –
(1) N. M. Perera
ඇන්. ඇම්. පෙරේරා
(1905-1979)		 19 April 1956 5 December 1959 1325 Lanka Sama Samaja Party –
Wijeyananda Dahanayake –
Office vacant 5 December 1959 30 March 1960 116 – –
Dudley Senanayake –
3 C. P. de Silva
සී. පී. ද සිල්වා
(1912-1972)		 30 March 1960 23 April 1960 24 Sri Lanka Freedom Party –
Office vacant 23 April 1960 5 August 1960 104 – –
Sirimavo Bandaranayake –
4 Dudley Senanayake
ඩඩ්ලි සේනානායක
(1911-1973)		 5 August 1960 17 December 1964 1595 United National Party –
Office vacant 17 December 1964 5 April 1965 109 – –
Dudley Senanayake –
5 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක
(1916-2000)		 5 April 1965 25 March 1970 1815 Sri Lanka Freedom Party –
Office vacant 25 March 1970 7 June 1970 74 – –
Sirimavo Bandaranayake –
6 J. R. Jayewardene
ජේ. ආර්. ජයවර්ධන
(1906-1996)		 7 June 1970 18 May 1977 2537 United National Party –
Office vacant 18 May 1977 4 August 1977 78 – –
J. R. Jayewardene –
7 A. Amirthalingam
அப்பாப்பிள்ளை அமிர்தலிங்கம்
(1927-1989)		 4 August 1977 24 October 1983 2272 Tamil United Liberation Front –
Office vacant 24 October 1983 8 November 1983 15 – –
8 Anura Bandaranaike
අනුර බණ්ඩාරනායක
(1949-2008)		 8 November 1983 20 December 1988 1869 Sri Lanka Freedom Party –
Office vacant 20 December 1988 9 March 1989 79 – –
Ranasinghe Premadasa –
(5) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක
(1916-2000)		 9 March 1989 24 June 1994 1902 Sri Lanka Freedom Party –
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga –
Office vacant 24 June 1994 25 August 1994 62 – –
9 Gamini Dissanayake
ගාමිණි දිසානායක
(1942-1994)		 25 August 1994 24 October 1994 60 United National Party –
Office vacant 24 October 1994 28 October 1994 4 – –
10 Ranil Wickremesinghe
රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ
(b. 1949)		 28 October 1994 10 October 2001 2549 United National Party –
Chandrika Kumaratunga –
Office vacant 10 October 2001 18 December 2001 69 – –
11 Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
රත්නසිරි වික්‍රමනායක
(1933-2016)		 18 December 2001 31 January 2002 378 Sri Lanka Freedom Party –
Office vacant 31 January 2002 6 February 2002 6 – –
12 Mahinda Rajapaksa
මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ
(b. 1945)		 6 February 2002 7 February 2004 730 Sri Lanka Freedom Party –
Office vacant 7 February 2004 22 April 2004 75 – –
(10) Ranil Wickremesinghe
රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ
(1949–)		 22 April 2004 9 January 2015 3914 United National Party 17th
Mahinda Rajapaksa 18th
Office vacant 9 January 2015 16 January 2015 7 – Maithripala Sirisena
13 Nimal Siripala de Silva
නිමල් සිරිපාල ද සිල්වා
(1944–)		 16 January 2015 26 June 2015 130 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 18th
Office vacant 26 June 2015 3 September 2015 69 – –
14 R. Sampanthan
இரா. சம்பந்தன்
(1933–)		 3 September 2015 18 December 2018 1202 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 19th
(12) Mahinda Rajapaksa
මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ
(1945–)		 18 December 2018 21 November 2019 338 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Office vacant 21 November 2019 3 January 2020 43 – Gotabaya Rajapaksa
15 Sajith Premadasa
සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස
(1967–)		 3 January 2020 3 March 2020 60 United National Party
Office vacant 3 March 2020 Incumbent 166 – –
gollark: Each two shirts look basically the same, but they'll look different as you go through them.
gollark: Fun idea: buy 360 shirts and put slightly different colors on each (using HSL or something) and wear one every day for a year.
gollark: They won't be happy.
gollark: Oh dear.
gollark: He is.

References
  1. https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/sajith-premadasa-named-opposition-leader-in-sri-lanka/article30195668.ece
  2. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_19B/Dec05_1575562134CH.php
  3. Of Ministers’ Salaries And Parliamentary Perks
  4. No official residence for Opposition Leader
  5. Sampanthan finally gets official residence!

See also
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