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class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament of Sri Lanka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">While leader of the largest political party in Parliament that is not in government</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/N._M._Perera" title="N. 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Minister of Sri Lanka">Prime Minister of Sri Lanka</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka">16th</a>)</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harini_Amarasuriya" title="Harini Amarasuriya">Harini Amarasuriya</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_cabinets" title="List of Sri Lankan cabinets">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Ministers_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Ministers of Sri Lanka">Cabinet Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministers_of_the_Sri_Lanka_Government" title="Ministers of the Sri Lanka Government">Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministries_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministries of Sri Lanka">Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Security Council (Sri Lanka)">National Security Council</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Secretariat_(Sri_Lanka)" 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W. R. B. Seneviratne</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Judiciary of Sri Lanka">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Supreme Court of Sri Lanka</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Chief Justice of Sri Lanka">Chief Justice</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Murdhu_Fernando" class="mw-redirect" title="Murdhu Fernando">Murdhu Fernando</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka#Current_justices" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Puisne Justices</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Padman_Surasena" title="Padman Surasena">P. Padman Surasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Thurairaja" title="S. Thurairaja">S. Thurairaja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Amarasekera" title="Gamini Amarasekera">Gamini Amarasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasantha_Kodagoda" title="Yasantha Kodagoda">Yasantha Kodagoda</a></li> <li>A. H. M. D.Nawaz</li> <li>Kumuduni Wickremasinghe</li> <li>A. L. Shiran Gooneratne</li> <li>Janak De Silva</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achala_Wengappuli" title="Achala Wengappuli">Achala Wengappuli</a></li> <li>Mahinda Samayawardhena</li> <li>Arjuna Obeyesekere</li> <li>K. 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This is usually the leader of the second-largest party in Parliament. </p><p>Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">Samagi Jana Balawegaya</a> <a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a> has been the incumbent <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition" title="Leader of the Opposition">Leader of the Opposition</a> in the Parliament since 3 January 2020. He was officially sworn in on 20 August 2020, after the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Speaker</a> announced his appointment in parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Privileges_of_office">Privileges of office</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Privileges of office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Salary">Salary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Salary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2016, the Leader of the Opposition received a salary month and other entitlements of a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka)">Member of Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_privileges">Other privileges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other privileges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The leader of the opposition is entitled to an <a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">official residence</a>, office, transport and security equal that of a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Cabinet of Sri Lanka">Cabinet Minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Order_of_precedence">Order of precedence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Order of precedence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_order_of_precedence" title="Sri Lankan order of precedence">Sri Lankan order of precedence</a>, the leader of the opposition is ranked at the level of a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Cabinet of Sri Lanka">Cabinet Minister</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_order_of_precedence" title="Sri Lankan order of precedence">order of precedence</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leaders_of_the_Opposition_(1947–present)"><span id="Leaders_of_the_Opposition_.281947.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Leaders of the Opposition (1947–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Leaders of the Opposition (1947–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>Parties</dt></dl> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#FF0000; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#0D3B90; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#07AF14; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#FFFF00; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#F5EF1D; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Ilankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" title="Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#87171A; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#0B9444; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">Samagi Jana Balawegaya</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">No.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Terms)</span> </th> <th colspan="2">Opposition Leader </th> <th rowspan="2">Political party </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th style="width:200px;" colspan="2" rowspan="2">Government </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th width="150px">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Days </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">1 </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#FF0000;"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/N._M._Perera" title="N. M. Perera">N. M. Perera</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">ඇන්. ඇම්. පෙරේරා</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1905–1979)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">14 October 1947 </td> <td rowspan="2">8 April 1952 </td> <td rowspan="2">1638 </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/D._S._Senanayake_cabinet" title="D. S. Senanayake cabinet">D. S. Senanayake</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><small><a href="/wiki/1st_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="1st Parliament of Ceylon">1st</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/First_Dudley_Senanayake_cabinet" title="First Dudley Senanayake cabinet">Dudley Senanayake I</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="4"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td>8 April 1952 </td> <td>9 June 1952 </td> <td>62 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">2 </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#0D3B90;"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_(1899-1959).