Leader of the House (Sri Lanka)

The Leader of the House is a position in the Parliament of Sri Lanka and is generally a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for arranging government business in the Parliament.

Leader of the House of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Bimal Rathnayake since 21 November 2024
Inaugural holder	Don Baron Jayatilaka
Formation	10 July 1931

List of Leaders of the House

Parties

  Ceylon National Congress   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Mahajana Eksath Peramuna   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna   National People's Power

Name		Portrait	Tenure	Political party	State Council	References
State Council of Ceylon (1931–1947)
	Don Baron Jayatilaka		10 July 1931 – 30 November 1942	Ceylon National Congress	1st	[1]
	D. S. Senanayake		2 December 1942 – 4 July 1947	United National Party	2nd	[1]
Parliament of Ceylon (1947–1972)
Name		Portrait	Tenure	Political party	Parliament	References
	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike		26 September 1947 – 12 July 1951	United National Party	1st	[1]
	John Kotelawala		12 July 1951 – 12 October 1953	United National Party	1st 2nd	[1]
	J. R. Jayewardene		29 October 1953 – 18 February 1956	United National Party	2nd	[1]
	C. P. de Silva		19 April 1956 – 5 December 1959	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	3rd	[1]
	J. R. Jayewardene		30 March 1960 – 23 April 1960	United National Party	4th	[1]
	C. P. de Silva		5 August 1960 – 17 December 1964	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	5th	[1]
	C. P. de Silva		5 April 1965 – 25 March 1970	United National Party	6th	[1]
	Maithripala Senanayake		7 June 1970 – 22 May 1972	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	7th	[1]
National State Assembly (1972–1978)
Name		Portrait	Tenure	Political party	Assembly	References
	Maithripala Senanayake		22 May 1972 – 18 May 1977	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1st	[1]
	Ranasinghe Premadasa		26 July 1977 – 7 September 1978	United National Party	2nd	[1]
Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978-present)
Name		Portrait	Tenure	Political party	Parliament	References
	Ranasinghe Premadasa		7 September 1978 – 20 December 1988	United National Party	8th	[1]
	Ranil Wickremesinghe		6 March 1989 – 7 May 1993	United National Party	9th	[1]
	Wijayapala Mendis		7 May 1993 – 24 June 1994	United National Party	9th	[1]
	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake		25 August 1994 – 10 October 2000	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	10th	[1]
	Richard Pathirana		18 October 2000 – 10 October 2001	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	11th	[1]
	W. J. M. Lokubandara		3 January 2002 – 7 February 2004	United National Party	12th	[1]
	Maithripala Sirisena		3 May 2004 – 9 August 2005	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	13th	[1]
	Nimal Siripala de Silva		9 August 2005 – 20 January 2015	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	13th 14th	[1]
	Lakshman Kiriella		20 January 2015 – 2 January 2020	United National Party	14th 15th	[1]
	Dinesh Gunawardena		3 January 2020 – 27 July 2022	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	15th 16th	[1]
	Susil Premajayantha		27 July 2022 – 24 September 2024	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	16th	[1]
	Bimal Rathnayake		21 November 2024 – present	National People's Power	17th	[1]