Style Honourable Speaker | Formation 7 July 1931 | |
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Appointer Parliament of Sri Lanka Inaugural holder Alfred Francis Molamure Succession Second in the
presidential line of succession Deputy Deputy Speaker of the Parliament | ||
The Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer of the chamber. The Speaker fulfills a number of important functions in relation to the operation the House, which is based upon the British Westminster Parliamentary system. The office was established in 1947. The current Speaker of the Parliament is Karu Jayasuriya, in office since 1 September 2015.
List of Speakers of Parliament
United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Independent Governors of British Ceylon
References
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