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg/80px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg/120px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg/160px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4740" data-file-height="5947" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">එස්. ඩබ්. ආර්. ඩී. බණ්ඩාරනායක</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1899–1959)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">9 June 1952 </td> <td rowspan="2">18 February 1956 </td> <td rowspan="2">1349 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Parliament_of_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Parliament of Ceylon (page does not exist)">2nd</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kotelawala_cabinet" title="Kotelawala cabinet">Kotelawala</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">18 February 1956 </td> <td rowspan="2">19 April 1956 </td> <td rowspan="2">61 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><small><a href="/wiki/3rd_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="3rd Parliament of Ceylon">3rd</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">(1) </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#FF0000;"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/N._M._Perera" title="N. M. Perera">N. M. Perera</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">ඇන්. ඇම්. පෙරේරා</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1905–1979)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">19 April 1956 </td> <td rowspan="2">5 December 1959 </td> <td rowspan="2">1325 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dahanayake_cabinet" title="Dahanayake cabinet">Dahanayake</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">5 December 1959 </td> <td rowspan="2">30 March 1960 </td> <td rowspan="2">116 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Dudley_Senanayake_cabinet" title="Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet">Dudley Senanayake II</a></span> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <th style="background:#0D3B90;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/C._P._de_Silva" title="C. P. de Silva">C. P. de Silva</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">සී. පී. ද සිල්වා</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1972)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> </td> <td>30 March 1960 </td> <td>23 April 1960 </td> <td>24 </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Parliament_of_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="4th Parliament of Ceylon (page does not exist)">4th</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">23 April 1960 </td> <td rowspan="2">5 August 1960 </td> <td rowspan="2">104 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/First_Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet">Sirimavo Bandaranayake I</a></span> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <th style="background:#07AF14;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_(1911-1973).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/80px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/120px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg/160px-Dudley_Shelton_Senanayaka_%281911-1973%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="739" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake" title="Dudley Senanayake">Dudley Senanayake</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">ඩඩ්ලි සේනානායක</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1911–1973)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> </td> <td>5 August 1960 </td> <td>17 December 1964 </td> <td>1595 </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff"><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Parliament_of_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Parliament of Ceylon (page does not exist)">5th</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">17 December 1964 </td> <td rowspan="2">5 April 1965 </td> <td rowspan="2">109 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Third_Dudley_Senanayake_cabinet" title="Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet">Dudley Senanayake III</a></span> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <th style="background:#0D3B90;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_(1916-2000)_(Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/80px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/120px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg 1.5x, 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</td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">25 March 1970 </td> <td rowspan="2">7 June 1970 </td> <td rowspan="2">74 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet">Sirimavo Bandaranayake II</a></span> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <th style="background:#07AF14;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_(1906-1996).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg/80px-Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg/120px-Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg 1.5x, 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R. Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">ජේ. ආර්. ජයවර්ධන</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1906–1996)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> </td> <td>7 June 1970 </td> <td>18 May 1977 </td> <td>2537 </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff"><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=7th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="7th Parliament of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">7th</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">18 May 1977 </td> <td rowspan="2">4 August 1977 </td> <td rowspan="2">78 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Jayewardene_cabinet" title="Jayewardene cabinet">Jayewardene</a></span> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <th style="background:#FFFF00;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/A._Amirthalingam" title="A. Amirthalingam">A. Amirthalingam</a></b><br /><span title="Tamil-language text"><span lang="ta">அப்பாப்பிள்ளை அமிர்தலிங்கம்</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–1989)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a> </td> <td>4 August 1977 </td> <td>24 October 1983 </td> <td>2272 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><small><a href="/wiki/8th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="8th Parliament of Sri Lanka">8th</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="4"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td>24 October 1983 </td> <td>8 November 1983 </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <th style="background:#0D3B90;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg/80px-Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg/120px-Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg/160px-Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="553" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anura_Bandaranaike" title="Anura Bandaranaike">Anura Bandaranaike</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">අනුර බණ්ඩාරනායක</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1949–2008)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> </td> <td>8 November 1983 </td> <td>20 December 1988 </td> <td>1869 </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">20 December 1988 </td> <td rowspan="2">9 March 1989 </td> <td rowspan="2">79 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Premadasa_cabinet" title="Premadasa cabinet">Premadasa</a></span> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">(5) </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#0D3B90;"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_(1916-2000)_(Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/80px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/120px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/160px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="645" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1916–2000)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">9 March 1989 </td> <td rowspan="2">24 June 1994 </td> <td rowspan="2">1902 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><small><a href="/wiki/9th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Sri Lankan Parliament">9th</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Wijetunga_cabinet" title="Wijetunga cabinet">Wijetunga</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="4"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td>24 June 1994 </td> <td>25 August 1994 </td> <td>62 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <th style="background:#07AF14;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gamini_Dissanayake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Gamini_Dissanayake.jpg/80px-Gamini_Dissanayake.