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Deputy Chairpersons of Committees
| First Parliament – House of Representatives | 1947 – 1952 |
J.A. Martensz. M.P. | 14 October 1947 - 29 December 1948 |
H.S. Ismail. M.P. | 11 January 1949 - 14 February 1951 |
T. Ramalinkam. M.P. | 15 February 1951 - 08 April 1952 |
| Second Parliament – House of Representatives | 1952 – 1956 |
M.W.R. de Silva. M.P. | 09 June 1952 - 18 February 1956 |
| Third Parliament – House of Representatives | 1956 – 1959 |
R.S. Pelpola. M.P. | 19 April 1956 - 18 September 1958 |
L.B.S. Jinasena. M.P. | 18 September 1958 - 05 December 1959 |
| Fourth Parliament – House of Representatives | March - April 1960 |
Hugh Fernando. M.P. | 30 March 1960 -23 April 1960 |
| Fifth Parliament – House of Representatives | 1960 – 1964 |
A.M.A. Adikari. M.P. | 05 August 1960 - 17 October1962 |
D.A. Rajapakse. M.P. | 06 November 1962 - 10 February 1964 |
I.A. Cader. M.P. | 12 February 1964 - 17 December 1964 |
| Sixth Parliament – House of Representatives | 1965 – 1970 |
T. Quentin Fernando. M.P. | 05 April 1965 - 22 April 1967 |
Sir. Razik Fareed, OBE, M.P. | 18 May 1967 - 28 September 1967 |
M. Sivasithamparam. M.P. | 29 September 1967 - 08 March 1968 |
G.J. Paris Perera. M.P. | 09 March 1968 - 25 March 1970 |
| Seventh Parliament – House of Representatives | 1970 – 1972 |
Senapala Samarasekera. M.P. | 22 July 1970 - 22 May 1972 |
| First National State Assembly | 1972 – 1977 |
Senapala Samarasekera. M.P. | 22 May 1972 - 10 July 1976 |
C. Arulampalam. M.P. | 23 July 1976 - 18 May 1977 |
| Second National State Assembly | 1977 – 1978 |
C.R. Beligammana. M.P. | 04 August 1977 - 06 September 1977 |
Edmund Samarawickrama. M.P. | 07 September 1977 - 07 September 1978 |
| First Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 1978 – 1988 |
Edmund Samarawickrama. M.P. | 07 September 1978 - 20 December 1988 |
| Second Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 1989 – 1994 |
Ariya B. Rekawa. M.P. 09 Mar.1989 - 24 June 1994 |
| Third Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 1994 – 2000 |
Rauff Hakeem. M.P. | 25 August 1994 - 18 August 2000 |
| Fourth Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 2000 – 2001 |
Lalith Dissanayaka. M.P. | 18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001 |
| Fifth Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 2001 - 2004 |
Siri Andrahennady. M.P. | 19 December 2001 - 07 February 2004 |
| Sixth Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 2004 - 2010 |
M. Satchithanandan. M.P. | 18 May 2004 - 25 August 2006 |
Piyasiri Wijenayake. M.P. | 05 September 2006 - 04 October 2006 |
R. Chandrasekar. M.P. | 05 October 2006 - 09 February 2010 09 March 2010 - 20 April 2010 |
| Seventh Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 2010 - 2015 |
Chandrakumar Murugesu, M.P. | 22 April 2010 - 26 June 2015 |
| Eighth Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 2015 - 2020 |
Selvam Adaikkalanathan, M.P. | 01 September 2015 - 02 March 2020 |
| Ninth Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 2020 - 2024 |
Angajan Ramanathan, M.P. | 20 August 2020 - 24 September 2024 |
| Tenth Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 2024 - to date |
| (Mrs. ) Hemali Weerasekara, M.P. (Gampaha) | 21 November 2024 - to date |
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