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Hon. Gayantha Karunatileka received his primary education at Royal College, Colombo. He went to England for his higher studies and also completed a Diploma in Political Science. He engaged in Active politics after returning to Sri Lanka. In 1992, he was appointed as Chairman of the Tea small Holdings Development Authority. in this period of his office, he worked hard to uplift Tea small Holders’ living standards. A number of small holder tea plantations were destroyed due to the heavy drought spread during his tenure as the Chairman and he performed a noteworthy mission to provide relief to tea small holders affected by that drought. In year 2000, he was elected to Parliament as a member from the district of Galle, and re-entered Parliament also in the elections held in years 2001,2005 and 2010. In 2015, he was appointed as a Cabinet Minister of Mass Media and Parliamentary Affairs, and to act as the cabinet spokesman of the government & Chief Government Whip of Parliament in the 100-day government. After the next election, he assumed duties as Cabinet Minister of Mass Media and Parliamentary Affairs and Chief Government Whip of Parliament, during which period he made a remarkable intervention for ensuring the upliftment of democratic rights of people by enacting the Right to Information Bill in Parliament. Thereafter, he was appointed as the Cabinet Minister of Lands and Parliamentary affairs. This period of office as the Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Affairs marked a milestone in the history of the Ministry of Lands since the Hon. Karunatilleka launched the program of granting one million land deeds to the landless low-income families in the country. In 2020, Hon. Karunatilleka was re-elected as a Member of Parliament in Galle District and after the change of the government in that election, he was nominated as the Chief Opposition whip of Parliament of Sri Lanka. Now he is serving as a Deputy Opposition Whip of Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Lakshman Bandara Kiriella, MP (born 2 February 1948) is a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District, former Leader of the House of the parliament. Also he held office as Minister of Public Enterprises and Kandy Development and as Minister of Higher Education and Highways from 2015 to 2019.

Educated at Royal College, Colombo and Sri Lanka Law College, he became a practicing lawyer before entering politics. He has elected to Parliament in 1989, he has been a Member ever since. He has served as the Minister of Tourism and Sports and the Deputy minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2015 he was appointed as the Leader of the House of the United National Party Government under Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe.

He is married to Charmaine Jayawardena and they have two daughters, Kishanee and Chami, and one son, Dinuk L. B.

In October 2018 the Asgiriya Chapter of Siam Nikaya conferred the title of Shasanamamaka Jana Prasadini on Kiriella, in recognition of his service to Buddhism and society. 

Member of Parliament Hon. Sajith Premadasa is the Leader of the Opposition of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka. Mr. Premadasa was a member of the Cabinet of Ministers between 2015 and 2019, being Minister of Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs.
Mr. Premadasa was educated at Sri Lanka’s prestigious Royal College, Colombo before attending Mill Hill School in London, UK and entered the London School of Economics to pursue an undergraduate degree.

Mr. Premadasa is currently the leader of Sri Lanka’s largest opposition party, which was formed by Mr. Premadasa and a group of political dissidents, breaking away from Sri Lanka’s Grand Old Party, the United National Party (UNP).

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya, led by Mr. Premadasa contested the 2020 General election independent of the UNP. The SJB earned over 50 seats in Parliament while the UNP was reduced to a single seat. 

Fundamental to Mr. Premadasa’s politics is a commitment to equality of opportunity with a focus on uplifting the poorest and most vulnerable sections of Sri Lankan society. This is the proud tradition of Mr. Premadasa’s father, former President the late Ranasinghe Premadasa, whose programs of liberalization and simultaneous strengthening of social protections and welfare programs were transformative to Sri Lanka’s economic landscape. Indeed one of Sri Lanka’s largest export sectors, Garments and Apparels, were the brainchild of President Ranasinghe Premadasa during his tenure. Mr. Sajith Premadasa has included a program of industrialization and trade liberalization to the SJB’s economic programs and will seek to further link Sri Lanka to the global economy.


Having been born as a son of the former Minister S. W. Alawathuwala and Mrs. Alawathuwala on 18th February 1966, Mr. J. C. Alawathuwala received his primary education from Veluwana Vidyalaya, Kandy followed by education in D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo up to G.C.E. (Advanced Level). After completion of his Advanced Level education, he pursued a Diploma on International Affairs.
He, thereafter entered active politics and was elected in 1991 as the youngest Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman and was engaged in political activities during that year as the United National Party organizer of Dodamgaslanda electorate. He, then became a Provincial Councilor of North Western Provincial Council and was elected in year 1994 as a Member of Parliament of Kurunegala District. He continued to serve as the United National Party organizer of Dodamgaslanda electorate from year 1991 to 2005 and also served from year 2004 onwards as a member and Leader of the Opposition of North Western Provincial Council.
He, then, was appointed as the organizer of Hiriyala electorate from year 2005 to 2014 and acts from year 2014 up to date as organizer of Mawathagama electorate. Having been elected once again as a Member of Parliament of Kurunegala District in year 2015, Hon. Alawathuwala served as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Deputy Government Whip of Parliament during year 2016 and performed duties as the State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government, Home Affairs and Internal Affairs during year 2018.
Having contested the general election in year 2020, Hon. Alawathuwala was re-elected as a Member of Parliament and continues to serve in that capacity representing the Opposition of Parliament up to date. He was appointed as the Deputy Opposition Whip of the Parliament of Sri Lanka in January, 2023. Hon. Alawathuwala who continued to be in active politics as an electorate organizer for some 32 years since year 1991 is also the current Vice Chairman of Samagi Jana Balawegaya.


Secretary of the Leader of the Opposition

Office of the Leader of the Opposition is the office set up to provide facilities to Hon. Leader of the Opposition and Hon. Members representing the Opposition in performing their duties.

The main function of the office of the Leader of the Opposition is to provide necessary facilities for the Opposition to carry out its tasks efficiently and effectively so that the Parliament of Sri Lanka could accomplish its activities with excellence. Accordingly, the following functions are carried out by the Office of the Leader of the Opposition. 

