Sri Lanka is a semi-presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the President of Sri Lanka is both head of state and head of government,and it relies on a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers. Legislative power is vested in the Parliament. For decades,the party system was dominated by the socialist Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the conservative United National Party. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the supreme legislative body of Sri Lanka. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the island. It is modeled after the British Parliament.
Lakshman Bandara Kiriella,MP 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.
Yapa Appuhamilage Anura Priyadharshana MP for Kurunegala former Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa is also the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was also Sri Lanka's former Cabinet Minister of Petroleum and a Member of Parliament representing the Kurunegala District.
Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Kabir popularly known as Kabir Hashim is a Sri Lankan politician and economist. He is a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Kegalle District and former Minister of Highways,Higher Education and Investment Promotion. Kabir was formerly the General Secretary of the United National Party.
Nissanka Manodha Wijeyeratne was a former Politician,Government Minister,Coordinating Secretary to the President,Chairman of Road Accidents Prevention Authority,Member of United National Party and Sri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for the Dedigama Electorate in Kegalle District he was former Member of Parliament from Kegalle District.
Thalatha Atukorale is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Atukorale was appointed as the cabinet minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare by President Maithripala Sirisena on 12 January 2015. She was given the additional duties of Minister of Justice on 25 August 2017. becoming the first woman to hold that position in Sri Lanka. She is the sister of Gamini Atukorale,former Minister and assistant leader of the United National Party.
Gitanjana Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician and former member of Parliament of Sri Lanka and former minister. He is a Chartered Engineer by profession.
Halkedaliya Lekamlage alias Mahawela Lekamlage Premalal Jayasekara,also known by his pseudonym Choka Malli is a Sri Lankan convicted murderer,politician,and is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government deputy minister.
Unnanthi Piyankara Jayaratne,MP is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. Previously he served as Minister of Ports and Aviation and the Minister for Irrigation and Water Management. He hails from a well-known political family in Sri Lanka. His father,D. A. Rajapaksa,was a prominent politician,independence agitator,member of parliament and Minister of Agriculture and Land in Wijeyananda Dahanayake's government. He is the elder brother of Mahinda Rajapaksa,who was President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015 and Gotabaya Rajapaksa who was President from 2019 to 2022. Nine members of the Rajapaksa family have been members of parliament in Sri Lanka.
Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician,former State Minister of Science,Technology and Research and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla District. and former Cabinet Minister of Sugar Industries,His father C. P. J. Senewiratne was an MP for Mahiyangana electorate and former Cabinet Minister of Labour in the government of J.R. Jayewardene.
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon is a Sri Lankan politician,a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former Cabinet Minister. He was educated at Dharmaraja College,Kandy. He contested as the Group Leader of the Matale District of the Central Province and was elected to the Provincial Council with a majority of Proportional Votes in 1993;Elected as a Member of Parliament with a majority of proportional votes in the General Election of 1994;Elected as a Member of Parliament from the District of Matale with the majority of proportional votes in the general election of 2000. He also previously served as the Minister of Lands and Land Development and Minister of Public Services,Provincial Councils and Local Government.
The Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head and most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers. It is the second-most powerful position in Sri Lanka's executive branch behind the president,who is the constitutional chief executive. The Cabinet is collectively held accountable to parliament for their policies and actions.
Isuru Udyoga Dodangoda is a Sri Lankan politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
Kokila Harshani Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
Akila Saliya Ellawala is a Sri Lankan politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
W. D. Weerasingha is a Sri Lankan politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