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Gamini_Dissanayake.jpg/120px-Gamini_Dissanayake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Gamini_Dissanayake.jpg/160px-Gamini_Dissanayake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1473" data-file-height="2067" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Dissanayake" title="Gamini Dissanayake">Gamini Dissanayake</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">ගාමිණි දිසානායක</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1942–1994)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> </td> <td>25 August 1994 </td> <td>24 October 1994 </td> <td>60 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><small><a href="/wiki/10th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Sri Lankan Parliament">10th</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">24 October 1994 </td> <td rowspan="2">28 October 1994 </td> <td rowspan="2">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kumaratunga_cabinets" title="Kumaratunga cabinets">Kumaratunga</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <th style="background:#07AF14;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait,_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait%2C_2017.jpg/80px-Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait%2C_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait%2C_2017.jpg/120px-Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait%2C_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait%2C_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="154" data-file-height="215" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> </td> <td>28 October 1994 </td> <td>10 October 2001 </td> <td>2549 </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff"><small><a href="/wiki/10th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Sri Lankan Parliament">10th</a></small><br /><small><a href="/wiki/11th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Sri Lankan Parliament">11th</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="4"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td>10 October 2001 </td> <td>18 December 2001 </td> <td>69 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <th style="background:#0D3B90;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg/80px-Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg/120px-Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg/160px-Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="544" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake" title="Ratnasiri Wickremanayake">Ratnasiri Wickremanayake</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">රත්නසිරි වික්‍රමනායක</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–2016)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> </td> <td>18 December 2001 </td> <td>31 January 2002 </td> <td>378 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><small><a href="/wiki/12th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Sri Lankan Parliament">12th</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="4"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td>31 January 2002 </td> <td>6 February 2002 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <th style="background:#0D3B90;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg/80px-Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg/120px-Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg/160px-Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="327" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1945)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> </td> <td>6 February 2002 </td> <td>7 February 2004 </td> <td>730 </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="4"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td>7 February 2004 </td> <td>22 April 2004 </td> <td>75 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">(10) </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#07AF14;"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait,_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait%2C_2017.jpg/80px-Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait%2C_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait%2C_2017.jpg/120px-Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait%2C_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Prime_Minister_Ranil_Wickremesinghe_Portrait%2C_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="154" data-file-height="215" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">22 April 2004 </td> <td rowspan="2">9 January 2015 </td> <td rowspan="2">3914 </td> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/13th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="13th Parliament of Sri Lanka">13th</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa_cabinets" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa cabinets">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ddeeff"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/14th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="14th Parliament of Sri Lanka">14th</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="4"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td>9 January 2015 </td> <td>16 January 2015 </td> <td>7 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/First_Sirisena_cabinet" title="First Sirisena cabinet">Sirisena I</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <th style="background:#0D3B90;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva.jpg/80px-Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva.jpg/120px-Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva.jpg 2x" data-file-width="140" data-file-height="165" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a></b><br /><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">නිමල් සිරිපාල ද සිල්වා</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1944)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> </td> <td>16 January 2015 </td> <td>26 June 2015 </td> <td>130 </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="4"><i>Office vacant</i> </td> <td>26 June 2015 </td> <td>3 September 2015 </td> <td>69 </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <th style="background:#F5EF1D;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:R._Sampanthan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/R._Sampanthan.jpg/80px-R._Sampanthan.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/R._Sampanthan.jpg/120px-R._Sampanthan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/R._Sampanthan.jpg/160px-R._Sampanthan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/R._Sampanthan" title="R. Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a></b><br /><span title="Tamil-language text"><span lang="ta">இரா. சம்பந்தன்</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–2024)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ilankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" title="Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi</a> </td> <td>3 September 2015 </td> <td>18 December 2018 </td> <td>1202 </td> <td bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Sirisena_cabinet" title="Second Sirisena cabinet">Sirisena II</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/15th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="15th Parliament of Sri Lanka">15th</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(12) </th> <th style="background:#87171A;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg/80px-Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="98" 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parliament Secretariat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secretariat leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretaries-General_of_Parliament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Secretaries-General of Parliament (page does not exist)">Secretaries-General</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Secretaries-General_of_Parliament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Secretaries-General of Parliament (page does not exist)">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputy_Secretary_General_of_Parliament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputy Secretary General of Parliament (page does not exist)">Deputy Secretary General</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Deputy_Secretary_General_of_Parliament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Deputy Secretary General of Parliament (page does not exist)">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assistant_Secretary_General_of_Parliament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Assistant Secretary General of Parliament (page does not exist)">Assistant Secretary General</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Assistant_Secretary_General_of_Parliament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Assistant Secretary General of Parliament (page does not exist)">list</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Department_of_the_Serjeant-at-Arms&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Department of the Serjeant-at-Arms (page does not exist)">Serjeant-at-Arms</a></li> <li>Administration</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Legislative_Services&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Legislative Services (page does not exist)">Legislative Services</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Finance_and_Supplies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Finance and Supplies (page does not exist)">Finance and Supplies</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hansard_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hansard Department (page does not exist)">Hansard</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Co-ordinating_Engineer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Co-ordinating Engineer (page does not exist)">Co-ordinating Engineer</a></li> <li><a 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