16th Parliament of Sri Lanka

16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
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Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of Sri Lanka
Meeting place	Sri Lankan Parliament Building
Term	20 August 2020 (2020-08-20) –
Election	5 August 2020
Website	parliament.lk
Parliamentarians
Members	225
Speaker	Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (SLPP)
Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees	Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (SLFP) (2020–22) Ajith Rajapaksa (SLPP) (2022–)
Deputy Chairman of Committees	Angajan Ramanathan (SLFP)
Prime Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa (SLPP) (2020–22) Ranil Wickremesinghe (UNP) (2022) Dinesh Gunawardena (SLPP) (2022–)
Leader of the Opposition	Sajith Premadasa (SJB)
Leader of the House	Dinesh Gunawardena (SLPP) (2020–22) Susil Premajayantha (SLPP) (2022–)
Chief Government Whip	Johnston Fernando (SLPP) (2020–22) Prasanna Ranatunga (SLPP) (2022–)
Chief Opposition Whip	Lakshman Kiriella (SJB)
Structure
Sessions
1st 20 August 2020 – 12 December 2021 2nd 18 January 2022 – 28 July 2022 3rd 3 August 2022 – 27 January 2023 4th 8 February 2023 – 26 January 2024 5th 7 February 2024 –

The 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka is the current Parliament of Sri Lanka, with the membership determined by the results of the 2020 parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka the maximum legislative term of the parliament is 5 years from the first meeting.